If these aren't sold in the pharmacy section then you'd think they have
very low levels of Vicks in them, just enough to be able to tout the new product and stir people's interest in buying it cause every company is trying to find something 'new' or ' improved'.
I can't see it being of any harm to a rattie, any more than giving them toilet paper or kleenex.
Vicks isn't harmful to any animal I ever heard of (and they test stuff on ratties cause we're very similar).
My mom sure smeared my chest with it (and a bit under my nose) when I was really young and sick as have mothers done for ages. It might sting to get it in your eyes or on mucous membranes but that's just another reason they wouldn't put much in kleenex.
Even eating it - I had a bf who had asthma and he'd freeze Vicks and eat it, tho I sure wouldn't recommend that.
Maybe the lotion would be more of a concern even?
You could always contact the Vicks corporation and ask them if it could pose any problems to your rattie. Might be the fastest way to get a good answer. (and also find out if they use ratties for testing at the same time :twisted: )
(If you
can ascertain they are safe for Guinness I expect him to pm me a thankyou with a pic of him nested in Kleenex
)
