So annoyed at pah

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Putting something in the water isn't the point really, as they may well be and it may well make it green. As others have said above....it should not be necessary to put anything in the water! I always think when I see people buying/using vitamins that they should just be concentrating on giving the correct diet. If a large pet store are using supplements in the water, then I would presume that they don't think that the animals they keep are being given the correct diet ?
 
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Putting something in the water isn't the point really, as they may well be and it may well make it green. As others have said above....it should not be necessary to put anything in the water! I always think when I see people buying/using vitamins that they should just be concentrating on giving the correct diet. If a large pet store are using supplements in the water, then I would presume that they don't think that the animals they keep are being given the correct diet ?
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re-read my post hon,i made the point that they should be given the correct diet in the first place. x
 
As others have said above....it should not be necessary to put anything in the water!
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I was responding to the OP who had added her update after PAH had contacted her, and not responding to your post directly above.

..and if you re-read my post above, particularly the point I have highlighted as a quotation...you will see that I said 'as others have said above', so it is clear that we share the same opinion.

I don't understand what point you are making to me ?
 
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Vit C drops are useless in water and soon as you put it in, light exposure gets rid of it anyway, so they wouldnt get any vitamins from it.
 
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I was responding to the OP who had added her update after PAH had contacted her, and not responding to your post directly above.

..and if you re-read my post above, particularly the point I have highlighted as a quotation...you will see that I said 'as others have said above', so it is clear that we share the same opinion.

I don't understand what point you are making to me ?
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sorry,i misread your post, obviously,sorry
 
Just looked up Pro-C Probiotic and it doesn't sound like it's just a Vit-C supplement. It also has fibre and friendly bacteria to 'support the immune system'. Sounds like one of those Activia drinks for piggies to me! Says it can be used in 'times of stress' (perhaps when a guinea pig is living in noisy pet shop?) to prevent illness. Perhaps the staff here were just trying to do the right thing for these pigs.
 
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Just looked up Pro-C Probiotic and it doesn't sound like it's just a Vit-C supplement. It also has fibre and friendly bacteria to 'support the immune system'. Sounds like one of those Activia drinks for piggies to me! Says it can be used in 'times of stress' (perhaps when a guinea pig is living in noisy pet shop?) to prevent illness. Perhaps the staff here were just trying to do the right thing for these pigs.
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perhaps.... maybe they should get advice and training on how to handle and look after the animals from a proffesional vet?
 
Pro-C-probiotic is not ‘vitamin drops’.
It is, as the name suggests, a very useful probiotic supplement. It is given to pigs if they are in a stressful (or potentially stressful) situation whether it is illness, pregnancy or, presumably in this case …….in P@H. In the same way, fish in P@H probably have ‘Stress Coat’ added to their water.

It does not degrade rapidly in water. It is not necessary to give an incredibly accurate dose. In the same way that if you eat one or more of the probiotic ( ‘friendly bacteria’ ) drinks/yoghurts, you won’t overdose.

I don’t know why it particularly contains vit C as the levels it contains are negligible (250mg in a 100g pot) so there are better ways of making sure the pig has adequate vit C.

I appreciate that people on this forum 1) feel strongly about additives in water 2) lose patience with P@H. BUT…..putting a probiotic in the water in accordance with manufacturers instructions just does not constitute neglect in any shape or form. There are plenty of things to gripe about with P@H but please, this just ain’t one of them! Personally, I’d be very surprised (given the slower rate of algal growth under artificial lighting) if water bottles were really green from neglect!
 
OK, thanks Stargrrlclaire. No worries, I was a tad confused.

The 'stuff' being a probiotic makes much more sense !
 
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