Dr. Williams, I have a question pertaining to the protein/fat requirements for adult ferrets. A few years ago I received a copy of "Mother's Milk Is Nature's Most Perfect Food" from Pet-Ag, Inc., the makers of Esbilac, KMR, etc. As I read through it I found the analysis of mother's milk for ferrets and I was surprised to find the following: %Solids - 23.5 Fat - 34.0 PROTEIN - 25.5 Carbohydrates - 16.2 These are all percentages. After reading this I started to wonder if we weren't feeding our ferrets foods too high in protein. I have been told by one person that baby animals require the highest levels of vitamins and minerals (with the exception of pregnant/nursing animals), that they will ever require in their lives. I was further surprised to find that the protein levels for skunk milk was 32.0. This is much higher than that of ferret milk and yet ferret owners are advised to feed foods high in protein, yet skunk owners are told to feed foods low in protein. Are we doing our ferrets and skunks a disservice? By the way, do you have any skunk health/nutrition information I can get my hands on? Some good friends are the founders of the American Domestic Skunk Association and are always looking for any new information. Thanks for any info you can provide - this has bothered me for a while. Jan M. Lovell - Secretary Georgia Domestic Ferret Association [Posted in FML issue 0749]