First of all, let me clear up the air on my stand on 8-in-1 products. I'm not boycotting them all. Just the Ferret Diet because they don't LIST taurine (or L-taurine) in it. It's been reported that they say it's in there, but that they just don't report it because it's a by-product of other ingredients and NOT intentionally added. That may be so, I'm no chemist, just a concerned ferret-owned human who doesn't want to see his critters go blind for lack of something they should have. Taaurine is an essentional amino acid. MOst ferret specialists (veterinarians all) that I conferred with insist that it is vital to ferrets (many citing Dr. Tom Kawasaki's work in this area.) I do not boycott other 8-in-one ferret products (ferretone et. al.) as thet are nutritional supplements. I just caution the over us of them as they contain Vitamin A and it has been shown to be toxic to ferrets if used flagrantly. The NDF Census form contains a sizable section on nutrition and supplements. The requests for the form are being processed as quickly as possible. If you requested flyers to distribut in your area, you'll also receive a form. If you're connected with a ferret club, chances are your club will be printing a copy in their next newsletter. If you're president or newsletter editor for a local club, we'd be glad to send you camera ready copies to publish in your next issue. Drop me a line with your snail-mail address. Gotta run . My mastere want out to play... Roger McMillian - Owned by Cinnamon Bear, Ch. Megabyte, Ch. Tribble, Heidi & Sneakers. - [Posted in FML issue 0419]