Message Number: SG8246 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-03-15 21:13:44 UTC
Subject: RE: Pooping bright red blood and not much else
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <2809428.1079385224946.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

>could it possibly be an ulcer? My vet has told me that someof the ferrets she's had >on pred develop ulcers.

Red (frank) blood indicates bleeding lower in the digestive track.

The typical ulcers are higher in the tract so the blood gets digested, resulting in black or very dark green stools.