From:
ferrethealer@aol.com
Date: 2009-10-15 16:48:20 UTC
Subject: Vicks VapoRub not for use in ferrets Re: [ferrethealth] Digest Number 1664
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
In a message dated 10/15/09 12:16:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com writes:
With stuffy nose and flue symptoms I would use the
VICKS Vapour Rub available from chemists.
**Hi, John.
Gotta say that I disagree with this and that Vicks can in fact be harmful.
Fromn an article in the Washington Post that I found on the first page of
search results (multiple other articles regarding this on that first page)
when I put Vicks Vapour Rub in the search box:
"Rubin said Vicks VapoRub can make some adults feel better without really
making them better. "For kids, because it can induce some inflammation, even
a little bit, that little bit might be enough to tip over a child to having
problems," he said.
The findings were published in the January issue of the journal Chest.
To test whether Vicks VapoRub could cause respiratory distress, the
researchers conducted experiments with ferrets. The animals were chosen because
they have airways similar to human airways, Rubin said.
The researchers found that Vicks VapoRub increased mucus production by up
to 59 percent; the ability to clear mucus was reduced by 36 percent."
That's not good news, and definitely that degree of alteration is a bad
idea in a healthy ferret, let alone a sick one. I don't recommend Vicks be
used in small animals at all, let alone in ferrets.
Dr. Ruth
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