With Bird Flu almost on our doorstep should pet owners here in the UK now be thinking twice about feeding raw chicken and cook it to be safe? Since a cat has died of Bird Flu could this be spread to our animals? At the moment my freezer has 120 kg of pork, beef and lamb mince in it ready to be thawed as and when needed and since starting my ferrets on this mixture they are now totally ignoring the dry stuff. It is also much cheaper as my butcher lets me have it at 10p per kg Please contact me I can be of any help, I am not a vet and in the past 30+ years none of my animals have visited my vet for anything other than routine check up. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/intact-ferrets/ Come see my ferrets http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Tonys_Pets.html Some of our fund-raising events http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/Show.html http://www.headway.org.uk/ The brain Injury association [Posted in FML issue 5170]