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I have eaten food-grade paraffin on many occasions, It's the shiny glaze on=
a recipe for peanut butter balls. As noted, it's not digestible and passes=
through the digestive system with no ill effect.
On Nov 11, 2013, at 8:32 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
Hi Nancy, Nov 11, 2013
Homemade cake soap could be quite alkaline and caustic so it would be que=
stionable food for mice or men (includes women).
Retail cake soap is I think nearly neutral or at least neutral enough to =
not remove skin. Cake soap is a sodium or potassium salt of a long chain f=
atty acid (one arm of three of a trigliceride if I correctly recall) and sh=
ould do in a pinch. There might be some glycerine (harmless). The perfumes =
etc that get added for consumer appeal are likely harmless. Any animal that=
can eat fat should do ok on soap and have clean teeth to boot.
Paraffin was is harmless but I doubt that it is digestable.
Yt, DW, Kentville
----- Original Message ----- From: "nancy dowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com<mailt=
o:nancypdowd@gmail.com>>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 6:39 AM
Subject: [NatureNS] does eating soap harm Deer Mice
A friend, who used to inspect old houses for potential buyers, said he alwa=
ys knew there were Deer Mice around b/c he would find chewed up soap bars a=
nd candles. Like Deer Mice, my Labrador also eats soap (and balls of wool a=
nd=85) due to the tallow or lanolin present. But when he eats these items t=
hey are soon thrown up- rejected as undigestible.
I can see how a candle might go down OK but do not understand how Deer Mice=
survive after eating soap? Isn't it as impossible for them to digest as it=
is for the Lab? Or do they just hoard it and never actually eat it?
Nancy
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I have eaten food-grade paraffin on many occasions, It's the shiny glaze on=
a recipe for peanut butter balls. As noted, it's not digestible and passes=
through the digestive system with no ill effect.
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<div>
<div>On Nov 11, 2013, at 8:32 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:</div>
<br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
<div>Hi Nancy, =
&nb=
sp;Nov 11, 2013<br>
Homemade cake soap could be quite alkaline and caustic so it wo=
uld be questionable food for mice or men (includes women).<br>
<br>
Retail cake soap is I think nearly neutral or at least neutral =
enough to not remove skin. Cake soap is a sodium or potassium salt of=
a long chain fatty acid (one arm of three of a trigliceride if I correctly=
recall) and should do in a pinch. There might
be some glycerine (harmless). The perfumes etc that get added for consumer=
appeal are likely harmless. Any animal that can eat fat should do ok on so=
ap and have clean teeth to boot.<br>
<br>
Paraffin was is harmless but I doubt that it is dig=
estable.<br>
Yt, DW, Kentville<br>
----- Original Message ----- From: "nancy dowd" <<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <<a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<=
/a>><br>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 6:39 AM<br>
Subject: [NatureNS] does eating soap harm Deer Mice<br>
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">A friend, who used to inspect old houses for pote=
ntial buyers, said he always knew there were Deer Mice around b/c he would =
find chewed up soap bars and candles. Like Deer Mice, my Labrador also eats=
soap (and balls of wool and=85) due
to the tallow or lanolin present. But when he eats these items they are so=
on thrown up- rejected as undigestible.<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite"><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">I can see how a candle might go down OK but do no=
t understand how Deer Mice survive after eating soap? Isn't it as impossibl=
e for them to digest as it is for the Lab? Or do they just hoard it and nev=
er actually eat it?&l