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Post Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:41 pm   anti bacteria and parasite pellets

i saw these on doctors foster and smith.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=18395
im thinking about adding both of these to my current mix of food and wanted to know if anyone has used them? think they work?
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:52 pm   

It looks like something that should be used as a medication not as a diet. I'd be worried that they could either overdose on them or would get so accustomed to them that they wouldn't work when you needed them to.
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:44 pm   

I don't think there's any reason to add that to a diet.
It's not a good practice to being giving antibiotics when you don't need to... it's a great way to foster resistant strains of bacteria.
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Post Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:44 pm   

true. didnt really think that one through. haha
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:07 pm   

I do think they're interesting though. I wonder how good they are at fighting disease?
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:18 pm   

thats what i was wondering too. you would think they would work but you can never really tell
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:40 pm   

Yeah, they could be like the little, white, dissolving turtles. :roll:
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:41 pm   

What I don't like about products like these is that they are usually vague, unnecessary, not thoroughly tested and can delay real treatment.
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:54 pm   

The other problem is over use of said products make parasites and viruses and things like that that are resist to normal treatments.
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