Message Number: SG2095 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2002-11-05 03:47:43 UTC
Subject: Reaction to pine litter
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <14f.16eb5c97.2af8995f@aol.com>

In a message dated 11/04/02 9:18:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ferrethealth-digest-help@smartgroups.com writes:

> Some ferrets are just allergic to pine in all the litter forms. We've never
> encountered that ourselves and we do use pine pellets, but since this
> little one has reacted to one form it is possible that other forms also
> will at some point cause problems. You might be safer with newspaper based
> pellets like Yesterday's News. Just a thought to consider since we've
> heard of some individuals (including a ferret of one of the vet's here) who
> react badly.

That would be my boy Frost, and he reacted to Feline Pine, so severely that I
came close to losing him within two to three minutes of placing the Feline
Pine in his litter box. I stick with Yesterday's News, and have never had or
heard of a problem with allergic reactions to it.

Dr. Ruth
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