>The nutritionally lacking feeds, hormones, and antibiotics given
>commercially grown animals reaches far down the food chain.  As I
>mentioned someone did research and found arsenic in chicken feed
>gathered in the bones.  (John Robbins, Diet for a Free America).
 
Such a worthwhile book to read!  It shows how unnatural animal ranching
is today.  All we have to do is look towards Mad Cow disease to show how
our practices have lead to very dire circumstances.
 
Since I am moving, my copy is unavailable.  Boxes.  But the point about
arsenic in the chicken bones is interesting.
 
Recently I have heard of over a dozen ferrets who, when eating chicken,
have diarrhea.  The owners involved made a version of chicken gravy for
them that they ate regularly.  The owners switched to turkey instead and
cured the diarrhea.
 
I do know that normally chicken feed and turkey feed is different.  I
have been trying to reason out why the diarrhea occurs with chicken and
not with turkey.  I know it is *not* food allergies, since one of the
ferrets involved had diarrhea from the chicken gravy from the first
feeding.
 
So with all the other ingredients the same, obviously the problem is from
the chicken.  It seems to point to some difference in the way chickens
and turkeys are raised.  All involved were being fed typical chicken from
a grocer's.
 
Anyone else have any suggestions?
 
Blessings,
 
Maggie
[Posted in FML issue 4168]