hi all - re litter box fillers: i've seen suggestions before about using alfalfa pellets in the litter box instead of cat litter. i figured we could give it a try, because the cat litter gets messy when it's tracked all around. well, the pellets are certainly cheap if you buy a big bag and it smells ok, but the only ferrets who took an interest in it seemed to think it made a pretty good snack! maybe they're part rabbit. has anyone had luck using this stuff? re growth patterns: we've been weighing our two newest boys every day since we got them, just to see how fast they grow. it's scary! they've been putting on just over half an ounce a day, on average, and Odo (the bigger of the two) has gone from 11 ounces to 1 pound 13 ounces in the 5 weeks we've had him. Quark is keeping up the pace, having gone from 10 ounces to 1 pound 10 ounces. on the graph, their weight is going up in a straight line. does any one know when we could expect their weight gain to level off? at this rate they'll outweigh the cats in a couple months! the vet figures they're about 12 weeks old at this point, and they aren't fixed (yet). larry, beckers, and the wild eleven [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1251]