>As a manufacture of a number of products including Ferrets Choice we do >our best to help all manner of different groups and charities related to >the Pet Industry. That is nice to hear. >I will state here and know that the assertion that Ferrets Choice is a >complete cat food is wrong. I did not say or suggest that. >Also the assertion that our food is some way linked to a Mink food is >ludicrous. It is just something I have read in the past, most ferret foods are derived from cat foods but most of those with a high fish content are derived from mink food as mink require a diet high in fish. So far I have read that only Totally Ferret has been manufactured for ferrets from scratch and that no cat food formed the basis for it and was just slightly changed for the ferret s needs. So I simply mentioned what I have heard and am glad to hear that Ferrets Choice is not linked to a mink food. But please tell us a bit more about what balanced means. What I would be very interested in is the ratio of the food. How many percent fish, corn, chicken etc. is in the food? If you do not wish to publish this information on the FML then you can e-mail me directly. Also I would like to know what percentage of the protein actually comes from the chicken and fish and how much from other sources? >Our food has over 350Kg per tonne of chicken meat, not bones or offal but >real chicken meat and the fish smell you talk about is actually the Tallow >you can smell. That is an impressive amount of chicken, I would now like to know how much fish there is in a tonne of Ferrets Choice and how much of other animal derivatives. >When the food goes through the extrusion process all odurs are eliminated >and it is then that that chicken tallow is applied to enhance the flavour. That is interesting, I am glad I wrote in because you have told me a lot of things that I did not know. But what exactly is tallow? >Finally could you please state for everybody on the FML what facts you >have to backup what you are talking about or are you working for another >pet food company because it sure sounds like it to me. I did not want to start any fights, everybody who has been reading Bob Church s posts will know what I am talking about. I just wanted to hear your side of the story. That is simply it and I must say that I have a more positive attitude towards your food now. There are a lot of rumours going around about your food and I just mentioned them in my last mail to see how you react. I was not trying to be malicious. But now it is time for you to get your facts right. ;-) I am not working for any other pet food company, I am simply a ferret owner who cares about his ferrets a lot and wants to feed them the best possible food and to do that I try and find out information about a food before I feed it. In case you are interested, I run a small family business in North Wales. And no, nothing to do with animal feeds. Regards, Rob [Posted in FML issue 2712]