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Date: | Mon, 9 May 1994 10:31:36 -0400 |
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To Kathy and B.J.:
>Just recently, I have noticed that when my ferret, B.J., goes to the
>bathroom, periodically a portion of her stool is a whitish color. It does not
>happen all of the time and comes and goes. Is this normal to just have
>strange bowel movements? Or do you think it could be caused by something she
>might have eaten? (or gotten in to)
Kathy, probably what you are noticing is mucus in the stools, which
generally reflects a period of fasting in ferrets. The colon normally produces
mucus to help passage of feces; if there is no feces for a period of time then
the mucus build up and appear as a white cast over the next batch of feces.
Usually it doesn't signal a problem.
One of my ferrets passed white feces the other night - but it seems he
was eating caulk from the shower. :-(
Bruce Williams, DVM Department of Veterinary Pathology
[log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
(202) 576-2453/2454 Washington, D.C. 20306-6000
[Posted in FML issue 0822]
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