Dear Ferret Folks- Yesterday Francine Prager wrote of her (possible) upcoming television appearance "I chose the May 4th taping because it gives me 1 month to lose 50 pounds! Any ideas on how to do this would be appreciated!" Well Francine, you might compare a few brands such as Marshalls, or 8 in 1.Check out the nutrition information on the back panel, see which has more calories per serving and choose accordingly. Consider Iams kitten and Eukanuba, too. Short of subsisting entirely on dry ferret chow, I cannot even begin to imagine a diet that would take 50 pounds off of ME in one month. Any of these brands would give you a high protein/high fat intake sort of like a modified Atkins diet, but I fear that after the first week of so you'd wake up in the middle of the night, and instead of walking down the hall to the bathroom, you'd have this almost irresistable urge to back up into the nearest corner.... Alexandra in Massachusetts (Sorry Francine, I couldn't resist.) [Posted in FML issue 3744]