Subject:  Dishwasher detergent harms ferret
 
I am hoping this message will help prevent some little ferret from
undergoing the pain ours did.  Luckily it has a happy ending.  Last week our
ferret was throwing up so much that nothing was getting past her stomach.
Upon much investigation, x-rays, barrium, etc.  the vet thought that she
must have eaten something bad that harmed her stomach and made it so
irritated that she couldn't keep anything down.  (I hope I am paraphrasing
correctly.) Luckily, the barrium soothed things enough that now she is fine.
What happened?  We are not sure, but I think that she ate granules of
dishwasher detergent that accidently spilled onto the floor.  I feel SO bad.
I was putting the soap into the dishwasher one day, when the spring-loaded
detergent compartment didn't catch.  It had flung the soap all over the
kitchen floor, and although I'd cleaned most of it up, I guess I forgot
about the stuff the went under the fridge.  I will never do that again.  I
hope this note warns others about potential harm.
 
Nancy,  Sylvain &
FARRAH (the Edmonton,  Alberta,  Canada ferret)
[Posted in FML issue 1350]