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Old 05-08-2012, 11:15 AM   #1
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When my baby horsfield has a bath she poops normally and there is like white gooey stuff, kinda looks like chewing gum, what is this and is it okay?
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:27 AM   #2
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When my baby horsfield has a bath she poops normally and there is like white gooey stuff, kinda looks like chewing gum, what is this and is it okay?
Perfectly normal. The white stuff is urates which is part of their wee.
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Old 05-08-2012, 11:31 AM   #3
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Stop feeding her marshmallows jess
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Stop feeding her marshmallows jess
awesome! Really made me laugh that!

And yeah its just urates... don't worry unless they are solid, as this would indicate being dehydrated, but by the sound if it her urates are fine!
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Oh, thank goodness lol. Trust you Gordon!
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Allways here with good advise Jess you know me how is she anyhow ,not seen any pics for a while
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She's great Gordon, weigh day today, she has gained 10grams lol. Will take some pics this afternoon for you
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