pamnock
Well-Known Member
I spent the day playing around with enzymes and using mega amounts to see what substances I could break down. Worked well for DNA/RNA extraction, but that was about the extent of it as there negligible effect on foods or hair.
Which got me to thinking -- if mega amounts ofcommon enzymes given to rabbitsare so ineffective in breaking substances down, how can they be of any help in treating rabbits with GI blockages. Most likely -- they can't. I've seen no positive effects in wasting money on the numerous enzyme products available for rabbits -- and I'm not the only one who has taken note that these artificial enzymes are so ineffective . . .
Pam
Here's a myth buster from the House Rabbit Society . .
MYTH:
"Pineapple juice, papaya and/or enzyme products are helpful in treating hair-balls in the rabbit."
Because the rabbit cannot spit, it ingests a lot of hair when grooming. It is commonly thought that this ingested hair leads to gastric hair-balls ("gastric stasis," see above). For at least three decades rabbit owners have treated this problem with a host of digestive enzyme products including pineapple juice, papaya, or papaya tablets (all of which contain the digestive enzyme papain), or a number of pharmaceutical enzyme products including Prozyme, Viokase and many more. Several well performed scientific studies have shown that these products neither correct nor prevent the accumulation of hair, nor will they dissolve the accumulation of food and hair that forms in the stomach of the rabbit. We have found, however, that pineapple juice may have some positive effect in the rehydration and return of normal stomach acid levels in the stomach contents of rabbits with gastric stasis.
Which got me to thinking -- if mega amounts ofcommon enzymes given to rabbitsare so ineffective in breaking substances down, how can they be of any help in treating rabbits with GI blockages. Most likely -- they can't. I've seen no positive effects in wasting money on the numerous enzyme products available for rabbits -- and I'm not the only one who has taken note that these artificial enzymes are so ineffective . . .
Pam
Here's a myth buster from the House Rabbit Society . .
MYTH:
"Pineapple juice, papaya and/or enzyme products are helpful in treating hair-balls in the rabbit."
Because the rabbit cannot spit, it ingests a lot of hair when grooming. It is commonly thought that this ingested hair leads to gastric hair-balls ("gastric stasis," see above). For at least three decades rabbit owners have treated this problem with a host of digestive enzyme products including pineapple juice, papaya, or papaya tablets (all of which contain the digestive enzyme papain), or a number of pharmaceutical enzyme products including Prozyme, Viokase and many more. Several well performed scientific studies have shown that these products neither correct nor prevent the accumulation of hair, nor will they dissolve the accumulation of food and hair that forms in the stomach of the rabbit. We have found, however, that pineapple juice may have some positive effect in the rehydration and return of normal stomach acid levels in the stomach contents of rabbits with gastric stasis.