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Echinacea for rabbits?

elaine84

elaine84

Warren Scout
Hi I bought some echinacea drops for some immunity support for one of my buns but she won't drink the water when it has it in! It must be because it has alcohol in? This is what I bought: http://m.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=1421&prodid=1332&cid=16
How can I get her to drink it? And what's the correct dosage in a normal crock/ rabbit bowl of water?
I thought I could boil the alcohol off but it might ruin the echinacea? Or maybe mix something else in the water too but she's quite fussy with what flavours she likes lol.
Is it too concentrated to syringe feed?
Help please! :)
 
:wave: I used to use that one for my Santa - she LOVED it and would snatch the syringe out of my hand for it. I don't think it would be the alcohol as there is such a tiny amount it is barely there, I suspect it's more either that she just doesn't like it or is protesting that her water doesn't taste 'normal'. I used to mix a drop or two in with a syringefull of water (and I would mix Santa's bisolvon or metronidazole in with it too when she was on meds) and she would happily lap it out of the syringe. It might be worth trying it a different way and seeing if she will take it when it's not in her water.
 
Can you maybe put it on kale of some greens.... Floppy took all his meds this way and he licked the bowl clean!!,
 
Fee said:
Can you maybe put it on kale of some greens.... Floppy took all his meds this way and he licked the bowl clean!!,
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I could try this but would it be too concentrated compared to diluting in water? Not sure how much to give. I put 3 drops in the water and she won't go near it!
 
Hmmm? Unsure, i put some water in a bowl, moistened the kale and put meds on it , then mixed it all in.. Perhaps echinicea is a bit too pungent.. Sorry, I have never used it ????

Good luck
fee x
 
Santa said:
:wave: I used to use that one for my Santa - she LOVED it and would snatch the syringe out of my hand for it. I don't think it would be the alcohol as there is such a tiny amount it is barely there, I suspect it's more either that she just doesn't like it or is protesting that her water doesn't taste 'normal'. I used to mix a drop or two in with a syringefull of water (and I would mix Santa's bisolvon or metronidazole in with it too when she was on meds) and she would happily lap it out of the syringe. It might be worth trying it a different way and seeing if she will take it when it's not in her water.
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Thanks I might try syringing as she's good with that :) she might start to accept the taste after a while as she's done that with other things like metacam and loves that now!
 
I found that both the echinacea with alcohol & that with alcohol extracted lost it's effectiveness after 10 -14 days.
(I take Benjie's left overs for different reasons!)
I now open the gelatin capsules (approx 800mg /capsue) & give 1 pinch of the powder daily.
Much easier to give on a herb leaf too. ;)
 
I would say that's a issue for your veterinary. You could possibly discover a enhance that contains something identical for opposition especially for rabbits.
 
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syui222 said:
I would say that's a issue for your veterinary. You could possibly discover a enhance that contains something identical for opposition especially for rabbits.
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Hi & welcome to RU.:wave:
I'm assuming that you're not in the UK. Our vets are not taught, & not allowed, to advise about herbal supplements to the diet. They are not classed as medicines in this country, although some do have medical effects.

I wonder whether you are using a computer translator?? Your second sentence doesn't make sense in English. Could you please try again using different wording?
 
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