Message Number: SG1261 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Ferret Wise Shelter
Date: 2002-09-04 05:01:55 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Re: bag balm and green poop
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020904010125.00a83210@mail.usaexpress.net>

At 11:45 PM 9/3/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>me about bag balm to rub on her to help her itchiness...i used it
>>and she licks >it...the next day her poop was florescent green!!! is
>>this normal? i havent >used it since...but i was wondering if it
>>was harmful to her?
>
>Were the stools loose? green color can be from rapid passing and I
>think that Bag Balm has some ingredients with laxative effects like
>petroleum jelly and mineral oil, doesn't it? (Could be completely
>wrong on that score, so the question is a real one.)

Just make sure the bag balm is the unscented non menthol one!

Alicia