phobosdthorga
Juvie Member
EllenD":1c7iztkw said:You can buy a bottle of "Multi-Enzyme Probiotics" at any Walmart, a bottle of 200 tablets for $5.99, or you can buy a bottle of just plain Acidophilus, either 100 pills or a liquid form that would last a dragon forever, for $5. Or you can buy a container of Silk brand non-Dairy Soy Yogurt at any Walmart or grocery store for $2....so I don't think Probiotics are causing ANY financial strain, nor are you going to buy anything else for your dragon with that money...
I'm not trying to pick a fight with you or anyone else, but take a minute and just scan through the newest posts in the "Beardie ER" and the "Health" forums right now, and you'll find at least 30+ posts full of posts about dragons that have been on at least 1 or 2 different prescription medications, in most cases it's more like 3 or 4, most of them were put on them without any diagnostic tests being done. And most of them are now worse off after taking the medications than they were before they ever went to a vet....This post itself is the best example of the dangers of over-medicating a bearded dragon. Here's a secondary Gastrointestinal Yeast Infection caused by too many medications given at one time/in a row, and now their option is #1) Put the poor, sick, stressed dragon on yet another prescription medication, an antifungal, to treat the secondary fungal infection that was caused by the medications the dragon already has taken, or #2) Simply spend all of $5-$6 on some Probiotics that may not only clear up the yeast infection, but also may make the poor dragon's tummy and gut feel better and pick up her appetite...that's all I suggested, and I'm sorry, I don't understand what's wrong with that or why anyone would get defensive about it. What is your suggestion, just put her on yet another drug, an antifungal, to treat the secondary Yeast infection, and then she still has the original problem she started with, so she'll most likely have to be on yet more medications for that? Again, it was just a suggestion that has been well-known to help many, many bearded dragons, and more importantly has been known to make many, many bearded dragons FEEL BETTER. And for $6 they'd have a bottle of Probiotics with added Digestive Enzymes that would last them forever, and that I can attest to helping 2 of my own beardies over the last 5 years. Maybe it won't help her at all, maybe it will only settle her tummy and make her feel better but not help the Yeast infection, maybe it will take care of it all, but again I'll ask, what's the harm in trying it for $6 or less?
I would really like to see evidence supporting these unfounded claims. Anecdotal evidence is pathetic at best and dangerous at worst when compared to peer-reviewed, empirical evidence.