I'd like to add my two cents about the type of food to feed your ferrets. Without question, it is much better to feed a high-quality food to your ferrets - ie, one that has listed, in the first two or three ingredients, primarily meat. It is up to each person to decide what foods to feed their ferrets. I find, based on shape and flavor, that my ferrets like Totally Ferret and Iams foods the best. However, we all recognize how stubborn and irrational ferrets can be. If a ferret will only eat Meow Mix, well, so be it. It may be that that ferret will be a happy ferret for its lifespan, and its lifespan may be 8-10 yaers. Who knows? Each ferret is different. Generally speaking, ferrets' health is better on high-quality foods, and I (and most FMLers) sincerely believe that a high-quality food will make your ferret do better for longer. But, just as there are exceptions to every rule, so there can be exceptions to this. We all WANT to do the best we can for our pets, but sometimes we have to compromise, like it or not. Melissa ___ Melissa Litwicki __ [log in to unmask] ___ By the whole newsgroup devoted tennis showing it after scarfing fork and laughters [Posted in FML issue 1922]