Are Wood Shavings A Silent Pet Killer?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
- Are wood shavings silently killing your pet? There are many discussions on forums and personal websites talking of the risks of pine and cedar wood shavings to pets such as mice, rats, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits and ferrets. So we wanted to do a little fact finding on these statements and separate the fact from the personal opinion. This video therefore steps through the scientific studies which are often referred to when considering pine and cedar wood risks, as well as introducing a few more studies which add further detail for consideration on this topic.
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Becker, Corey E. (2010). “The effects of chronic exposure to common bedding materials on the metabolic rate and overall health of male CD-1 mice”.
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Cunliffe-Beamer, Terrie. (1981). “Barbituate Sleeptime in Mice Exposed to Autoclaved or Unautoclaved Wood Beddings.” Laboratory Animal Science 31 (6): 672-675.
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Davey, A (2003). “Decrease in hepatic drug-metabolizing enzyme activities after removal of rats from pine bedding”
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Liu, Pin. (2019). “Thermal oxidation process and characteristic of abietic acid and gum rosin by accelerating rate calorimeter”.
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Manninen, Anne-Marja. (2002). “Comparing the VOC emissions between air-dried and heat-treated Scots pine wood”.
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Soto-Garcia, Lydia (2015). “VOCs Emissions from Multiple Wood Pellet Types and Concentrations in Indoor Air”
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Chapters
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Studies on Health Risks
4:37 Volatile Organic Compounds
5:59 VOC Emissions over Time
6:50 Heat Treatment
8:57 Outer Wood
9:12 Conclusion
always wondered about this
This hits close to home for us. We took in a surrender a week ago. The best we can tell, she is around 3 years old. Of course being in the U.S. she is a Marshall's ferret. The moment we picked her up we new something was wrong. She went to the vet the very next day, and the vet performed blood work. She was a bit dehydrated and under weight. Her coat was not shiny and soft and she was almost lethargic. The blood panel confirmed her liver was shutting down. She spent her first 3 years in wood shaving bedding. Her small cage had no other areas to sleep comfortably. We assumed she stayed at the bottom of her cage most of her life. Eating, drinking, and sleeping in the shavings. We still do not have any idea what has caused her illnes. However this video made a lot of sense. We are working on switching her diet to a royal cainin cat food that is supposed to help with liver and kidney function. Any suggestions what else we can do? Our vet is very knowledgeable, but is having difficulty treating without knowing the cause.
It is quote difficult to treat without knowing the cause. For example viral very different to bacterial, very different to toxin. We had a similar case of ferret with very severe liver illness identified in bloods. Was critical for a while and was syringe feeding for a few months. He pulled through luckily, but they never truly knew what caused it. I assume you vet has given you liver repair supplements alongside any meds? Liver is very good at re-growing and healing once the source of the problem has gone, but will need some help. More than just the special royal canin. Basically any supplement with SAMe in it, and Silybin (milk thistle) cam help too. Good luck.
Thank you for the informative video. Which substrate / bedding do you use? Thanks
In our bedding boxes we have mainly fleecey blankets, as this seems by far to be their preference. Although in some boxes have hay, some have straw. As its a large enclosure we don't have a general substrate on the floor. Some areas are lino, and others are various like shingle, AstroTurf, bark chippings, pavers etc.
@kingsdownferrets8485 thanks very much for the info, your videos are fantastic 😀