I have an aviary so bird breeders use many herbs and supplements as preventatives. I use bee pollen, propolis and royal jelly (all made by bees), apple cider vinegar (with the "mother" in it, not the regular kind), I think Bragg is the maker, anyway it costs about $5.00 a bottle instead of $1. I also use Grapefruit Seed Extract.
I use it in their water to prevent bacteria (Apple Cider or GSE, sterilizing feeding equipment while not being toxic (GSE), bee products I mainly use just to keep the birds in optimum health and it makes the babies a lot healthier. The best bee products should be moist granules and need refrigeration and you can't heat it or it destroys the benefits. However, I started out with a dry formula and I noticed positive benefits almost immediately as to fertility with by birds (more fertile eggs in each clutch).
I am lucky here to have an actual holistic physician who runs a health store and I just ask him the proper dosages. I've always been told that the dosage for birds and animals for herbal remedies is the same for us, just adjusted for weight. I've been told the recommendations on the bottles are for a 125 pound person so you just take 125th of the dosage for a pup that weighs a pound. |