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Dri-tail and Wet Tail Article
Gosh thanks for pointing that out Emma. Please forgive me gang
I am sorry if I have misled anyone into thinking I recommend this product -
I DO NOT
- I would NEVER EVER use it, but then it is not even available in Scotland thank goodness.
I was trying, unsuccessfully to convey that I do not think it has any merit at all in serious illness related diarrhoea, although if someone is unable to get an immediate vet appointment and has access to Dri-tail then they could use it overnight but it is in NO WAY A SUBSTITION for a more concentrated prescribed antibiotic, and an emergency visit would be preferable, though quite potentially costly, where possible.
If anyone has a hamster with purely diet related diarrhoea then this should be remedied by removing all fresh foods from the hamster and giving dry complete hamster mix only until the stools harden again. Fresh foods should be slowly introduced into the diet after a few weeks, and only a tiny bit every couple of days at that. I thoroughly recommend the use of a probiotic to help re-establish good gut flora and a prebiotic on an ongoing basis.
Dri-tail certainly SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A PREVENTATIVE, due to the reasons you state - it will do more harm than good utilised in this way killing off the bacteria that hamster's digestive systems completely rely on, which in itself could stress out the hamster actually promoting Wet-Tail