From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2005-01-23 13:49:47 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] bloody mass
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <3436493.1106488187525.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
There are better methods readily available, such as Preparation H and 0.5% cortisone cream. I'd leave the sugar method to the old farmers.
Author wrote:
> Reads like it might be a prolapsed rectum. If you cannot get to a vet
> straight away an old trick is to shrink it with sugar and gently push it
> back in. Do not let the ferret lick the sugar. The sugar draws moisture
> out and acts as an antibiotic. This is an old farmers trick but I've never tried it an a ferret.