Thanks so much Sukie. I can't tell you how I've struggled with questions like, "should I give them Zupreme or even a kibble with a higher protein percentage, or should I do the opposite and lower their protein percentage in their kibble by leaving those sorts of foods out", and "am I hurting my ferrets by not giving them plain meat through out their diet", and "if I gave them meat what about build up of tarter on their teeth from such preparations". So many questions for me. Betty and others... I was curious about something. I own small pythons (yes there are "small pythons"), and some herpetologists theorize ::covering Sukies mouth...shhh:: (yes theorize, but its based on many years of experience by many) that reptiles can become slightly more aggressive in nature from live feeding rather than killed feedings. I know we are talking night and day with species here, but ... I was wondering if you or others might think that a possibility... just a possibility with ferrets. ::uncovering Sukies mouth :: (now Sukie, now!). Wolfy ps I know you feed killed prey Betty, not live Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on ferret deafness: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html [Posted in FML issue 3936]