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Bladder Tea

Nayma

Nayma

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Hi everyone!

I'm wondering if anyone has experience with the bladder tea by The Hay Expert.

A person suggested that to me for my piggy bladder issues but I've never heard of it before.

I'll post a link to it just to see if it's safe to give.

My piggy is currently on Liquid Vegan Glucosamine strawberry flavour (that he hates, and I'm considering switching back to Cystease) and Metacam 1ml twice a day.

thanks for your help!Pets Tea Time - Bladder & Kidney Soothing
 
The Hay Experts will made have very sure that all ingredients are safe. How effective it is is another question.
 
I'm confused now because, if you look on the internet, horsetail is a big no-no for piggies... 🤔
 
Nayma said:
I'm confused now because, if you look on the internet, horsetail is a big no-no for piggies... 🤔
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In this case, I would leave be. Sorry, I am not into herbal remedies although I would think that someplace like the Hay Experts would have done some careful research as it is going to impact on their business.
 
Wiebke said:
In this case, I would leave be. Sorry, I am not into herbal remedies although I would think that someplace like the Hay Experts would have done some careful research as it is going to impact on their business.
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then i think I'll leave it.

it wouldn't be the first time that big companies don't research properly about stuff.

maybe it's not gonna kill the piggies but for me it's not worth the risk either.
 
Hi All

I thought I'd give the tea a try as I'm trying to encourage my boys to drink more. They loved it, but then I saw this thread. I got in touch with Nature's Own Pets, who make the product, and they worked with a top veterinary university hospital to formulate the teas. The comment Nature's Own received were as follows:

"when we speak of horsetail, we mean the field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) and not the marsh horsetail (Equisetum palustre).

This is a very old medicinal plant, and even today horsetail tea can be bought in pharmacies for human consumption. Field horsetail has a weak diuretic effect and, when used internally, helps to treat urinary tract diseases, kidney gravel and oedema. Used externally it supports the treatment of poorly healing wounds. The sterile (infertile), aboveground parts of the field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) are used medicinally as horsetail herb. As a traditional herbal medicine, they are used internally for flushing therapy in bacterial and inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract or renal gravel. ln addition, preparations containing field horsetail can flush out water accumulations in the body (edema). Applied externally, the medicinal plant can support the treatment of poorly healing wounds.

!mportant ingredients are the abundant silicic acid as well as flavonoids, silicates and caffeic acid derivatives. All in all they have a weak diuretic effect.

For this reason, field horsetail is definitely to be welcomed in the mixture."

It isn't worth the risk for me either, which is a shame as my boys loved it. I really appreciated the dialogue with Paul at Nature's Own.
 
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