Vita is not that great. Have you checked other pet stores in your area? The big chains should have Marshall's...spaeking of which, what petstore did you get your kit from? Most stores get their kits from only a coulple different sources. One of which is a large ferret mill called Marshall Farms. Generally, a kit from Marshall's will have two blue dots tatooed on the ear. One dot for being altered, one for being descented. Stores that sell Marshall's kits are suppossed to be feeding the kits Marshall's food which usually means they sell the food to.

Other big chain stores(ie PetCo Petsmart etc..) should also have Zupreem, Totally Ferret, and 8 in 1 Ultimate. If you can't find any of these. Try using Eukanuba, Iams, or Maxximum Nutrition kitten food. DO NOT use cat food...only kitten. Maximum Nutrtion kitten is made by iams and only available at Walmart.(It's Walmart's brand of kitten/cat food)

Please buy at least 2 of these foods and mix it. Kits imprint upon food at a young age. If you don't introduce the kit to a few different foods, the kit will only eat that one particular food you give her. If you can't find that food or the company switched ingredients, the ferret will often refuse to eat a new food and starve. By feeding a mix of 2 or more foods, you always know that if one food changes or is unavailable, that the kit will eat another food.

Have you bought any supplements? Ferretone is great for keeping the coat shiney but DO NOT put it on the food contrary to what the bottle says. It will make the food go rancid. My ferets love ferretone. I call it ferret crack. I use it for clipping nails. You hold the ferret on his back, put a few drops of ferretone on the tummy and the ferret is busy licking it off, while you clip nails.

Also please buy some ferretlax or other ferret hairball product. I give my guys an inch strip of hairball remedy once a week and every other day when they shed(Ferrets shed twice a year.) Ferrets can not cough up hairballs like cats. If they have a large hairball it can be deadly.

If you have any other questions, just ask. And please get the book Ferrets for Dummies by Kim Schilling. It's a wonderful resource that every ferret owner should have.