Animal probiotics? Useful or a gimmick?
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Comments (30)Could you please indicate what brand is advertising like classic snake oil salesmen? Our local garden centers don't carry bagged compost with advertisements. Just a title with a big word that says compost and instructions for mixing. One real example is "New Plant Life" brand out of LaPorte, IN. The only claim they make on the bag is that they make no claims. It's in a little box in the middle. I have some right outside, so I checked. Otherwise, though, the majority of the compost carried is in bulk. As for claims about being the best thing since sliced bread, well I think everyone here has seen that nearly every commercial blend of fertilizer makes those claims and are even now jumping on the "organic" bandwagon and making new claims to appease those against synthetics. Need me to list those brands or are you familiar with what I'm talking about? What a company has to gain in regard to not classing a compost as fertilizer is not a matter of opinion. It's a fact that when a long time customer realizes that they can provide a better food source and stops buying the fertilizer company's product, the fertilizer company just lost money. Compound that by the thousands of gardeners in this country that have the means to make compost and learn to do it properly. Then you are talking about bigger losses. Then consider the fact that those people's children are being taught to not buy the synthetics and you are talking about an entire generation not buying their products. And further, these companies obviously don't share your opinion but rather have decided to look at the facts considering they have realized they have to market to composters and now are producing "compost starters" and such gimmicks that many new composters are picking up like crazy not realizing that what these companies aren't sharing is that these microbes are easily found in a handful of dirt. One last thing and I will stop polluting this thread with so much writing. Since some here are concerned about government claims, I encourage you to check out what the EPA has to say about the content of nutrients in compost. Essentially it only proves our government agencies and associations they rely on tend to only contradict themselves. http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/composting/benefits.htm...See MoreHas anyone tried 'Pet Flora' probiotic?
Comments (7)OK...After 10 days of treatment, I'm ready to give Pet Flora a cautious, qualified thumbs for solving Odessa's loose&stinky stool problem. She has been totally off the Flagyl for 3 days, after a week of gradually reducing the dosage...and is still making perfectly formed,dark poops. Granted, this is not based on a scientifically controlled finding...but since July when I adopted her and the vet put her on Flagyl, every 7-10 days when I would try reducing the dosage, the problem started to re-occur within 36 hours. During that period I had her on a liquid pro-biotic that didn't seem to be making a difference. I definately think that the Flagyl got rid of some kind of bad stuff she had growing in there (in addition to being loose and smelly, the color was yellow even tho she tested neg for Giardia)...and perhaps the extended length of the course of the antibiotic was ultimately responsible for getting rid of the condition. But there was (while she was still on the full dose of Flagyl)a noticable improvement in her stool the day after her first Pet Flora capsule. Her diet has remained the same...I have had her on a diet of Wellness canned chicken (very little if any dry) for well over a month. Anyway...so far, so good, but I'm still going to reserve judgement until she's been completely off the antibiotic for another week. L...See MoreWould this deter animals? What would?
Comments (15)Dear friends, thank you so much for your continued, kind and thoughtful support. Still giving thought to the fence idea, my husband does not want to make such a fast decision on this. But he does see my plight. We are kind of helpless if these animals keep coming mercilessly by night and by day. I was going into a panic buying mode and thanks to your differing and experienced input I am going about it more circumspectly. One of the areas I am growing will not be fence-ble and I will have to find an alternate method for that zone. bcomplx and exmar: Thank you! I looked up the sprinkler system. It looks like a very good idea. Some say it is a little flimsy and a lot of additional plumbing (washers, gaskets) is necessary to secure leaks. Did you find this to be true? Would I need to do that? There is another brand, orbit : http://www.amazon.com/Orbit-62100-Enforcer-Activated-Sprinkler/dp/B009F1R0GC/ref=pd_sim_86_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1KH10HRMMNPYZMFQ6493 Some say the orbit is a little sturdier and comes with a built in timer. This should work too right? And at what height would you stand it for skunks and raccoons? I wouldn't want water to miss them. I will return the above gizmos, I think they won't work. Thanks for that advice. Lot of you are trapping the animals. I wouldn't know how to that. And even if I learned, what would I do if I caught any???? We are not allowed to kill anything other than mice and rats where I am. And this morning I see squirrels have started going for the eggplants and few remaining peppers. WHAT do I DO?? Thanks, K....See More12/29/15: foods to lose weight, daily journal toward health & joy
Comments (55)Thank you, Jess and Khalid for your comforting words. I went to the PA (physician assistant) on Jan 20. He checked my ears and found the right ear badly blocked, same with the left ear. When the cold virus attacks the body, it inflames the Eustachian tube. Some info. from Mayo clinic: "With plugged ears, your eustachian tubes — which run between the middle of your ears and the back of your nose — become obstructed. You may experience a feeling of fullness or pressure in your ears. You may also have ear pain, dizziness and muffled hearing. As swelling from the cold subsides, the obstruction usually resolves." My experience is very much like what the below doc. went through: http://www.healthxchange.com.sg/healthyliving/SpecialFocus/Pages/a-common-cold-can-cause-vertigo.aspx " Dr Young, 33, started an otherwise ordinary day with a mild sore throat and a runny nose – like he was coming down with a cold. However, by the third evening, he started to feel light-headed and awoke the following morning with severe vertigo. He felt as if the room was spinning around him. “For the first two days after the vertigo set in, I couldn’t eat, drink, turn my head or even move my eyes from side to side without vomiting or feeling the room spin around me,” he said. It turns out that Dr Young had labyrinthitis, a condition where the labyrinth (the inner ear) is inflamed and not functioning normally. Dr Young, an infectious disease specialist from Britain who works at a local hospital, self-medicated with vestibular suppressants and anti-emetics. These are prescription drugs to suppress dizziness and nausea. “But they had little effect." he said. “The acute vertigo usually lasts from a few days to two weeks. As it resolves, the patient experiences slight imbalance or unsteadiness while walking. This rehabilitation phase may last for one or two months. The hearing function may or may not fully recover. The recovery period is fastest during the first month but the patient may still recover up to six months after the onset of the disease,” said Dr Tan. Labyrinthitis is often spontaneous and idiopathic but can occur after a cold, flu or upper respiratory tract infection (URTI). “These infections don’t usually affect the inner ear. More often, in URTIs, the middle ear is affected when bacteria and nasal secretions pass through the eustachian tubes to the middle ear causing fluid accumulation. A bad middle ear infection can lead to the spread of infection to the brain, or in rare cases, labyrinthitis as well,” said Dr Tan. **** From Straw, the P.A. who examined my ears recommended an MRI of the brain (magnetic resonance imaging scan) to show the inflammation. The cost? $1,000. I said, "NO way, I'm going to rinse my ears with hydrogen peroxide". I went home, fill a glass-dropper with hydrogen peroxide, rinsed my left ear. That cleared out completely. The right ear which bled, I had to rinse it 3 times with hydroxide peroxide ... and my vertigo went away !! I was able to stretch my head backward in all directions. Hydrogen peroxide kills all three: bacteria, fungi, and virus....See Morecat_mom
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