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Need Help With Probiotics

Maruu

Maruu

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Hello again! It turns out Cobi has developed intestine irritation because of his treatment with docicycline and meloxicam (he has a mammary tumor that got infected a couple of days ago, giving him a series of symptoms he no longer has, thankfully). BUT it seems the drug treatment has attacked his digestive system. He isn't eating much and is suffering a lot of intestinal pain (he grinds his teeth, his butt trembles, etc). He was fine yesterday but today we saw mucus in his poo (his poo has the normal banana shape) and he didn't poo much.
My question is about probiotics treatment. I understand it can be extremely helpful for him, but the problem is that we don't have the brands of probiotics that you use; here things like critical care or pro-c probiotic aren't available, and they would take a month or two to arrive via mail (if they ever do, ha. Our mail system is disastrous concerning imported goods).
I've tried to research the name of the specific bacteria the probiotics are made of, but I've had no success. I also read that he can be given horse probiotics? Or human probiotics? But if that is the case, which ones, which bacteria do they have?
Tomorrow we will take him to the vet first thing in the morning because we are extremely concerned(even though there are no specialists). But I want to know any suggestions you guys might have just in case. Thanks in advance!
 
Guinea Lynx :: Probiotics

Here's a link to the Guinea Lynx page about probiotics.

Your vet should either know, or be able to find out for you the names of a few products that you can get access to quickly.

Acidophilus is the ingredient that you need to look for if you get a human version. It will need to be for vegans as a lot of products have shellfish as an ingredient.

Good luck at the vet!
 
Maruu said:
Hello again! It turns out Cobi has developed intestine irritation because of his treatment with docicycline and meloxicam (he has a mammary tumor that got infected a couple of days ago, giving him a series of symptoms he no longer has, thankfully). BUT it seems the drug treatment has attacked his digestive system. He isn't eating much and is suffering a lot of intestinal pain (he grinds his teeth, his butt trembles, etc). He was fine yesterday but today we saw mucus in his poo (his poo has the normal banana shape) and he didn't poo much.
My question is about probiotics treatment. I understand it can be extremely helpful for him, but the problem is that we don't have the brands of probiotics that you use; here things like critical care or pro-c probiotic aren't available, and they would take a month or two to arrive via mail (if they ever do, ha. Our mail system is disastrous concerning imported goods).
I've tried to research the name of the specific bacteria the probiotics are made of, but I've had no success. I also read that he can be given horse probiotics? Or human probiotics? But if that is the case, which ones, which bacteria do they have?
Tomorrow we will take him to the vet first thing in the morning because we are extremely concerned(even though there are no specialists). But I want to know any suggestions you guys might have just in case. Thanks in advance!
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Hi! Mucus covered poo means rather severe dehydration. Please syringe water asap, as much as he will take, but never more than 0.3 ml (one mouthful) before the next has gone down. He may need subcutaneous fluids.

Can you mush or grind up your pellet mix and make syringe feed from that? He REALLY needs more fibre to combat the effects of the antibiotic on his system if you want to keep him alive!
Probiotics are pretty much the same and horse probiotics should help, but they cannot replace the fibre that your boy urgently needs to prevent the guts from going into stasis (i.e. stopping to work).

You need to step in NOW with supportive feeding of solids and fluids! That is much more important than probiotics, which may or may not help.
 
Thank you so much Jaycey and Wiebke!
Yes we are hidrating him, via syringe. But we didn't try to give him more fibre!
I'll keep you guys updated. Hugs!
 
Fibreplex is great if you can get your hands on it.

But I've never met a pig who will take it willingly and the syringe it comes in is a nightmare to use.

So unless my vet specifically requests I use Fibreplex I tend to use one that the pigs enjoy.
 
Jaycey said:
Fibreplex is great if you can get your hands on it.

But I've never met a pig who will take it willingly and the syringe it comes in is a nightmare to use.

So unless my vet specifically requests I use Fibreplex I tend to use one that the pigs enjoy.
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You can usualy get a pig to willingly take Fibreplex by pushing the nossel into a cucumber, or mellon ect! By the time they have realised you have tricked them, it is too late lol
 
gizzy said:
You can usualy get a pig to willingly take Fibreplex by pushing the nossel into a cucumber, or mellon ect! By the time they have realised you have tricked them, it is too late lol
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Good trick! :D
 
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