Message Number: YG8711 | New FHL Archives Search
From: strawberrypgasus@netscape.net
Date: 2001-11-15 18:54:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Can any one help? Smelly ferret poop

New baby eating Marshals ferret food. His poop did smell that way the
first day I got him. The ferrets were not put in the same cage.
Since the other one passed away I put him in the bigger cage, I did
bleach it and wash the old bedding before putting him in the new cage.

--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "Rae Edmiston" <raee@c...> wrote:
> What kind of ferret food are you feeding your new boy? Did his poo
smell
> that way the first day you brought him home? is the coloration okey
(brown,
> soft yet firm, ect?) I believe your other ferret that passed away
had ECE, a
> easily treated, but hard to shed (shedding period of up to 8 months
I
> believe)did you put this ferret in the same cage that you had that
one in?
> You may need to super sanitize that cage with straight bleach just
to rid
> the bacteria from the ECE (its SUPER contagious) and are you using
the same
> clothing/bedding/hammies for the new one as the old one? Again those
need to
> be super cleaned, possibly thrown away (some vets can give you
better idea
> on that on)