Disclaimer
These medicines are not to be used instead of conventional veterinary medicine for your rat, but in conjunction with these medicines, or as a stop-gap if no vet is immediately available (rats and mice love to get sick on the first day of a long weekend). Please, if your pet is showing signs of illness, get them to a vet as soon as possible. Please also note that the majority of these I haven't tested myself, it's just a compilation of information I've found online and through other rodent lovers. I would recommend that you read all labels very closely so you don’t get ripped off- some have said that some unscrupulous manufacturers sell liquid claiming to be medicine, but with all the medicinal properties of water- the placebo effect isn’t going to work on rats! Most of these topics were written with rats in mind but most can be easily scaled down for use in mice. Contents: Antibiotic: Echinacea Olive leaf extract Lung Caps Grapefruit seed extract Pau D'Arco Ginseng Garlic Bach’s rescue remedy Goldenseal Breathing/Congestion: Children’s antihistamine Ventolin Fluticasone propionate Dark chocolate Naphcon-A eye drops Steam Eucalyptus oil Bugs: Ivermectin Revolution Advantage Topical: Tea tree oil Grapefruit seed extract Antibacterial powder Propolis Pain Relief: Arnica: St. John’s Wort Children’s Ibuprofen Other: Gingko Bilboa: Tumour symptoms St. Johns Wort: Bumble foot Pau D’Arco: Abscesses, tumours, anti-inflammatory Causticum: Hind Leg paralysis Cantheris: Bladder and Kidneys Echinacea: Bumble foot Propolis: Anti-inflammatory, arthritis, anaemia References: Ratz R Us: http://www.ratzrus.co.uk/ratguides/herbal_medicine Acrorats: http://www.acrorats.net/health.html Holistarat Mailing list: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/holistarat/ And the wonderful people of the RMCA Forums! If you see any information of yours on here that you want credited to you, please email me and I'll add you to the list. |
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