Replamin Gel Plus
 

Ref this thread... http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/liv...discovery.html

Just received my order. I was impressed with the size of the tube! I thought I would share pics with people like me who need to know what it looks like in real life ...kinda...lol! :cool:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2...D550/ry%3D400/
don't look at all the junk on the counter...:whistlin:

Boris helped model...I got a very funny Video of him with the tube. It just takes so long to upload videos on you tube...Hours!! I keep forgetting to upload b4 bed.
Anyhoo...Boris and tube
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a2...D550/ry%3D400/

Can't wait to try it! Thanks Calianne!!! :) :)

~laughs~ It IS a big tube, at least the 300 cc one!

I didn't get the "special" gun for mine, just gently push the back into something smaller nd more easily manageable than the huge tube.

Where did you order yours from?

See if it makes Mama-D have that baby! :D

Woe that tube is huge. How much was it and where do you get it?

Are you sure that Boris isn't a Chihuahua and it's really a small tube? :)

I ordered mine from Jeffers. It was seventeen dollars and some change for the big tube. Fourteen something if you order 12 or more.

Ranger- I checked on the Jeffers site and couldn't find it, which is not all that unusual with their search. Where was shown?

Yes, please post a link to it on Jeffers.... I looked through the cattle, swine & equine sections & tried a search & couldn't find it on Jeffers....

I just ordered mine from PBS. Their search doesn't work for it either. I had to go under catte, then supplements and then scroll through till I found it. Mine should be arriving on thursday.

Minelson, the vinyl flooring you have really brings back memories for me. My mother had that in the kitchen the entire time I was growing up. I think she ruined it somehow with one of her concoctions that she was trying. I always loved that floor. :)

Well..it's very old! But I love it because it shows NOTHING! hee hee :) :)

:pound: Boris the 80lb Chihuahua! :)

I got it from ProbioticSmart.com
$18.05 plus shipping becuz i ordered some hoof stuff that wasn't a free shipping item so I was paying shipping anyway. That was $8.25.

I think I need a beer. :)

I count not 1, but 4 dietary supplements on that counter. Maybe 5, depending on what Rain Maker is. That was more fun than looking for horn worms!

Well I must have ordered from the wrong place cause I ordered mine before you Min & still haven't received it yet. Got a shipping email though so I know it's on it's way.

I couldn't find it on Jeffers site either & I think I looked under Equine & supplements for both Cattle & horses.

Rain Maker is a hoof treatment that is painted on.

They have it through Amazon, also. As a matter of fact I have 2 in my shopping cart right now, trying to talk myself in or out of it!:hohum:

So - You could use this once a week in place of loose minerals?

I have 3 smallish goats and usually 2-3 feeder cows and everyone gets either one of those little mineral licks for horses (had the most copper I could find) or Purina Cattle mineral (slightly better copper), the best mineral you can get in my area. Along with copper bolusing the goats & calves a few times a year.

Everyone (except my mule) is still showing slight deficiencies with this treatment.

Heck, I'll order one & go from there!!:bandwagon:

I ordered from PBS on Monday and got my 2 tubes today. Think it was $17. I was able to just search for "Replamin" on PBS and it came right up.

Where the heck did you find it at Jeffers? I can't find it anywhere?

Yes. Once per week in place (instead of) of loose minerals.

I also do NOT copper bolus anymore. It's been three months since I started using this, and 7 months since their last copper bolus, and NO signs AT ALL of copper deficiency.

Goat dose is 5cc. For cattle, horses, etc., dose by weight according to label directions. I have NOT given any to kids younger than 6 months of age yet, so I will not suggest dosage for that.

hehe, we had that floor too, only in blue!

calliann--how do you dose them? does it smell bad/funny? mix with pb and put on a cracker? I ordered mine last night! maybe that'll help nilla with her b12 issue. of which I'm not even sure about but find it odd that she is after that blue block ALLLL the time. she has onyx too.

