From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2003-09-13 16:17:24 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] is cedar wood bad for ferrets?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1184430.1063469844908.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
It's the aromatic oils in cedar that's the problem, and not particles of cedar. Of course breathing in any kind of wood particles would not be good, but that's not the primary concern with cedar. I believe the phenols in cedar can cause liver damage.
Whether or not a room with cedar walls is a problem is another question.
mike
Author wrote:
> It's cedar wood shavings that are bad for ferrets. They can inhale the small
> particles of it and can become hazardous in their system and also its the
> shavings that can cause bacterial infections in them.