Help me, my friends, Can anyone recommend a good palatable protein source that I am likely to be able to find in Turkey? (the country, not the fowl!) I have long run out of Iams kitten food that I brought with me to Turkey, and the stuff my brother brought over (some attempt at commercial ferret pellets) was SO bad no ferret would eat it. I can get Iams cat food and various other cheaper cat foods, but 30-31% is the max protein available, and ferret experts recommend around 40%, right? There is NO kitten food for sale in any pet shop I've visited in Istanbul. I can't remember the details I heard about feeding eggs to ferrets -- something about a substance in the RAW yolk or white that is toxic to ferrets. Rikki will eat small amounts of both yolk and white, cooked, if I hand feed him. Is this cool? Will it make up the deficit? So is egg protein a good supplement for an otherwise fairly-low protein diet? Any other ideas? Getting in the extra fat is easier (I assume a dot of butter, Ferretone, vegetable oil, etc. daily will do that?). Rikki seems just fine--but in reading lately about the long-term effects of a low-grade diet, I sure don't want my baby to suffer any risk! Cheers, Sue Kocher Koc University email: [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1515]