I also ordered another tube of the other type, not 'plus', for horses. for $13, thought it was worth a try.

oh, minelson, I didn't even notice the counter, just the stuff cuz, heheh, mine looks just like yours! I suspect most of our counters here look similar? yes? hehe!

I was thinking about giving it to the horses too.... And that was the less cluttered counter lol!!

With Mardis Gras, I show her the tube (the small, 80cc one that I refill that has the dial on it for dosage) after I have dialed in the dosage, and she comes running up and sucks it straight out of the tube, smacking her lips.

With Nipper, I mix it with a handful of feed while on the milk stand. She isn't interested in it straight, and wants nothing to do with a tube, but likes it fine if it is mixed with a little feed.

Those are the two, extreme ends of how it is received in my herd. The in-betweens will sometimes lick it from my hand or a plate, or might prefer it with a bit of feed, etc. I have not had to sneak it into crackers or anything.

It smells like licorice. I don't know how it tastes, but it smells like licorice. If you like the smell of licorice, then it will smell good to you.:)

~grinz~ It works fine for horses. In fact, some of the instructions on the label is specifically for horses.

Can you use a caulking gun with this? It seems to be about the right size.

No, I tried it. It is too large to fit into a standard caulking gun. But it is not difficult to push it with fingers or other implement. The gel is not "thick", so it doesn't stick.

Well I ordered mine on the 12th from Amazon & still waiting for it to come. I guess I'll have to learn to be a little patient!!

Oops, sorry, I actually ordered it from PBS, not Jeffers. I guess I had Jeffers on the brain at the time.

It seems like whenever I order anything from Amazon it takes FOREVER to get here!
I won't use mine until you get yours Katie :)

Your a Nut! Thank you but you go ahead & use yours. Mine will be here soon enough & I'll quit whining! Hehehehe!

I just ordered mine from PBS. Now, all of my goats are still 5 months and younger. Do I still use the recommended dosage on this?

I actually ordered mine Saturday nite, so really Monday and got it on Wednesday and didn't know it until I checked my email and the tracking number and it said it was hear. We were gone all day. I said, "Uh oh, I didn't notice any box when we came in did you, to my DH." Of coarse he didn't. I quickly got the flash light and when searching for a tore up box because the goats have full run of the yard. At the back door was my cooler that had been setting open was now turned over and up by door covering the box, thank you UPS. So, I really did get mine in 2 days from PBS. Hw is that for fast shipping.

That made me chuckle.....

Bambitski, I have NOT tried this on really young kids, so I don't know. I used the full dose on my two doelings, 6 months and 5 1/2 months, with no ill effects, and the positive effects I was expecting.

Younger than that, I don't know. I don't wean until, at minimum, 4 months, and the babies get goat milk from my girls...therefore, well mineraled, healthy milking does means well-mineraled, healthy kids. If I was bottle feeding whole cows milk, I would likely try it at half dose just before a bottle...but again, I have NOT done this yet.

I ordered mine last week and havent received it yet....

pygmybabies, did you order from pbs? If so, I would be calling them.

Bambitski, the doe that I am having problems with right now was a bottle fed. replacer fed doeling, my very first goat ever, and was showing copper deficiency symptoms by 4 months. I started copper bolusing her then. I wish I had this stuff then, I out of total ignorance would not have hesitated to have used this stuff then and we probably wouldn't be in the situation we are in now. She did get her first dose today and she licked it straight out of a med cup, her preference being in a syringe so she could suck it up....lol.

oh dear I love the smell and taste of licorice, when mine comes in I might try a taste, been feeling a little deficient myself...

I just tasted it ..tastes earthy. Not in a bad way. Although, as a child, I did love to eat dirt ;)

Minelson, I cant believe you tasted it. LOL

I cannot wait to get my hands on some of this....thinking about supplementing my Senior Horse with it too! And you all are too darn cute, and entertaining! Thanks for always making me *SMILE*!