HI Sukie-- and readers I emailed Don some time ago -- when I first heard they were doing a knock off product. Don has informed me that a licensing agreement was signed by Hyperfur. So the new toys are legit. However we still carry the Cheweasel-- a good thing does not need changing!! alicia for the many faces at Ferret Wise http://www.dartmouth.edu/~crassi/index.html [Posted in FML issue 2716]