>From: William Killian - Zen and the Art of Ferrets <[log in to unmask]> >>From: Tracy Tunnison <[log in to unmask]> >>I posted before about SciDi being unsuitable for ferrets any longer. Bill wrote: >Canned not kibbled. We don't like the kibbled Science Diet much but the >Science Diet Prescription A/D is an excellent food for ill or young ferrets >You can only get A/D through a vet but we much prefer it to the Science Diet >Feline growth - the ferrets do really. I don't mean to nick-pick Bill, but when I said Science Diet, that's exactly what I meant. Science Diet and Prescription Diet are two totally separate lines of food from Hills. Prescription Diet A/D is excellent for ferrets being nursed for whatever reason. It has very condensed calories and such so a sick ferret doesn't need to eat as much as normal (we all know making a sick fuzzy eat can be difficult, so the less needed the better). Science Diet used to be ok for ferrets but they changed the formula. >+Renaissance '96 >+Championship Ferret Show >+November 9, 1996 >+Lansing, MI >+Sponsor: Great Lakes Ferret Assoc. >+Call: 800-807-4617 Again, here is another spot that has some misinformation about the GLFA show, the correct contact is: Tracy Tunnison PO Box 156 Sidney, Mi. 48885 ph:(517)328-3903 email:[log in to unmask] >From: Laura Ellis <[log in to unmask]> >I'm glad I'm not the only one who modifies songs to sing to their ferrets. I couldn't agree more with this sentence!! I'm always afraid someones going to walk up behind me while I'm singing to my babies (I have NO voice at all!). It started when I had gotten in a shelter ferret named Loco. His cage just happened to be on the end where I started in the morning checking food and water. I would walk up to him and start singing "Locomotion". He (and everyone else) really seemed to enjoy this so I continued daily. Recently Loco Motion (as I "finished" naming him), found a wonderful home and I told his new mommy about the song and she promised to sing it for him :) Now, I make up songs for all of them! To Laura Bosch re:digging in litter This tip only works if your ferrets are caged. When I go through and change litter boxes in all the kit cages, I make sure everyone is out playing for at least a couple of hours before putting them back in. They seem to ignore the new litter better this way (they will still *usually* go back in the cage to do their duty) but have more interest in being out playing. When they are put back in their cages, they are usually ready for a nap and by the time someone gets the idea of digging in the litter, it's already been used and then they don't dig. I used to change litter with them still in the cage and this seems to be a sure fire way to entice them to dig. Hope this helps! :) Tracy and her Fuzzy Friends Mid-Michigan Ferrets GLFA Show Registrar [Posted in FML issue 1679]