For the persons who been asking if anyone feed ferret food to their ferrets, I do. When I first got my little boy, Mikee in 1985 he was 7 wks. old and I got him from "Noahs Ark Pet Center" here in Illinois which I think is a very relievble pet store. When I got Mikee they gave me ferret food for him and said to put a little warm water in it to make it soft because of being a baby. He ate ferret food and Morris Chunkly dry cat food until I had to put him down at age 5 in 1990 because of cancer of the liver. When I got Honey, my little girl in 1990 from out Ferret Shelter (Greater Chicago Ferret Ass.) when she was 2 yrs. old and since I didn't know what her previous owner had fed her I started her on ferret food and she took right to it. She love it. She eat her ferret food and IAM's, plus treats, etc. I always get the f.f. from Noahs Ark which cost $11.99 for a 10 lbs. bag, they make their own f.f. which have all the vit. in it they need for their diet. I also had brought some other f.f. from a "Farm Animals Food Store" and Mikee would not touch it, had a very bad smell to it, not much telling what was in it. TO PAULA LYTLE: I was told not to give a ferret caffeine because it cause their little heart to beat too fast and can kill them. I don't know how true this is but I will not give Honey caffeine. Hope this help. JOAN A. CRAWFORD LIBRARY ASSISTANT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY INTERNET:[log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 0491]