To Irene, whose ferret passed bright red feces: Irene, this is not abnormal, if it is only a one-time thing and your pet has pased good bowel movements since. If feces has blood in it, you will either be able to 1) identify it as blood, because it often forms small clots, or 2) it will be digested and the feces will be tarry looking. Feces can come in all shades of color at various times, depending on what the ferret has eaten and the gastrointestinal transit time. I would just monitor, and if everything goes back to normal, then we're probably okay. Bruce Williams, DVM Department of Veterinary Pathology [log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (202) 576-2453/2454 Washington, D.C. 20306-6000 [Posted in FML issue 0937]