Hello everyone, A 7 year old female ferret was dropped off at the shelter I volunteer at yesterday. She has been with one owner her entire life. This person fed her (ok, fasten your seatbelts!) soy milk, kitten chow, raisins, banana slices and grapes for her entire life. The shelter director has a vet appointment on Monday to have her checked out, including blood work. The ferret appears to be happy, healthy and "tubby", no doubt from the soy milk, which contains a lot of calories. According to the surrender-er, she has never been sick or had any surgery whatsoever, but her poops are a little "runny" (DUH!!!) Question: would changing her diet be worse than continuing along the same path? She's 7 and has been problem free - so why mess with that? Maybe we should just eliminate the fruit, keep the soy milk and try to integrate some ferret food into her kitten chow? We are trying to make this transition to a foster home as stress free as we can. The original owner says she is DEFINITELY on her own schedule for the soy milk and fruit - every day - four times a day she DEMANDS her "buffet". Input will help us get her assimilated, happily, to her new environment. Thank you! Lisa [Posted in FML issue 4841]