ATTN 8 in 1 FERRET FOOD GIVERS: I opened a fresh 5 lb bag of 8 in 1 ferret food last night to find disc, or donut, shaped kibble inside the bag. As opposed to the normal cross-like, much smaller shape. Luckily, Abe still has food in his dish because I wasn't about to give him this. This shape wouldn't have even fit in his mouth! They were at least the size of nickels. I highly doubted that 8 in 1 would change the shape, especially since the outside of the bag still had the "old" shape on it. So I called 8 in 1 this morning and told them about it. She said to definitely not feed it to Abe, duh. And that no, they did not change the shape. They are shipping me a fresh bag for Abe. In the meantime, if anyone else encounters this just call them. It was the 8 in 1 5lb bag, UPC #2685100406, and the "Date Code" was 12-6-08. To be proactive- just don't buy any new bags with that date on it. Real quick cute story, I finally got Abe to start eating better. And the CUTEST thing happened last night. We got messy. Really messy. I decided to try feeding Abe duck soup (just water, ferret kibble, IAMS kitty food, and 8 in 1 chicken canned food blended to a liquid) through the syringe again, since prior he refused to. The problem: the hole was still sort of small. So occasionally a burst of food would come flooding out of the syringe and Abe would get a mouth full of food. Needless to say it was all over me, him, the carpet, and the towel we were on. I didn't want to stop to make the hole bigger bc he was eating so well so we just hammered through it. He has never eaten so much of the stuff before! But at one point there much have been a bigger piece of kibble, because Abe lifted his head for a second to catch up with the food in his mouth and I shot a cr*p load of food straight onto his neck! Food every where! He didn't care! He just kept eating! I have never been so happy about his progress. He tried to "pick up" the syringe several times too to take it with him! Hey Mikey, I think he likes it! Needless to say he is getting a bath this weekend! Happy my baby feels better, Stephanie and Abey Messy Baby [Posted in FML issue 5184]