>have a new 8 week old kit and I would like to feed him on a raw food
>diet of mostly mice with some chicken and rabbit.  My question is what
>amount of food should a little guy eat?  Any ideas on how many mice per
>day/week are needed for this diet?  The kit weighs almost one and half
>pounds.
 
There is an excellent list on Yahoo with a lot of members and many have
been feeding raw for years.  There are ferret owners on this list also
and they will help you.  They do discuss dogs mostly but cats and ferrets
are included http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/
 
Also a group just for ferrets:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalFerrets/
 
Here are some more "sister" lists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/catandkittenhealth/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learntoshow/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawcat/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DogHealth/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CarnivoreFeed-Supplier/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogmentor/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawChat/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeniorRawFeeding/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawbreeder/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawPup/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RMBLobby/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canineaggression/
 
And if you are stuck on a particular issue that you just can't seem to
work out, try this list:
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/rawissues
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BasicRaw/
 
For vets, vet techs and vet students only
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawVet/
 
There is also a list of lists where other raw feeding lists can be found.
Many are breed specific, location specific or subject specific.
 
http://www.rawlearning.com
[Posted in FML issue 4637]