Betty asked about kits taking food from the bowl, hissing all the way... Why do they do it? I can only hazard a guess... but I've noticed that mine will do it only with a particularly tasty morsel, the selfish little brats don't want to share!! If I give mine raw meat, unlike with their normal kibble, you'll be able to hear chirps, barks, and hisses while watching the kits twist, spin and dart every which way to protect 'their' morsel. It could be a result of their being times when they went hungry as kits (e.g. food bowl becoming empty and not being filled for a few hours) or it could just be that they like this particular food, and want it all to themselves ;o) Kits *are* adorable when they're little with their first experiences with mush... I've laughed at them while they literally swam in their food, and have received many 'black looks' from the jills as they have to tidy up after the kits! Kits eat, and eat and eat and... Mine tend to go through approx 15lbs of Iams a week!! They aren't guinea pigs - they eat more like full grown pigs!! Since you've had them for almost three months, they should be eating somewhat less now as they reach closer to full growth. Are they caged for periods of time? If so, maybe making their cage as open as possible, with few areas for food to be stashed... Making sure their main food bowl is always full... Perhaps a large bowl could help. If they're already improving, it may be just a 'phase' they're going through. In which case they should gradually improve anyway! However, added training won't hurt either way ;o) I have heard of ferrets waiting in line to eat (alpha first etc) however mine all tend to chomp in at once ;o) My kits do, on occasion, take a mouthful of kibble and take it away to eat, however, these times are few and far between, and normally when the bowl starts running low (it happens when they eat this much! I tend to have to refill a large bowl twice a day right now <sigh>) If they have a small bowl, maybe they feel a little less secure with the amount in there and a larger bowl will help... If they're in love with the food and want to feel selfish with it, well... I'm not sure what you can do to waylay that problem!! LOL Good luck, Sam ----------- To see some awesome ferret cards, drop in on http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~fanmail/cards/ferretcard.htm [Posted in FML issue 2577]