Just wanted to drop back in and give you all a heads up. I just spent a chunk of the ferret bank account at the vet's office trying to figure out why Joe had an ugly tumor-like bump on his leg. One set of blood tests and a lot of angst later showed that Joe has had too much Vitamin D in his fuzzy little life and that the most likely culprit was the vitamin treats he gets. I've been alternating Ferretone, Ferretvite and Ferretbites as treats (because, of course, I wanted the weasels to get healthy treats). Despite the fact that all three products say to give daily, the products have now overdosed my little fuzzbutt. I was very, very careful to follow the instructions on the packaging. We got treats morning and night only- not umpteen times a day. My very knowledgeable vet said that if a ferret is getting a good ferret food, that at most he should get vitamin supplements once a month! Joe is now forbidden to have anything with Vitamin D in it. Do you know how hard it is to find treats/food without Vitamin D?! We've settled on raisins right now. (Four out of my five ferrets will eat them. Bear is still turning up his little nose.) And we have another couple of weeks of liquid prednisone treatment. Poor, poor Joe. It's pretty foul stuff and he's trying to be such a good boy. At any rate, just wanted to pass the info on. I had no idea. Especially since the bottles/tubes say to give daily! Anne (Miesa, Joe, Bear, Ringo, & Jeffry) [Posted in FML issue 4113]