From:
anais7813
Date: 2002-02-26 00:07:00 UTC
Subject: Re: new member -mystery ferret
Wow. That is a wonderful point and one I never thought of. I didn't
even think about it being an association. That makes me feel a lot
better. I felt like such a horrible mommy when I am saying she won't
eat but when she gets to the vet she chows down. Forming an
association between the food and having an upset tummy makes perfect
sense. Thank you very much.
Jennifer and Q-tip
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., Sydney <sydneyharper@y...> wrote:
> Maybe it's just because she was feeling queezy or her
> stomach hurt the last time she ate it. A few years
> ago I had a ferret who loved peanut butter as an
> occasional treat. But he got sick when he ate some
> one day and I never could get him to eat it again. It
> wasn't the peanut butter that made him sick, something
> else entirely. I always figured he just associated it
> with being sick. It happens with humans too.
>
> Sydney