This is my basic recipe for Stan's Stew, or duck soup. I give this at least once a week to all my ferrets. They love it. I feed it in Corning soup platters, very flat and very wide. Target has them. They clean easily and don't break. I feed it regularly to give them a little boost, but mainly so they are used to eating it in case of illness. 2 jars (4oz.ea.) Earth's Best organic baby food, meat variety 2 tsp. organic flax seed oil 1 can Deliver, Ensure or other similar product 1 tsp. Pet Tinic liquid vitamins 2 tsp. "The Missing Link" feline supplement by Petscriptions, inc. 800-774-PETS [1/2?] tsp. vitamin C powder (about 750-1000mg) 3 drops vitamin E (about 100mg.) 1 heaping tsp. KMR Kitten Weaning Formula 2 tsp. torula yeast flakes. 2 capsule CO-Q10, 30mg. (contents only) 2 tsp. acidolphilus powder For diarrhea symptoms, ece, and such I add the following while removing the acidolphilus. I remove the acidolphilus since the colloidal silver will kill off bacteria. 3 cc colloidal silver 1 tablet Viraplex, crushed. Available from Enzymatic Therapy, 1-800-783-2286 For coccidia and giardia, I use the basic recipe plus: 1 capsule Nutribiotic Capsules Plus, which contain 100 mg. grapefruit extract, echinacea and artemisia annua. But I only add this product for one week, then switch to just grapefruit extract alone. You can also substitute all or part of the Deliver for Pedialyte, if you have a dehydrated ferret. But always remember that you can give Pedialyte by itself, at different times than the duck soup. You need to space due to stomach size restrictions. There are different stages in feeding with sick animals. The worst is force feeding, when you have to pin them down and just squirt it in their mouths, hand feeding, which is where the animal voluntarily takes food offered by you, and self feeding. For force feeding and hand feeding, I use a baby's medicinal dropper. I find this easier to use than a syringe. It looks like a minature turkey baster, is marked with volumes and is easily cleaned. You can get them for under a $1 a piece at any drug or grocery store. I use a Braun hand held blender to mix it up with. They come with a tall container that is perfectly sized. When I am finished, I fill up the container with soapy water, stick the blender in and run it to clean it. It also came with a mini food processor attachment that works great for grinding dry food if you want. Maggie [Posted in FML issue 2064]