From:
Vicki Montgomery
Date: 2007-07-21 00:07:59 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Maybe not mineral oil
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Try salt free butter, laxatone, virgin olive oil, but think twice before you give your ferret mineral oil.
From WIkipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oil
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Mineral oil is sometimes taken orally as a laxative. It lubricates feces and intestinal mucous membranes, and limits the amount of water removed from feces...
If used at all, mineral oil should never be given internally to small children, pets, or anyone with a cough, hiatus hernia, or nocturnal reflux, and should be swallowed with care. Due to its low density, it is easily aspirated into the lungs...
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