RE: Ferret not eating good food -- I forgot to ask around the shelters at the Expo about this. Sorry. I only talked with one person, who's on the mailing list (but doesn't read food messages), he said three days isn't a long enough try before giving up. I tend to agree, although I don't know what a good amount of time would be. I firmly believe in the will to live, and very seriously doubt that the ferret will starve him/herself to death. News: I (very) briefly talked with Dr. Kawasaki at the Expo. He said that just in the past year or so a lot of ferrets have been showing up with tumors in *BOTH* adrenal glands! In the past it was almost exclusively just the left that got the tumors. (the right is extremely difficult to remove due to it's location) This is very disturbing. There's a product called EFA-Z (Essential Fatty Acids w/ Zinc) that you can get from your vet. I know of several people who give this to their ferrets when they have poor coats. It does a very good job in non-adrenal hair loss problems (age, stress, diet...). I think it costs about $8 for a 8oz bottle. Give 1 or 2 ml a day (some people give as much as 5 a day for serious problems). Just remember, this will help bring coats back, but have your ferret checked out, you don't just want to mask the problem, get it solved!!! (I think that it's the zinc in this stuff that is deficient in the ferrets' diet) I haven't looked a the label closely, but I don't think it has the fat-soluble vitamins that are dangerous in Linatone/ferretone, when I get some I'll try to remember to check. - Nancy Nancy Hartman CIS graduate student [log in to unmask] U. of Delaware President, Delaware Valley Ferret Club (AFA chapter) Owner of Percy, Bree, & Popcorn, the ferrets [Posted in FML issue 0416]