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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 23:01:13 GMT -5
Merman licked some residue off of a bottle of tide. I didn't realize what bottle he was screwing with until I saw him licking and walked over and saw the bottle name and something shiny on the outside. I don't know if it was the actual detergent or what, but it was slick and didn't have a smell, but i'm freaking out! It was the Tide gentle and free if that matters. Will this hurt him?!
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Post by Corvidophile on Nov 16, 2015 23:28:30 GMT -5
Get lots of fluid and fiber into him to dilute and shove it out before it can irritate his mouth and digestive tract too much, and call an emergency vet for further advice and to check availability for bringing him in, if they don't know about ferrets ask them how to proceed if he was a cat. I'm shy to suggest vomiting because of the risk of him inhaling any foam that might be generated in the process, if there's gonna be detergent in him (and at 30 minutes past incident, there is), it's better passing through his guts than through both his guts and his trachea, or worse, lungs.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 23:34:01 GMT -5
Is there a section on what to do on the bottle if ingested?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 23:38:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 23:58:29 GMT -5
Thank you! We actually just called a poison control center because I can't calm down.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 0:12:16 GMT -5
Get lots of fluid and fiber into him to dilute and shove it out before it can irritate his mouth and digestive tract too much, and call an emergency vet for further advice and to check availability for bringing him in, if they don't know about ferrets ask them how to proceed if he was a cat. I'm shy to suggest vomiting because of the risk of him inhaling any foam that might be generated in the process, if there's gonna be detergent in him (and at 30 minutes past incident, there is), it's better passing through his guts than through both his guts and his trachea, or worse, lungs. He's acting normal, but is being a total brat and won't drink his water because we woke him up twice from his sleep. I called a poison control hotline and they said a couple licks of the type of detergent we use wont hurt him, especially if it was a few licks. ( It wasn't straight detergent. It was a thin residue. ) We rinsed him off with plain water ( We are out of fragrance free soap at the moment ) to get any residue off his fur. He's currently running around and rubbing himself on everything he possibly can to get his smell back in order.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 0:31:02 GMT -5
Try giving him water in a fun way, like a spray bottle (that has only ever been used for water of course). My two will drink until they sound like water bottles when they move if I squirt the bottle enough.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 0:55:47 GMT -5
My ferrets have eaten bites of barsoap in shower(dove sensitive). I always is put up so they can't reach it now. Seems like we are tasty to them too,after a nice sudsy bath. Don't know if u have been chomped on after a bath. Something about that soap.
Glad all is well.
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Post by unclejoe on Nov 17, 2015 7:50:57 GMT -5
Mine would come in the shower and drink the soapy water. Never did any harm.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 7:57:11 GMT -5
They actually really like soap, I think Katt explained it before that it has a similar structure to fats, and they just want to eat it. I have a soap enthusiast here as well, but the worst she has done was vomit her meal after eating a sampler full of organic bath gel or face soap (can't remember which it was anymore).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 7:57:41 GMT -5
My ferrets have eaten bites of barsoap in shower(dove sensitive). I always is put up so they can't reach it now. Seems like we are tasty to them too,after a nice sudsy bath. Don't know if u have been chomped on after a bath. Something about that soap. Glad all is well. He's never chomped me, but he does chase me around my apartment trying to lick my feet and calves after a shower. It's pretty hilarious. Anytime I think he's gone and go to put lotion on he materializes out of nowhere and I feel a little tongue licking my leg. We use organic soaps with the occasional essential oils added and boy does he love essential oils! I now lock him out of my bedroom with my boyfriend after showers.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 8:12:48 GMT -5
yes, the lotion is a very big hit too.
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Post by Corvidophile on Nov 17, 2015 12:38:39 GMT -5
Soap isn't that big a deal, you're right. Soap is fundamentally different from detergent, and a lot less dangerous. Soap just sort of curdles into scum (everything else in it- waxes, oils, fats, glycerin, polymers, depends on the soap) and a small amount of surfactant, the surfactant is the problem. Detergents are made of mostly surfactants, and in a much more concentrated manner. Surfactants work to clean in the same way they work to screw up bodies from the inside- they majorly lessen water's and oil's ability to bond with themselves, which causes anything to stop being part of a neat mud solution, and just sort of be free particles floating about, easily rinsable by force (sponge, hand, water pressure, or the rotaty arm in a washing machine) from whatever they once clung to. That includes innards though, especially since they forcefully churn themselves just as a normal process and innards are supposed to be coated with "bioslime," for lack of a better term. Diarrhea comes because the intestinal flora are temporarily rinsed out. Talk about a cleanse diet!
The possibility of chemical burns are irrelevant to laundry detergent being a cleanser and only because it's often caustic. Irritation results from both the PH being ruined and the rinsing out of the normal bioslime that coat all parts of the digestive tract, like an engine running low on lubricant.
The lung risk is bad because lungs too are coated with bioslime, and that bioslime normally allows a certain amount of oxygen through to the flesh. Screw that environment up, and you end up with a limited ability to get oxygen out of the air. Much more immediate problem than an inability to get full nutrients out of food temporarily, which can be waited out and treated if very severe simply by hooking up an IV line so they don't starve while it builds back up.
The more you know!
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