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Date: | Thu, 9 May 1996 20:51:34 -0500 |
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Hi, Marie and all,
I don't know if I'm saying something here that everyone knows, and I don't
want to be an alarmist...but just in case: My advisor in grad school had a
cat that ate some cotton thread (or maybe nylon). Several days later, he
had to have surgery to repair a perforated colon, where the string had
gotten hung up and rubbed against the inside of the colon repeatedly and cut
it (sort of like an internal papercut.)
I don't know what the signs of a perforated colon are in a ferret, but I
believe this cat acted just like it had a *really* bad tummy ache, and was
very lethargic. Maybe some sort of abdominal cavity infection? Considering
how fast things can go "south" for a sick ferret, you might want to keep a
close eye out. This was news to me that this could happen, so I thought it
might be worth passing on, in case there are others out there with fuzzies
that have a taste for textiles.
Cheers,
Eric
[Posted in FML issue 1564]
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