Probiotics are definitely no stranger to pet owners, because many pet doctors will prescribe probiotics to their pets, because probiotics are indeed very effective in treating many pet diseases. Problems such as pet gastrointestinal discomfort and b...
Probiotics are definitely no stranger to pet owners, because many pet doctors will prescribe probiotics to their pets, because probiotics are indeed very effective in treating many pet diseases. Problems such as pet gastrointestinal discomfort and bad breath can be well relieved by probiotics. Especially for some animals with poor gastrointestinal organs, probiotics are a common medication at home. Although probiotics are a panacea for pets, they will lose their effectiveness if pet owners use them incorrectly. Today, the editor will introduce to you the wrong ways to use probiotics. Without further ado, let’s go and take a look with the editor.
With hot water ginseng
Pet probiotics are in powder form, so they need to be dissolved with water when given to pets. But now many pet owners use hot water to dissolve the probiotics when giving them to their pets, but this is wrong. Because pet probiotics themselves are very intolerant to high temperatures, if you use boiling water, many probiotics will die because they cannot withstand high temperatures, and the probiotics will lose their original effect. Therefore, when pet owners take probiotics to their pets, it is best to use warm water so that the probiotics will not be killed and the pet will not be burned when drinking.
Prolonged exposure to the air
Although probiotics appear to be powders, they are actually independent active bacteria. Therefore, they are very afraid of oxygen. Because if probiotics are exposed to oxygen for a long time, the oxygen in the air can easily kill them. Therefore, when pet owners prescribe probiotics to their pets, it is best for them to take them as soon as possible to avoid being exposed to the air for too long and causing the probiotics to lose activity. It is best to give the probiotics to pets within 15 minutes after flushing. If the pet is unwilling to drink, the pet owner can use a feeder to pour it in.
Afraid of gastric acid
In order to save time, many pet owners choose to mix probiotics with their pets’ food for them to eat, but this is not allowed. Because the pet's heart beats faster when eating, and the heart concentrates blood to the stomach, so the pet's stomach will secrete a large amount of gastric acid to digest food. At this time, the probiotics and gastric acid meet, and the probiotics will be killed by the gastric acid. Therefore, when pet owners take probiotics to their pets, it is best to give them 15 minutes after a meal, so as to ensure that there is not a lot of gastric acid in the pet's stomach and that the probiotics can really have an effect.
