>....When I mix it according to the directions on the bottle,it makes half >a cup...Oliver will drink the whole thing at once.Is that too much?How >often should he get it? Here's how I'm using it: I let them have whatever they like; Gary Holowicki, [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], 602-957-3112 This is the daily regime my ferrets are on currently: (a/o 5/01/01) I've had them on Timmy's tonic in water available all the time next to their regular pure water for 3 yrs now, & their fur is very soft & thick. ( I put maby a tsp. in 1/2 cup of water, so it's the color of weak iced tea. If I use a water bottle, I put some warm water in it, then pour in about 1/2" of Timmy's that settles to the bottom, mix gently, then fil to the top with water. For only a couple of kids I use a small 4 oz. Bottle so it won't leak if partially filled.) .. After mixing & exposed to the air it's good for about 2 days, and they won't drink it if it goes wierd. Lately, I'm adding a dropper of Willard Water, clear to the tonic water, & a couple to their regular water to help absorption. It's also helped Terry who had adrenal symptoms including intermittant urinating, & he's now going normally & grew back the fur on his head that was gone for a few months. When I first started having it available all the time, there was about 2 weeks of loose stools that normalized, (cleansing effect) and at the end of the 3rd week they were jumping around like little bunnies:) Also, after that they drank far less tonic water per day At first it was mostly tonic water, now it's with food mostly and regular water in between. Dayna's shelter found out years ago that the Timmy's in water available all the time stops insulinomic symptoms flat! They "self medicate" she said. They also have chosen Natures' Recipe feline maintinence food for 95% of their diet, going thru some 4 lbs vs. 1 cup of totally ferret. What is special about this food is it has NO corn, which ferrets can't digest. It winds up displacing nutrition. NR has whole pearl barley instead. I also offer them 500ppm colloidal silver from Silver Wings Colloidal Silver 800-952-4787 ; 615-952-4787; Liz Smith is one of the owners & very ferret friendly. It is the ONLY company I trust as they have a pharmaceutical house make a true electrostatic suspension, not a silver salt solution. They lick it off the dropper until they shake their heads like it's better all of a sudden, & that's enough for today. It's the only thing which will shrink swollen spleens, and acts as a natural anti-biotic, anti-viral, and anti-fungual. Since doing this I've fought off colds but they haven't caught any. Their 4 oz. Bottle with dropper is abt. $29.00 Weekly or when I can, I try & make up Timmy's recipe for the Greens+ etc. benefit, as a treat, and to have them receptive to it in case they get sick. Every few days I have to offer them what I have for breakfast, which is about 8 oz. apple juice, a heaping tsp. of Greens+, a tsp. of nutritional yeast (I use Twinlabs super nutritional for taste & potency), and about 3/4 scoop of Spiru-tine banana flavored protein powder. I add an ounce or 2 of pure water & shake vigerousely with a cap on the glass. I didn't know how much they like it until one day Tommy came over, sniffed my glass, closed his eyes & proceeded to drink 1/4 of the whole glassJ So I share about 1/2 cup of it with them all in a small dish & it's quickly gone. It also tells me it's good for me as they don't ever drink coffee! Take care, hugs to all Gary & the gang of fur Timmy's web site=<http://www.concentric.net/~Gferret/>; He's the ferret totally healed from "terminal lymphoma" without drugs or surgery. :) Timmy's tonic now available at http://www.ferretstore.com/holmed.html :888-833-7738 Timmy's Mailing List = http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/TimmyFerret Timmy's Forum = http://forums.delphi.com/m/main.asp?sigdir=TimmyFerret Another emil for me is <[log in to unmask]>, in case the indrirect.com has trouble. [Posted in FML issue 3581]