Hello everyone!
 
I have to put in my two cents worth concerning those ferrets who are
'stone formers'... We lost our first ferret Weasel to a blockage of
crystals like have been discussed here lately and I have done some
reading since his death... We've made some changes in our ferrets diets
and I feel compelled to share some interesting information about it with
everyone.
 
Firstly, a little information about water... the 2 Hydrogens and the 1
Oxygen molecules that make up water must 'cling' to something in order
for water to form a 'drop'... normally it finds a microscopic particle
of something (like calcium) or other solid particle to cling to, in the
atmosphere, to form itsself into a droplet.
 
There is a type of commercially available water out there (filtered thru
a membrane process) that is called "Reverse Osmosis" water; (R/O, for
short) and this water is SO PURE that it is actually 'wetter water'... it
has had those microscopic particles filtered out till it is chemically,
ONLY, the 2 H's and the 1 O... nothing else in it!  It does not form a
'drop' as we know it...
 
In fact: R/O water is so pure that it actually 'looks' for a particle to
cling to and as a result those of us who run R/O water into our homes
must have it running through plastic pipes because if it runs through
metal pipes the energy of the R/O H20 will actually leach away
microscopic particles of the metal pipes and you'll soon loose your
plumbing system to this energy!  R/O water is stored and sold in Plastic
too; as its the only container that will hold it for any length of time.
 
Why is this interesting?  Well, its been documented as well, that this
'looking for something to cling to, to form a drop' kind of energy also
helps those humans who drink R/O water clean out impurities in their
bodily systems as they digest the water !  (it is still looking for
something to cling to and as a result it grabs onto the deposits in our
bodies)... those R/O water drinkers are systematically flushing out the
calcium and problem deposits that form our kidney stones-- our gall
stones-- and so forth... its even been shown to help clean arterial
placque (Cholesterol) to a certain degree!!  Amazing stuff!!
 
So when I learned about this phenomenon, we started immediately using R/O
water for all our ferrets drinking water..  in five years we've never had
another problem with a bladder infection or crystals, or stones in any of
them... and our ferrets range in age from 6 to 3.  Now, of course I can't
state for certain that its only the water, because we also feed strictly
Zupreem and Mazzouri foods..  with one or two Pounce treats per day and
NOTHING ELSE for the little ones... No matter how they give us the
eye~!!~ (I'm sure that dietary intake has a huge affect on the ferrets
health from this stone-forming standpoint too).  I mean, it makes sense
that if you don't put it in there in the first place it doesn't get
stored in the body, doesn't it?
 
As for myself, I'd passed a few 'stones' in my day... (and there's no
mistaking one when it comes thru, as it hurts like unholy hell) but since
switching to R/O water for my drinking needs I haven't had a single one!
Coincidence?  I don't think so...!
 
Kimberly Latas
[log in to unmask]
[Posted in FML issue 4244]