I've recently come across a 'ferret' food product that absolutely DISGUSTED me and was interested to know if anyone else has seen this item (but hopefully NOT used it)! It's called "8-in-1 Premium Ferret Hearty Chicken Blend" and comes in a 1.75# box Although the ingredients (which I'll list further down) are ABSOLUTE CRAP, I must say that the PACKAGING is quite alluring (but deceptive!) Very nice photo of a real ferret on the front and the phrase: "NOURISHING INGREDIENTS SUCH AS BREWER'S RICE & GROUND CORN" SMACK on the front and center! WHAT????? WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THAT?????? Those are totally empty fillers!!! (Oh, and it gets better . . . ) THEN it goes on to say on the back of the box, "This product is 100% nutritionally complete and meets or exceeds the nutritional requirements of ferrets as established by the National Research Council" (how the heck can the NRC say that those ingredients are 'nutritionally sound' for a FERRET????) THEN comes the ingredients list: poultry bi-product meal, brewers rice, ground yellow corn, gluten meal, brewers dried yeast, chicken fat, etc.... AGAIN, WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THAT????? I was SO @*&$% angry when I saw that product because it's SOOOOOOO misleading and is obviously targeting pet owners who don't want to otherwise purchase higher quality pet food at a REAL pet store? (I saw the product at a large grocery / variety store). Oh and then right next to it was another 8-1 product - Super Premium Ferret Blend - in a 3# bag that also toted the label "Advanced Nutrition" but the ingredients list wasn't any better than that other product! I guess I'm just shocked that the 8-1 company can make such a range of products with such different levels of quality. After much research and comparison of various higher end ferret kibble products, I had recently purchased the "8-IN-1 PLUS Advanced Nutrition Diet" and thought that was a pretty sound product (and it DOES appear to be, in comparison) but I just hate the fact that this same company makes such a CRAPPY product and furthermore is SOOOO deceptive and misleading with their packaging!!! I just hope that I can reach as many ferret owners as possible who would potentially purchase or have purchased those two CRAPPY products and give them enough information so that they will make better, more educated ferret food choices!!! OK, stepping down from the soapbox now . . . . Jennifer, Sasha, Snowy, and Phoebe in Seattle :-) [Posted in FML issue 4721]