> > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 07:32:59 EST > From: Bruce Williams DVM <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Bad breath > > To Becki Kain and har halitosis ferret: > > Becki - I'm not sure I know what "sour stomach" is. Are your ferret's > teeth clean? ARe you feeding anything that would make the ferret's stomach > "sour"? Are there any other health problems - certain kidney diseasess may > cause bad breath... Yup, his teeth are clean and he's eating the same stuff as the other five- Iams hard cat food and Science Diet hard cat food. He's of normal weight, bouncey and seemingly healthy, just awlful breath. The only health problem he's ever had was a botched descenting/prolapsed rectum two years ago. > > There are a lot of chlorophyll products on the market for dogs breath, > which you may be able to use in ferrets. I would stay away from human breath > mints.... I was kinding about the human breath mints. :-) beckers > > Bruce Williams, DVM Department of Veterinary Pathology > [log in to unmask] Armed Forces Institute of Pathology > (202) 782-2600/2602 Washington, D.C. 20306-6000 > -- beckers (becki kain) "words are just dust in deserts of sound." eldritch [Posted in FML issue 1074]