After reading Kim's message about her veggie kids, I thought I would pass the word on about my two veggies as well. Abercrombie and Fitch, although they eat a meat-based science diet cat food, never touch any other form of meat. Although that might have a little to do with the fact that I myself am a vegetarian, their food habits seem their choice rather than anything I have imposed on them. My boyfriend isn't a vegetarian, and has offered chicken to them on occasion, and they have always refused. They prefer the things that Kim mentioned--granola, vegetables, BANANAS!!!, and dried fruit. My colleagues give me a hard time about it, since I'm an ecologist/field biologist they accuse me of raising a carnivore without being supportive of their natural tendencies. All I can tell them is that at my house, their natural tendency is to raid the crisper if I leave the refrigerator door open, dive into my breakfast cereal, or to climb on the kitchen table to steal bananas. On another note, Abercrombie and Fitch enjoyed their first Christmas party last night. Abie was the life of the party when he realized that mom had actually PUT OUT PLATES OF FOOD IN THE LIVING ROOM THAT HE COULD REACH!!!! My guests kept slipping him treats (multiply that by about 30 guests and you get one very chubby, yet satisfied ferret). Fitch was more subtle, preferring to corner one guest at a time. Needless to say, both went to sleep with visions of sugarplums, and amazingly stayed asleep until noon the next day. :) Marcy and the party animals (Abercrombie and Fitch) [Posted in FML issue 1039]