With my new ferret, I bought Marshall food and litter based on the pet store's recommendations. In my extensive reading since Rocky joined the family, I have found many different recommendations for litter and food, but haven't seen anyone (other than marshall) recommend marshall products. Is there a reason for this? They certainly seem to meet all the basic nutritional and litter requirements I see described everywhere. Also, I had initially gone with the theory that I should not change the ferret litter/bedding from what he's used to, but I read somewhere recently that you should change food on a ferret often when he's young, so that as he gets older, he'll be less picky. (basically. Something to do with burning out olfactory sensors or such if you don't give them variety when young) Is there any truth to that? Should I be varying the foods, or mixing different brands together? Thanks! Steve [P.S.] "And Another Thing..." I recently purchased a tube of ferret vite and at the time the sales-clerk said that it also acted somewhat as a laxative / hairball remedy. Is this true, or do I still need some kind of a separate hairball remedy to feed to my new kit? Thanks! [Posted in FML issue 4514]