So many people make eggnog that many markets which carry PASTEURIZED eggs now have them on sale. That allowed me to make runny fried eggs that I knew would be bacteria-free and therefore safe for the Pivot and for me. Pivot was vibrating so fast she was practically humming while lapping up her runny yolk and butter (something I have not had in ages and ages so this is a special treat). Later I will have to try to introduce the others. Steve plans to make himself some cookie batter that is safe with some of them and he also uses them to make ice cream. This is much easier than pasteurizing them himself. So, in your markets which carry pasteurized eggs keep your eyes open. Steve found them from Davidson's Safest Choice on an unannounced sale at Kings today. The boxes will say they are pasteurized and those eggs tend to carry a stamped P on them. Davidson's has a store locator and some others which provide these also might: http://www.safeeggs.com/ and they list -- a loooooooong list -- of stores that carry them including major and common chains like Safeway, King Kullen, Whole Foods, Acme, Seven-Eleven, Foodtown, etc. and if you put in a zip code it does not recognize well it will put up that store list to see if you scroll down. I don't see Kings listed but the larger Kings have them for those in the tristate area or in PA near the NJ border. So, right now Pivot and I say, "YUM!" "TREAT!" Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 7264]