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a_green
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:29 am Post subject: Poop question... |
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I have an extremely serious question to ask, so I hope no one is smiling.
I just cleaned up an enormous poop and noticed a clump of fur on the end of it... I've never inspected my BP's poop all that much, but is it normal for there to be a lot of fur in the poop or could this mean Scout had trouble digesting?
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RonCrawford
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Location: Pottsville, PA (USA)
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I've seen fur and - believe it or not - rodent claws in fecal. Without seeing the amount of fur you're describing, I'm unable to say if it's excessive or not.
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deborahbroadus
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From how many meals was this poop? What are you feeding?
Surmise: It may have been the poop from a few meals and fur is not one of the ingestible items on the prey.
Surmise: It may have been a (some) very furry prey.
However, since fur is not digestible it's nothing to worry about. If there's fur that means he's digesting food fine.
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a_green
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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Location: Vancouver, BC Canada
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It was from one rather large rat, a bigger one than I usually give her, so that might be why more fur showed up.
I guess everything's okay! 
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MikeandSlick
Joined: 07 Aug 2007
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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I'd say everything is good. When you pull a peice apart, you can see it's pretty much held together by fur.
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