Given how often ferrets can have lung problems this looks to be a viable option due to total lack of VOCs. We need to also find performance data on it since it's definitely of interest to us and may help someone here have a safer home. <http://www.metaefficient.com/paint/innovative-zero-voc-paint-to-be-sold-at-home-depot.html> [Moderator's note: The above link used to work, but it's now broken. As of now, it's listed here: http://www.metaefficient.com/paint BIG] VOCs are Volatile Organic Compounds and here is some info on them: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html http://toxics.usgs.gov/definitions/vocs.html http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/indoorair/voc/index.htm Health effects: If you search in Google Books (a segment of Google search) for "VOCs" +veterinary it will pull up page 268 of Veterinary Toxicology: Basic and Clinical Principles By Ramesh Chandra Gupta My eyes are not good enough to read that since it is both small and fuzzy for me from scratch, but yours may be or the enlargement may work for you. http://www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html#Health%20Effects http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/indoorair/voc/vocs.pdf Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5914]
