I respectfully point out that the woman that wrote this article is not a veterinarian. I have spoken to Dr. Miller personally about this article and she shook her head and said whoever wrote this is really off base. She was surprised that we were using this as a means to tell people about rehydration. I also showed my own Vet this very article. His response was mostly the same as Dr. Miller's. He also told me that too much sugar causes mucus in the stool. For me, I would take the word of the two veterinarians, especially the Wildlife Vet who wrote the protocol for our guiding organizations and the protocol written in the Rehabilitator's Bible, "Wild Baby Mammal, the first 48 hours and beyond". A book that is quoted on TSB all the time. So I guess we'll just agree to disagree.