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Homoeopathy

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tonibun

Wise Old Thumper
Has anyone's buns been treated with this? We have a Vet who is very enthusiastic about Homoeopathic Remedies. He says he has 70% success.
 
We used to have a homeopathic vet but she only used it along side the usual meds

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I know there are people who swear by homeopathy. But please don't rely on it. It is not scientifically tested. It is a pseudoscience. Any testing that is quoted are when people have generally very small sample sizes and unreliable methods eg. No control group. Its basically mixing a chemical that causes similar symptoms to the illness with a ton of water. To the point of which when you test it its literally just water. If you do use it, use alongside conventional medicine. With humans its always used to cure illnesses that clear up by themselves ie. Colds -so very hard to "prove" they work.
 
Noodlebun said:
I know there are people who swear by homeopathy. But please don't rely on it. It is not scientifically tested. It is a pseudoscience. Any testing that is quoted are when people have generally very small sample sizes and unreliable methods eg. No control group. Its basically mixing a chemical that causes similar symptoms to the illness with a ton of water. To the point of which when you test it its literally just water. If you do use it, use alongside conventional medicine. With humans its always used to cure illnesses that clear up by themselves ie. Colds -so very hard to "prove" they work.
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This, exactly! I suspect in humans it has a placebo effect so can be helpful but animals won't experience this effect.
 
Loosy said:
This, exactly! I suspect in humans it has a placebo effect so can be helpful but animals won't experience this effect.
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There has actually been at least one study done on the placebo effect in animals... it does happen, something to do with feedback from the owner or something. I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it was Ben Goldacre who talked about it years ago.

I don't do homeopathy personally, for me or my animals.
 
I don't know about rabbits but I've had several of my dogs and cats treated by a homeopathic vet with good results and my third german shepherd who had multiple life long illnesses we were able to reduce the amount of medication he was on.
 
I too would be interested I use homeopathy on myself and my dogs. I have never used it on my buns though.
 
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