Re: Pooping during stress My physiology is a little rusty but my I'll give my best 'educated' guess. During a time of stress when an animal needs to react quickly s/he needs to mobilize all of his/her resources, particularly blood, to the large muscles (and heart). Since digestion occurs in the intestine (the stomach only helps to break down large particles to smaller particles), then any food/stool in the intestine would have lots of blood flowing nearby to aid in digestion. Hence, one would need to redirect this flow of blood. Mobilizing the blood to the muscles may require the stool to be ..err..'lost' or it may simply be that the physiological reactions that redirect the blood have a 'side effect' of riding the body of any food in the intestine. NB:(any stimulant--adrenaline, coffee, etc. will cause the intestine to increases it's peristaltic activity--the activity which moves the stool along and 'out'). This is just my educated guess. Like I said, my physiology is rusty..maybe the vets could comment? Michaela Maurice & her Bundles of Joy ps. To any who remember, Bugsy is back on regular food and maintaining his weight (hasn't gained any but isn't losing any either)--Thanks again to all who wrote in with recipes and support. :) [Posted in FML issue 1723]