Picked up Boris' supplements- now where?

[Sherry]

Ok, I've got the red reishi(Purica), pancreatic enzymes(Natural Factor Pancreatin Plus Enzymes), as well as the bulk version of slippery elm bark from my local community natural food store. I've been using Prozyme probiotics already(1/4 tsp per cup of meat)
Problem- I have no idea as to dosage ;D
Help?

[Deleted]

;D ;D ;D

I'm pretty sure the reishi is going to be 1/4 capsule per ferret (based on what Jennifer said in her supplements thread). I guess it depends on whether that's based on 500 or 1000 mg capsules (then, I have NO idea ). I use a medicinal mushroom supplement made for pets (it's in a powder form in a little tin can), and I add about 1/8 tsp (estimate since it comes with a 1/4 tsp in there, so I try and get about half that). It says 1/4 tsp per 30lbs of body weight per day, so half of that (1/8 tsp) mixed into their freeze-dried raw (that lasts about a day) is about right for 4 ferrets.

I have NO idea about the other supplements you got

Hopefully Jennifer will pop in :3

[Sherry]

Welll, the mushrooms say 3 capsules per day for a human. They don't give a mg per cap, which is the problem!
The pancreatic enzyme is 110 mg of pancreatin 8X and 250 mg of a blend of other elements per capsule. ;D

[Deleted]

Wow...what?! It doesn't tell you the amount per capsule?! That's...not good

[Deleted]

Okay...found it www.purica.com/red_reishi.htm

Looks like 400mg per capsule, and I think the dosage for ferrets (again, based on Jennifer) is based on 500mg capsules (which is what the amount per capsule is for the brands she recommended). So 1/4 a capsule per ferret would be about right still...I think :3

I still have no idea what the dosage would be for the other supplements you bought

[kainslie1]

Thanks for starting this sherry! i need to know this too =]

Question, which Reshi did you buy, since we went to the same store - I saw the prices of one of them (almost at 100 dollars) and almost died! and how much was it?
Also what are you using it for? I was told to use it for cancer? I think? what else does it work for?

[katt]

It helps with IBD. It soothes the belly. Sherry I just sprinkle it on. lol

[Heather]

OK, I was just going to ask if it had any problems if everyone ate it as well as the sicky or should it be reserved for only the sicky and fed as a soupy? Trust mine the dosage...its 188 mg....why couldnt' they pick 150 or 200mg.... I don't think this is going to help Pooka but hey...I've got to try
ciao

[kainslie1]

I got Bio Strath original instead of Essaic Tea... Would that work? They said it's the same thing basically - but this one was WAY cheaper =s

[katt]

Mar 18, 2011 13:22:17 GMT -5 Heather said:

OK, I was just going to ask if it had any problems if everyone ate it as well as the sicky or should it be reserved for only the sicky and fed as a soupy? Trust mine the dosage...its 188 mg....why couldnt' they pick 150 or 200mg.... I don't think this is going to help Pooka but hey...I've got to try
ciao

No Heather it has great anti-cancer properties when fed in small doses regularly and is a healthy supplement in general. It is fine to feed to non-sick fuzzies.

[Heather]

Thanks Katt
My understanding, I was just reading this on ferrethealth, that you should use the real Essiac. My understanding is that many of the knockoffs use other ingredients in as well as the basic 4 or 5 (I can't remember). It's a very basic recipe
ciao

[Deleted]

I have heard the same thing about essiac for ferrets...make it yourself. I think one of the things wrong with most of the commercial essiacs is it includes alcohol. Also, it's probably not as concentrated. I have heard a success story of someone who used essiac for their lymphoma ferret, and the tumor shrunk. She lived for another 6 months (I think...maybe longer), and she wasn't suffering.

[Sherry]

For the interim, I've just used 1/2 a capsule of the reishi, since I wasn't sure of the dosing, and I only used it on HIS brekkies ;D That way, I know he's eating it, since I, of course, hand feed him in the mornings ;D
And yes, kainslie, it's supposed to have excellent anti-cancer properties.
The one I got is Purica red reishi, $45 bucks for 120 capsules. It's this one:
www.purica.com/red_reishi.htm

[Deleted]

And it's a great anti-inflammatory (which is probably why it's good for cancer since it's caused by an over-active immune system - also the antioxidants) because ever since I started giving it, Pan (who used to have a chicken sensitivity resulting in diarrhea and/or vomiting every time she ate ANY chicken or anything with chicken in it ) can eat chicken again with NO PROBLEMS She loves the stuff too. She will lick it straight off the lid of the tin can it comes in EVERY TIME I make their food

Although, the brand I use has 9 different mushrooms in it (including reishi), but I recently learned that maitake (which is one of the nine) can lower blood sugar (which isn't good for ferrets, especially if they have insulinoma ). Since it's only one of nine medicinal mushrooms in there, it doesn't worry me as much because it's such a small amount overall. Also, my guys have been eating raw (freeze-dried and dehydrated) since they were little, so I'm not worried about it lowering their blood sugar a bit since they have healthy blood sugar levels. I'd hate to have to stop using the brand since she loves it so much (the others like it in the food too), but reishi is the catch-all medicinal mushroom out of them all. I might switch to that once I run out of this stuff (that I have had since late August 2010 )

[Sherry]

Keep her on it, then! From everything I've read, ferrets with food sensitivities are far more likely to develop IBD.