I am a fairly new ferret owner, and have been feeding my babies Iams Kitten. They love it, and it seems suited to them nutritionally. I am worried, however about the sort of vague references to the preservative ethoxyquin causing cancer in ferrets and perhaps dogs and cats, too. I asked my vet about it. He deals with lots of ferrets, as they are very popular here, and he seems very knowledgable about them. ( I sort of quizzed him with some of the info I have gleened from the FML, as well as AOL's numerous ferret bulletin boards, just to make sure.) He had heard about these claims, but didn't seem to think that they had been proven at all, and he saw no reason for me to switch foods. His office does not sell Iams products, so it's not that he's trying to make a buck at my fuzzies' expense. So, I guess my question is this. Have there been any verified, scientific studies linking ethoxyquin to ferret cancer? [overly protective ferret mommy mode off] Thanks, Gail, Tigger & Roo (BTW, Tigger and Roo say "Hi!" to the other fuzzies of the same names we've seen mentioned here.) [Posted in FML issue 0741]