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> Date:    Thu, 12 Jan 1995 07:32:59 EST
> From:    Bruce Williams DVM <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Bad breath
>
> To Becki Kain and har halitosis ferret:
>
>         Becki - I'm not sure I know what "sour stomach" is.  Are your ferret's
> teeth clean?  ARe you feeding anything that would make the ferret's stomach
> "sour"?  Are there any other health problems - certain kidney diseasess may
> cause bad breath...
 
Yup, his teeth are clean and he's eating the same stuff as the other five-
Iams hard cat food and Science Diet hard cat food.  He's of normal weight,
bouncey and seemingly healthy, just awlful breath.  The only health problem
he's ever had was a botched descenting/prolapsed rectum two years ago.
 
>
>         There are a lot of chlorophyll products on the market for dogs breath,
> which you may be able to use in ferrets.  I would stay away from human breath
> mints....
 
I was kinding about the human breath mints.  :-)
 
beckers
 
>
>        Bruce Williams, DVM                 Department of Veterinary Pathology
>        [log in to unmask]         Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
>        (202) 782-2600/2602                 Washington, D.C.  20306-6000
>
 
 
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beckers
(becki kain)
"words are just dust in deserts of sound."  eldritch
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