From:
"Chris Lloyd"
Date: 2002-09-01 09:06:51 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] RE: Bob C: Ferret Caretaker Quiz
To: <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <000601c25196$ee3b8ea0$b000a8c0@RAMOND>
(she specifically says that salmonella must be included in the
differential for gastric upset.)
A few years ago it was stated all eggs and chickens in the UK were
contaminated with Salmonella so don't feed raw eggs to babies and very
old people, a very few people with compromised immune systems had become
ill. There are pathogens everywhere and we all generally become immune
to then, ferrets fed raw from a young age cope with the bad bugs. Most
types of E coli and Salmonella are harmless in small numbers but don't
feed a kibble fed ferret a lump of smelly meat and not expect it to
become ill. Chris.
Ferrets are only domesticated polecats and they will eat carrion when
they find it.
The Wessex Ferret Club http://web.ukonline.co.uk/superzoe/index.htm
Chris Lloyd ICQ no. 44575318