>As for pineapple juice for hairballs: Yes, it works fairly well in RABBITS
>because rabbit hairballs are composed of rabbit hair and rabbit food,
>which is completely vegetable in nature.  Rabbits are strict herbivores.
>Ferrets are strict carnivores, and their hairballs have a <completely
>different composition.  Pineapple juice will not, repeat not, break down
>ferret hairballs.  Debbie Kemmerer DVM
 
In the latest issue of Ferrets (Nov/Dec), a Dr. Douglas R.  Mader has an
article about GI disorders.  In the article he talks about blockages and
says that you can use cat laxative or pumpkin filling to try to get the
foreign body to pass.  Anyone ever heard of using pumpkin filling or is
that the same as the pineapple juice remedy Dr. Kemmerer posted about
above?
 
Katharine
[Posted in FML issue 2851]