> --------------------------------------- > Subject: Milk > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 06:33:45 -0500 > From: [log in to unmask] (Urban F) > > >From: CT Hart <[log in to unmask]> > >>From: Nancy Hartman <[log in to unmask]> > >> > >> Minimal cow's milk/dairy products -- it gives them diarrhea, which > >> can cause dehydration very quickly in ferrets. Goats milk is O.K. > >> > > Has anyone tried a lactose-free dairy product? > > Does anyone know just what it is about cows milk that is bad? > > I guess one answer to that would be "Because it's made to > be drunk by young bovines". As far as I can determine, milk > isn't good for any adult mammals, and only a few exceptions > can drink it at all. In Sweden, about 95% can drink milk, but > on a world-wide scale, only 5% of humans can stand it. It is > said that a requirement for that is that you never stop > drinking it, which presumably goes for the English ferrets > who are given it daily. Yeah, but these little guys are kits, not kids... :^) ...So how do you explain goat's milk as okay? The butterfat might be an explanation, but what about skim milk or other low/nonfat items? I'm just very curious - as it would be wonderful to be able to reward my best friend with something he loves, if I could find a form that doesn't hurt him. (He turns up his nose at goat's milk...) Does anybody know? [Posted in FML issue 0392]