S.Hewett wrote: >>Close to Natural" is small whole prey and/or raw meaty bones with >>occasional offal... Matt wrote: >I had a friend who had a snake that required live mice for food. A >couple time the mice got loose in the house and the ferrets found them. >I don't think there's any question about what the ferrets did to the >mice! So I'm wondering if maybe feeding them live mice would be good >for them ? They certainly seemed to enjoy hunting and catching them.... I've seen my ferrets kill a mouse and a rat that were loose in the house and there's no doubt it was quickly done. I still think it's a bit cruel to submit the mice to so much terror before they're killed. I get my mice from a facility where they're raised in a very clean environment and killed by CO2 gas before being frozen. Much safer for the ferrets and much more humane. Cheers, Shirley [Posted in FML issue 5151]