Hello,
 
I have two questions that I am hoping someone reading the FML can answer, or
point me in the right direction.
 
Is black, or red licorice bad for ferrets?   I have a sable and a albino
duo who have massed a large stockpile of licorice under my computer that
they aquired during late-night coffee table raids, and the sable especially
has become rather fond of eating licorice.  I'm worried that it could cause
a blockage, or at worse (since I personally think black licorice is vile)
could cause her some other sickness.
 
My other question is about my sable, she's female, and she is only around 7
months old.  I noticed recently her vulva has become swollen, or at least
enlarged from the size it previously was.  She isn't loosing any fur that we
can really notice, though, but I am worried it could be adrenal disease.  I
am going to take her into the vet soon, but I thought I should ask weather
or not it is normal for the vulva to become larger as a ferret gets older?
 
-Wes
[ANS / Seattle Washington]
[Posted in FML issue 1939]