Also specifically to Vickie & Rex, and Drew & Merlin; Timmy & friends' maintenance food recipe (Supplement to regular dry food& treats) The following recipe is for 8 ferrets, can be refrigerated or use smaller amounts proportionally. a/o 8/12/95 4 jars Gerber Turkey Rice 2nds baby food 2 tsp. Ferratone 1 heaping tsp. Lewis Labs Brewers yeast 1 tsp. powdered garlic (NOT garlic salt!) 2 scoops KMR (kitten milk replacement) 2-4 Tbl. pure water 8 cc Pet Tinic liquid vitamins 1 30mg CoQ10 capsule (contents only) 4 tsp. clover honey 800-1000 mg. Vitamin. C powder 1 cc Colloidal Silver (270ppm) available from Silver Wings, 800-952-4787 (not used as a therapeutic dose, but to countermand the fact that the Gerber product is not organic or of highest possible quality, but more cost effective substitute. A) If ferret is skinny, and / or not eating well, Deliver 2.0 high calorie supplement (Mead Johnson=mfg.) from any pharmacy would be added to approx. 30% of recipe by volume. Not critical ratio. B) If desperately ill, would add 10cc per ferret per jar of baby food of PWS 2000 herbal supplement, 1-2 tsp. of clover honey, and provide water with clover honey & PWS at ratio of 1/2 C. water, 1 Tbl. clover honey, and 10cc herbal tonic. (I can provide purchase info.) C) If ill would also use colloidal silver as natural anti biotic & immune system booster. Depending on condition, have used .2cc up to 1cc/ferret /day in divided doses. D) Have been doing for almost 3 weeks now, treatment of enlarged spleens on four of my little ones with colloidal silver, .3cc to 1cc/ferret/day depending on magnitude of enlargement. Wanted to not report too soon, but have found a general across the board a shrinking to about 1/2 of original size b4 treatment! Still early, and by the grace of God & the previous work of Stephene in Colorado these are encouraging results, but this is offered as research information, not a guarantee or "medical advice"; Consult your favorite health practitioner as appropriate, etc. Having said all that, I am very thankful that I'm having such positive results with something that I have not heard of any treatment for except surgery. I am speculating the mechanism of action is to help kill off defective and invading cells much earlier in the immune response cycle so the total of dead cells the spleen has to filter out is vastly reduced. I do not have the equipment, budget, nor desire to subject my fuzzies to the drawing of blood , etc. necessary to "prove" a scientific methodology, but am content to simply get positive results that should result in longer, healthier lives. Their energy levels are up overall, and Timmy (who last Oct. was diagnosed with terminal lymphoma, & 2-3 weeks to live, for the newcomers), currently is the last to want to go to sleep in some nice quite corner! :) :) :) [much happiness being expressed!] Keep well, & God bless, Gary [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] 800-209-1071 [Posted in FML issue 1285]