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(Date Posted:11/17/2008 13:10 PM)
 
"Poop Chart
This list should give you an idea
of what's going on with your ferret
by examining the poops.
POOPS all about them.....
COLOR:
Yellow or greenish - indicates rapid transit (small bowel)
Black, tarry - indicates bleeding in the upper digetive tract
Bloody - red blood or clots indicate bleeding in the colon
Pasty, light colored - indicates lack of bile (liver disease)
Large, gray, rancid smelling - indicates inadequate digestion or absorption (malabsorption symdrome)
CONSISTENCY:
Watery - indicates small bowel wall irritation (toxins and severe infections)
Foamy - suggests a bacterial infection Greasy - often with oil on the hair around the anus; indicates malabsorption
Excessive mucus - a glistening or jelly like appearance indicates colonic origin ODOR (the more watery the stool, the greater the odor):
Foodlike or smelling like sour milk - suggests both rapid transit and malabsorption; for example, overfeeding
Putrid - suggests an intestinal infection
FREQUENCY:
Several in an hour, each small, with straining - suggests inflammation of the large bowel
Three or four times daily, each large - suggests malabsorption or small bowel disorder
Diarrhea which persists for several days or longer suggests a chronic ailment such as colitis, parasite infestation, or malabsorption syndrome.
Diarrhea is a symptom, not a disease.
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Here is the one from Miami Ferret: 
