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Probiotics?
Topic Started: Apr 15 2014, 05:41 PM (81 Views)
louierabbit
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I was gonna stop posting but then I was doing some research on rabbit neuters since Sonny is getting neutered May 19th and the House Rabbit Society said that some people give their rabbits acidophilus before and after a spay/neuter surgery. Anybody ever heard of this? Where can I buy it? I know that it comes in banana flavor which my rabbits would love. I don't know how much on one capsule I should give my rabbit though. Could someone do some research on this? I'm not too good doing research when I don't know what I'm searching for. :shifteyes:
I need to know if there is an animal-safe kind of acidophilus. I also need to know how much of the human kind I should to Sonny.


This is ALL the information that House Rabbit Society gave on the subject.
"Some rabbit people give their rabbit acidophilus for a couple of days prior to surgery, just to be certain that the digestive system is functioning in fine form. But don’t change the diet it any way during this time."




Ooops! I just realized I posted this twice. Sorry!!!!
Edited by louierabbit, Apr 15 2014, 05:42 PM.
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Never heard of this. When I neutered my bucks (Dobby and Kreacher) I just did what the Rabbit Savy Vet told me. Gave them their pain meds. and nothing extra. They ate fine afterwards. No problems at all. Never changed their diet. They were eating and drinking before they were allowed to go home. Once home, they went to eating and drinking here.

Wish I could be more help, but I didn't need anything. Have you ever heard of wheat grass? Now there is something I use to help stimulate their appetites and also the trace minerals in it is excellent for the buns.

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I haven't heard of it with spay/neuter -- but then I haven't spayed or neutered any of our bunnies.

At the recommendation of a friend, I did give Star plain yogurt (which has live acidophilus cultures) when she was sick last fall. I hadn't been able to get her to eat much or put weight back on, even though the primary illness was past. The yogurt made a HUGE difference in getting her appetite back. A lot of rabbit breeders I know around me are now using plain yogurt as a 'go to' for first sign of 'stomach issues' - from suspected coccidia to enteritis to wool block to bloat. Our 4H leader credits it to saving her herd -- she had 2 rabbits go down to bloat due to a feed issue -- she immediately syringe fed yogurt to all her other rabbits (I think she has about 50, so that wasn't a small undertaking) and didn't lose any others.

Edited by NeuBunny, Apr 16 2014, 07:24 AM.
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That's awesome. I'll call my vet and check. Maybe I'll just stick to plain yogurt. I thought rabbits couldn't have dairy products?
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Normally, I would say no dairy. Most adult mammals don't tolerate dairy well at all. Yogurt seems to be a weird exception - a lot of people who can't tolerate dairy can have yogurt with no problem. Perhaps because the bacterial cultures have partially digested the lactose and proteins that are the primary culprits? Goat milk seems to be another weird exception - a lot of people who are lactose intolerant can drink goat milk and most farmers say it's safe/healthy to feed just about any animal of any age.
Edited by NeuBunny, Apr 17 2014, 07:45 AM.
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I didn't know about the yogurt either until Neubunny posted about it and updated constantly on how well it helped her rabbit.

Also would like to bring up pumpkin. Pumpkin is also something used to help with gut flora.

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Pumpkin is great and the one time I used yogurt, it worked as well. I forgot about it... I'll have to keep it in mind from now on.
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Thanks guys so skip the acidophilus and just used yogurt or pumpkin? The canned pumpkin or ...? And what kind of yogurt? Greek yogurt? Light yogurt? Greek light yogurt?
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Fresh pumpkin only. No canned. Pulp only.

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'light' usually has alternative sugar substitutes added -- I avoid those. Ditto on the flavored kids stuff which often has a lot of extra sugar. I just buy something that's marked 'plain yogurt' and read the label for 'live cultures'. Some brands pasteurize after making the yogurt instead of before - which kills all the good bacteria - which would defeat the purpose here. lol - it's usually the least expensive type.
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Okay thanks!
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