I too have an older ferret, that was just diagnosed with chronic kidney failure. Winter is 7 years old, but has the spunk of a kit. My vet suggested putting him on Hills feline KD, maybe trying to make a chicken type soup with that. What I do is, take gerbers stage 2 baby food chicken with gravy ( 1 jar ), mix it with1 small can of KD feline canned chicken with chunks (new) (not bland and yucky like the old canned stuff I guess), and 1/2 cup hard KD feline kibble soaked in enough water to cover that has softenedover a few hours ( the softened kibble will be almost twice as much - add it ALL). I add water till it is a gravy consistancy, not thick, Winter does not like his soup thick. I noticed a lot of ferrets prefer their soups as a soup! not thick like a chowder. I put it all in a blender with a quick short squirt or two of ferretone and blend. In the morning or if it is a fresh batch,when I feed it to him, I put in a drop or two of Tomlyn ferret drops and a drop of ferretone. He gets his soup 3 times a day slightly warmed. When I first started, he would not eat the KD. I started with chicken baby food and slowly started adding the Hills feline canned chicken KD a little more each time and disguised it by ferretone and a drop of Tomlyn ferret drops! It worked! I slowly worked up to where I am today in a matter of one month! Winter went in for his blood and urine tests and there WAS an improvement!!! I was so thrilled ! Even his stools look great, which did not before ! This was not easy. I sat there holding him practicly begging him as I was finger feeding him, trying to make him understand this was for his own good and that I just love him so much. I still have to start him up and dip my finger in the soup a couple times and rub it on his lips, but he eats it all on his own and loves it ! These kids are worth it, and each day I have with them or I can help add even one day to their lives, is worth everything to me. My suggestion Wayne is to experiment with what tastes Bailey likes using the KD feline diet. I am not a vet, but it has helped so far with my boy. Eleanor [Posted in FML issue 4254]