Sharon, MOST kibbles don't have any wheat gluten in them according to some vets who contacted me. A few treats do. Mostly, it is wet and semi-soft foods. Look specifically for "wheat gluten" on the bags, at this stage of tracking by the FDA,*not* for things that are generally wheat and certainly *not* for gluten from other plants. It appears so far that all of the affected stuff went to making wheat gluten. Of course, not all wheat gluten is a problem; only wheat gluten from that one source and that was used only for specific lot numbers. Still, if a person has a product that is not in the recall list and wants to be be extra careful by putting it aside for a while, there is no harm done in most cases. This is time to be careful about specific products but not a time to panic. There actually, do not appear to be anywhere near as many affected animals as one would imagine given the amount of food being recalled, and most as anecdotal instead of proven to not be from other cases. Most of the affected animals have been cats. Of the animals so far proven to died of this one is a dog. So far, I have not heard of any affected ferrets, but that certainly could potentially happen so caution is best. I've given multiple excellent resources for following this event and like this one a LOT for timeliness and for including links to the corporate sites to find affected lot numbers: http://www.oregonvma.org/news/recalledfood.asp Knowledge is power. Besides, it puts things into perspective, so read in reputable resources, ignore rumors, and avoid generalizing or panicking. Notice, too, that aside from the foods produced at the one Menu Foods plant, a number of the companies involved do not know if they even have gluten batches with anything wrong with them, but are removing all gluten from that source to be safest for the animals. That is showing the best concern possible for animals. Would that all companies were that careful. You know how it is with foods: every single alternative has its up and down sides, and some of those are intermittent ones, so just 1. stay informed from reputable sources without generalizing or panicking, 2. always acknowledge the downsides as well as the upsides for any diet, 3. keep postulations clear in your mind from things that have been carefully and thoroughly studied. 4. and keep rates clear in your mind as well as potential severities of problems with any dietary concerns of any type of diet, and then make your own choices based upon how your experience causes you to view those. Sukie (not a vet) Current FHL address: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5567]