Just something about pet food. The petstore near me recently recommended a food called Sensible Choice, after I asked for Eukanuba and they said they had something better. I was kind of skeptical at first since another petstore told me they had something better and it turn out to be those really cheap ferret food preserved with BHA. The owner game me sample packages and the ingredient list look promising. The ferrets liked it (they get ~50% TF, ~25% Eukanuba kitten and ~25% Sensible Choice kitten right now). I think they claim that they have nothing in their food you won't find in nature, and all their protein come from chicken, and the only grain source they used is rice, which is supposedly more digestible. Their percentages seems fine, but after reading Bob C's Diet 101, I understand that percentages don't mean that much unless you know exactly where it comes from. I don't know too much about food stuff in general, but the ingredient list follows and you can judge for yourself. Their website is www.sensiblechoice.com I was told by the owner of the store that there are some pet food companies that won't sell to petsmart and other chains, but select smaller petstores who will sell it as their house brand, and this is one of them. You'll have to call them to find a local distributer. The price range is about >= to Eukanuba, which I take as a good sign. If you can enlignten me on anything, please email me! Thanx. Another comment on cats: My roommate's cats used to get Iams Diet, which they really hate, and they like Sensible Choice Diet a whole lot more. Of course, they like Eukanuba cat better and spent their days trying to steal the ferrets' food. -------------------------- Ingredients: Chicken meal, brewers rice, rice flour, chicken, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), powdered cellulose, spray dried chicken liver, chicken digest, spray dried whole eggs, brewers dried yeast, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, DL-methionine, salt, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, taurine, ferrous sulfate, ascorbic acid, zinc proteinate, vitamin A supplement, copper proteinate, zinc oxide, niacin supplement, pyridoxin hydrochloride, biotin, copper sulfate, calcium panthothenate, manganous oxide, extract of rosemary, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, calcium ioadate, riboflavin supplement, folic acid, sodium selenite. Guaranteed Analysis Crude Protein (min) 33.00% Crude Fat (min) 20.00% Crude Fiber (max) 3.00% Moisture (max) 10.00% Ash (max.) 6.00% Magnesium (max.) 0.09% // *********************************************** // Selina, Birch, Dief, Sprite, Storm, Sand & Bear // http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~ssiu [Posted in FML issue 2864]