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Gripe Water

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Lspacehopper

Wise Old Thumper
Has anyone used gripe water instead of infacol to help with bloat?

We've had a rather poorly rabbit. Done all the usual, vets, fluids, infacol etc and yet things were looking really bad. I went to stock up on infacol, saw the Woodwards gripe water and bought some of that as well. Started him on it yesterday afternoon and by last night the bloat had decreased slightly and he started passing faeces. He's pooed like a trooper today, rather sloppy pellet shaped, but at least it's passing out.

His belly feels nice and squishy with no hard lumps and he's digging into his hay and tucking in nicely.

I'm not sure whether the gripe water was more effective than the infacol, but it's certainly interesting.
 
Lspacehopper said:
Has anyone used gripe water instead of infacol to help with bloat?

We've had a rather poorly rabbit. Done all the usual, vets, fluids, infacol etc and yet things were looking really bad. I went to stock up on infacol, saw the Woodwards gripe water and bought some of that as well. Started him on it yesterday afternoon and by last night the bloat had decreased slightly and he started passing faeces. He's pooed like a trooper today, rather sloppy pellet shaped, but at least it's passing out.

His belly feels nice and squishy with no hard lumps and he's digging into his hay and tucking in nicely.

I'm not sure whether the gripe water was more effective than the infacol, but it's certainly interesting.
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I *think* most brands of Gripe Water contain alcohol so *personally* I would not administer it to a bun

Really pleased that your Bun is better though :D

Janex
 
Jack's-Jane said:
I *think* most brands of Gripe Water contain alcohol so *personally* I would not administer it to a bun

Really pleased that your Bun is better though :D

Janex
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Hi,

Woodwards is alcohol and sugar free. I don't know if it was more effective, but I prefer the consistency and the rabbit certainly seemed to prefer it :)
 
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