At 06:40 AM 2/16/2010, you wrote:
The statement that started this thread is "CS will kill off some
of the good bacteria in the intestines if used daily". I *think*
that is unprovable.
Given that the statement included nothing about type or ppm of the
"CS" nor amount taken daily, it certainly seems unprovable to me. In
certain circumstances, if the ppm was high enough, or enough was
taken daily (2 liters?) maybe it could, but since it didn't happen
to me, I think it would be more of an individual reaction, and I
can't see it happening at low doses.
My pet rabbit's drinking water is disitlled water with a little
EIS.(1 TBS of my approx 12 ppm EIS in approx a quart ). He has gotten
this for his water for many years now, every single day. He shows no
indication of any harm to his gut bacteria. Rabbits digestion (and
their lives) depend on the large and varied population of bacteria
contained in a "cecum" a large liquid bacterial soup filled second
stomach that is basically a fermenting chamber. Perfect conditions
for CS to kill off bacteria. Rabbit cecums contain both aerobic and
anerobic bacteria (don't see how ithat is true, but that is what was
said) and gram positive and gram negative bacteria of many different
species. Therefore I keep his dose low.
However another person on the SilverPets list has said she gives her
rabbits a much larger amount of CS in their water, she does use tap
water to dilute it though, which I believe affects the silver
effectiveness negatively. She has said she has even give rabbits
straight CS I don't recall the ppm, but think it was lower that what
I make. I have never done that, and won't, as I still consider it risky.
People give CS to horses, too. I think Trem told me once his horses
get CS, but don't recall if that was daily or not. At any rate the
dose my rabbit gets has not killed him nor did it kill any of my
other rabbits, so daily use isn't the concern. Type, ppm, and amount
of CS may be the determining factors though, even in rabbits who have
the perfect place for CS to do its work and kill off their gut
bacteria. Dysbiosis and/or loss of the cecum bacteria can kill a rabbit.
BTW, that small daily dose was enough to prevent one of my other
rabbits from constantly dribbling urine., and I actually got into CS
for the bunnies, the recommendation to put a little CS in their water
to help my urine dribbler is what started me off on this adventure
almost 8 years ago.
sol
