Hello Fellow Ferret Lovers:
 
Never have I left my ferrets running free and unsupervised!  Today was a
lovely day and the people family were outdoors raking leaves - coming in
every once in a while to check on the furry kids, since both Katy and Sasha
were out.  I came in to find that Sasha had climbed into a kitchen
cupboard... raisin bran "all" over the floor.  The situation: I have no idea
how many raisins each of the kids ate (or stashed), however about two hours
later, Katy started either sneezing or coughing (I can't tell which) and has
vomited about three or four times.  She has vomited up undigested raisins,
and some partially or mostly digested kitten food.  However, I am unable to
tell whether or not she ate any of the cereal.
 
The label on the box reads as follows:
 
whole wheat, raisins (coated with sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil), wheat
bran, sugar/glucose-fructose, salt, malt (corn flour, malted barley),
vitamins (thiamin hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid,
e-calcium pantothenate), minerals (iron, zinc oxide).
 
About an hour after that, she seems to have settled down for the most part
and Sasha is curled up around her and I only hear an occasional sneeze.
 
I have spoken with my vet and he has reassured me that she will be fine, and
that he does not need to see her.
 
I would welcome further advice as when one of these babies is not well we
all want to do the best that we possibly can.
 
Thank you,
Jean and her sweetheart ferret Katy,
and Sasha the Big Brother
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                           "Everything that lives
                              Lives not alone
                              Nor for itself"
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[Posted in FML issue 1734]