...Well, I'm taking a microbiology class, so applicable stuff gets worked into my posts! Panacue is very safe. Try to get dosages right, of course, especially in weak animals. however, I usually just estimate, and put an appropriate amount right into their mouths as they eat.
Reptaid might very well work as advertized. I have not used it. I probably won't, until I see more results - just the way I am. Took me until I saw published data and numbers before I even considered UVB bulbs.
I've used flagyl and panacur often, when needed. Two females got conjunctivitus and couldn't eat themselves for months. Even wiht hand feeding, I couldn't keep them both healthy - one was fine, but the other got sickly. Even after their eyes cleared up, one was really sick. she had pinworms, whihc cleared up really fast with two or three treatments of panacur. I continued with the flukers stuff - repti aid - I think. I caught her in a BM, and it was pretty much the same as it went in - a dull liquid. No pinworms at all, but a quick smear revealed swarms of flagellates. I had to grind up the flagyl, mix the dose into the repta aid stuff, and give it to her. She's still bad off and may not make it, but her stoll two days later was actually solid, with no protozoans apparant.
amazing how fast the stuff works. I hope she makes it. She's the only one with those protozoans in her, so they must have been included with the purchase.
I want to get a hold of the flagyl S from Mexico. it's in suspention, and SOOOO much easier to dose and administer. Regular flagyl does not dissolve nor suspend in liquid very well.
I'd love some easier treatments, if they work.
Anyone know of any sources of bacteriophages? They work well for topical infections, with pretty much zero side effects. The FDA won't approve them because viruses are prone to mutations. The risk is that if it's approved one day, it could have a different genetic makeup the next! Kind of impossible for the FDA to stand behind something that's essentially uncontrollable. So, we're denied their use.
A shame, as they can work wonderfully, especially against bacteria that have developed immunity against antibiotics.
Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses that attack bacteria only. They are usually complex for viruses, and harmless to anything else. The problem is that they do stuff to bacteria - weird stuff. for instance, the bacteria that causes botulism - one of the most deadly nerve toxins in nature - is NOT produced by the normal bacteria. The bacteria is the factory for it, but the code for the poison comes from a virus that inserts its DNA into the bacteria's, changing it so that it makes the stuff. Crazy stuff.