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Propalin Syrup

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roberc

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Good morning - my netherland dwarf, Chloe has been suffering from some urinary incontinence for a few months now.
Blood work, urinalysis, urine culture, x-ray and ultrasound all were performed with no major health issues or concerns detected.

At this point, my vet has prescribed Propalin for Chloe.

He gave me pills to crush up, which I have been placing on a piece of banana for her. They smell terrible, like liver or beef, but she loves bananas, so she ultimately eats it.

I have found the Propalin syrup online which I ordered, my concern is, will this also taste like beef or liver?
Any other bunny mom and dads out there have success with Propalin?

Thank you! :)
 
I have not had a Rabbit who has been prescribed Propalin, although I have heard of it being used by others. As the formulation is aimed at use for dogs it will be flavoured to suit their tastes. I dont know what flavour the syrup may be. Perhaps you could email the manufacturers to ask if there are no details about it on the product data sheet.
 
Doughnut was on propalin for a while. My specialist prescribed it as we thought she may be incontinent as she was wet for a year, it turned out she was constipated and straining. He's excellent so he obviously thinks it's a good medicine. I can't remember if Doughnut liked it or not, I've had so many different medicines for her but if she doesn't like something I put it on a bit of weetabix and then she eats it as she loves weetabix. I was given the syrup by my specialist.

I've just realised I had some in the cupboard and had a little sniff! Think it is liver but I only had to give her 0.04ml once a day so that's such a tiny amount so on a bit of banana or weetabix your rabbit won't notice. It is so much easier than tablets.
 
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Thank you so much for the response.
I'm hoping this is just simple incontinence since they can't seem to find anything else wrong with her.
She's only 7 years old so I feel like she should still have several years left in her!

I'll post when I receive the syrup! Fingers crossed!
 
Oh yes please let me know how you get on. What dosage do you have to give your rabbit? I'm sure it won't be a large amount. Yes fingers crossed it works
 
We give Propalin syrup to Mini who has incontinence issues. She has never seemed to mind taking it & gets 0.3ml twice daily. It hasn't stopped her incontinence tbh but she has a lot going on with her bladder & UT so the vet thinks it's helpful.

Hope it works for you! [emoji4]


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Treating urinary incontinence with Propalin. Propalin syrup contains phenylpropanolamine, used to treat urinary incontinence in dogs. Urinary incontinence is usually caused by loss of muscle tone in the urethral sphincter, which is the muscle that controls urine flow out of the bladder.
 
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