[Gpdd] HEALTH: Sparkles has 'bacteria' NO Yogurt

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Part 1, see part 2 following, admin wants my message in 2 parts 
Dear Corrine,

First I would like to correct advice I given to you in the past In the past 
week while researching motility drugs.   I found strong advice both on 
http://www.guinealynx.info/ and http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/etherbun.html 
to NEVER under any circumstances give yogurt as a source of probiotics or 
for any other reason, repeat, DO NOT GIVE YOGURT TO A GP.
And I apologize for giving this advice in the past.   Probiotics are still 
needed so you will need to drag out the wallet and go to the health store or 
hi end grocer's refrigerator section and get a "expensive"probiotic"  They 
are in the refrigerator case as they are live cultures and they will contain 
much more than acidophilus, bifidus, caseii, and other milk digesting 
bacteria; they will have streptococcus, the good kind, and others that are 
normally present to digest plant foods. I have never seen this kind on the 
west coast for less than $27 but your piggy needs them when on antibiotics 
to alleviate the potential of gas and a potentially fatal diarrhea.

Second I don’t know what is meant by bacteria in the poos, of course there 
is, there always is, good and bad, that’s why we always wash hands after 
toileting or handling piggy butts or cage cleaning. So your vet is speaking 
of some unusual occurrence that needs to fully explained. So to be helpful 
we need to know exactly what your vet found, and what he thinks is causing 
this (apparently) bad bacteria.  Is it a gut infection, For instance an 
abscess or infection somewhere else in the body wouldn’t cause bacteria in 
the poo necessarily, it would need to be in the GI tract or right around the 
anus, so get him to write out his entire diagnosis.  And ask if if he has 
done a culture and sensitivity test that will tell us what bacteria it is 
and therefore what antibiotic to use. Ask him to write down the exact dosage 
and frequency he has prescribed of the Baytril and tell us what dosage and 
frequency it's given

The bald spot, is most very likely to be mites, so you need Ivermectin, a 
course of three doses which can be given orally with the same stuff that is 
usually injected, but can be given orally which is how we do it with the 
same form, the injectable. The Panacur is necessary for internal parasites 
which your piggies most likely have, all of them, if one has it they all do. 
Ann Evans has prescribed the exact dosage, type, and frequency of these 2 
meds a couple time since I think December.  After the initial regimen, they 
are repeated at longer intervals to your whole herd, year in year out. You 
have had several infestations of different parasites in your group over the 
years, including the giardia and mites as well as others no doubt, so once 
you have Ann's protocol, which is essentially the same one as the Cambridge 
Cavy Trust/Vedra Stanley Spatcher/ Peter Gurney have used in the UK for 20 
years. It can all be done at home, you need the 2 meds, syringe without 
needles (the real skinny ones that measure out 1 ML, and the instructions; 
just syringe feed it into their mouth, it’s a tiny amount so you wont have 
trouble or danger. If you need the instructions I will send them. You can 
usually get the injectable ivermectin at the local horse feed store, from 
the vet, or mail order, which is then given orally rather than injected. We 
can help with learning to obtain and use these if your vet wont, but it's 
best to show him the protocol and see if he will help you. If you get the 
drugs from from the vet bring along a copy of the instruction she gives you 
so know what you are doing. For your and your vet's info, Ann is a 
practicing Cavy specialists and student of the Cambridge Cavy Trust, and 
affiliated with a veterinary clinic in Florida where she attend all cavy 
surgeries and appointments, administers the anesthesia in surgery, and 
conducts the cavy training for clients of the Vets practice. She is not a 
vet.

She also recommends that your piggies are washed immediately and then 
periodically with Adam's pet shampoo containing 0.15% pyrethrums or similar. 
Dying mites can cause sores or even abscesses on your piggies skin. Don’t 
let the vet do a scrape test for mites, it only picks up one kind of mite, 
and then only sporadically, often missing them, and there are at least 5 
kinds of mites affecting piggies. The test cost money, hurts, and is often 
inaccurate, and your piggies almost always have mites anyway  and or 
internal parasites unless you use Ann's protocol year in and out.

end part one see part 2 following