Hi Susie, I'm no vet or any other kind of expert, but here's my gut reaction...
Yes, I think you should be patient a little longer and continue the experiment. Here's what I'm wondering: I don't remember if you said this, but did his condition noticeably worsen at any time *after* starting him on the CS? If so, then thinking about a herx reaction makes sense, and holding at these doseage levels until symptoms begin to subside, or even reducing the dose some if there seems to be too much discomfort, would be indicated. If his condition has stayed the same or was steadily getting worse *before* the CS, and just continued to do so, then you still might need to keep increasing the dose until the condition either a) improves, or b) deteriorates, at which point you hold or back down again, by the same logic as above. What we are generally guided by is the idea of "dosing for effect." You can't know exactly the quality or potency of the silver product you're buying or making, or how the particular animal is going to respond to it given its present condition. Therefore, it's all but impossible to guess the dose in advance. You can only ramp up gradually and watch the response. Finally, I'd not hesitate to work him up to low concentration ( ~5 ppm +/- a few ) CS as his sole water supply. Or give it to him as an option and see what he chooses. You can't overdose *except* in terms of a herx reaction causing too much stress on his system. The material you're giving him is otherwise pretty safe as far as most of us can tell. Now that you're making your own, it ought to be cheap enough to try that. Just be cautious during the transition from the commercial product to your home-made. They may be very different, so the dose may turn out to be quite different as well. Add to all this your otherwise good care regimen and your loving attention and he will have the best chance he's going to ever have. I wish you well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
