I read a post about someone feeding raisins and other non-meat items to ferrets on the FML. Not knowing the source, as I did not remember reading it in past issues, I just want to comment. Ferrets are obligate carnivores. Just because they can put non-meat items into their bodies and survive does not mean they should be allowed to have them. A ferret's intestines do not have the length or the structure to digest fruits and vegetables. They can break down, sometimes, yes. But the absorption is not there. I picked up a ferret who had been fed apples. Apples. For a week. He pooped out exactly what was in the dish when I picked him up. This ferret was so tired and malnourished his head lay in the dish he was eating from. He didn't move when I picked him up. Remember that any nutritional value of VALUE to a ferret comes from things they can properly digest. And remember that in Exotic DVM Magazine (which I doubt many of us read, I happen to get it through my school's library) the number one cause of obstructions vets see and talk about in interviews is food. Raisins, carrots, things ferrets should not be eating in the first place. Dried fruit is the worst but fresh fruit also "does the trick" if it is not finely diced. Many people go without issues but why on earth would people risk it? [Posted in FML 6290]