All ferret caretakers should be aware that the dental health product GREENIES is a potential intestinal blockage candidate. IN ongoing news on the canine lists / sites many dogs have had to have emergency surgeries for intestinal blockages caused by undigested greenies. Several cases of perforated bowel due to the greenies have also been reported. Though the companies state the product is 85% digestible, veterinarians are reporting the remnants recovered in these surgeries attest to a much lower digestiblity rate. Those who are allowing ferrets to chew on larger greenies products should be aware that there is a great probability the ferrets will suffer from similar or worse complications as the digestion rate for ferrets is much shorter than that of a dog. Alicia Drakiotes http://www.ferretwise.org [Posted in FML issue 5112]