The simplest and most easily accepted food and treat for weight gain is kibble soup. Just soak the ferrets usual (high quality) food in water, add more water and blend it to a thick tomato soup consistency. If you don't want to mess with soaking kibble, chicken baby food can be used instead. With any new soup, you may have to give them a taste off your fingers the first several times you offer it. You may even have to offer it several times for several days before they break down and realize it's good. Most ferrets will find a little room in their tummy for soup even after eating their usual kibble meal. Debi Christy Ferrets First Foster Home Practical & easy training, care, & maintenance articles available at http://www.geocities.com/ferretsfirst/ [Posted in FML issue 3839]