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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-05-31 19:44:17 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Digest 31 May 2005 00:38:43 -0000 Issue 1014
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
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Vicki, Vinegar has a pH of 3 so I'd be very leery about putting it on skin unless a vet said that I could, let alone getting it on more tender tissue like the anus.
Dr. Sue knows a lot more about these things than I ever will. As she says, make sure it is prep for kittens if you are forced to use something not form the vet.
Personally, I think that you are better off having the vets do an ID and then also give them what Dr.Sue wrote and those past vet posts I found for you. That way even a vet who is not used to treating ferrets should have the needed data handy. You could even ask for a call-back, discuss it with one of those non-ferret vets to find out if there might be some more info needed and post asking for it before you go in.
I want to note that the poisoning things that I found virtually always involved someone using a DOG preparation or collar on a cat or a ferret. It sounds like dogs are more tolerant of the compounds involved.
Parasites can spread disease and even when they don't they can cause anemia.