Ugh - just spent $66 on food for ferrets and cats - ran out of food for everyone all at once. Anyway, we're mixing Iams Kitten (or adult, for Potpie) with Eukanuba Lamb n Rice and Totally Ferret, and that seems to work out well. At least, i havent heard any complaints. :) They're funny in how they eat - Noodle and Potpie just stick their heads in the bowl and stuff themselves, while Easel and Friday have to remove each piece they eat from the bowl before consuming it. Friday actually never eats *at* the bowl - running away with a mouthful to some hidey-hole is preferred. Weirdos. Anyway, i figured the poop differences were due to the higher-quality food additions (TF, Euk.). Glad to hear someone else is having the same good results. Potpie, who had been showing weird symptoms of weird things, turns out to be fine - as usual. The vet did a blood panel and very thorough exam which all came up showing i have one dratted healthy ferret. To the best of my knowledge, she just caught a series of bugs - sore throat, intestinal virus - on top of each other, which made her seem sicker than she was. Our house is very dry and the temperature keeps fluctuating (wood stove heat) so it makes sense that she could catch something easily. The blood panel didnt even show the same problems her last did, a year ago - she's just healthy. Of course, she's fat and she just blew her coat, so she feels like a wire brush and looks mangy... What a stinker. I think she just likes me to spend money on her. And Bill K - Potpie's ears are crooked too. Maybe the gravity here in Ann Arbor is lopsided, and makes one half of my ferrets grow slower than the other half. *grin* Melissa and the boingers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa Litwicki "Is it ... atomic?" [log in to unmask] "Yes! VERY atomic!" [Posted in FML issue 1753]