100% apple juice

[Phinnsmommy]

Well ive been putting a first aid kit together for Phinn, just for emergencies (since my vet is 2 min away) and bought 100% apple juice, in a baby food container. The only ingredients are apple juice and vitamin c.

Can it be used as an alternative to pedialyte? Since it doesnt have sugar?

 

[HoneyPot]

The benifit of pedialyte is the electrolytes which I don't kow if apple juice is as great a source as. Another alternative is gatorade - which is designed as an electrolyte replacement (for athletes sweating a lot).

I'll look up the apple juice...

 

[katt]

gatorade can be used in place of pedialyte, but i would worry about the sugar content in it.

i have been using non-flavored pedialyte. . .

i think that the apple juice won't work the same.

plus, apples still contain sugar (it is a natural sugar, but sugar none the less) so i would be worried about giving it to a sick bun that doesn't need sweets

 

[Phinnsmommy]

Yeah. Darn. I was just thinking of using it since he loves apples, incase he isnt drinking.

Ill get pedialtye sometime.

 

[RAL Rabbitry]

The 100% apple juice still has alot of sugar in it and I would also

be worried about the laxative effect that it would have.

Roger

 

[Phinnsmommy]

Ok, thanks. Do you think it would work in an emergency situation of I mixed it in with some water? Like only a little bit of the juice, mostly water...

 

[RAL Rabbitry]

Yes I think in an emergency mixed with water it would be OK.

Just remember that it doesn't have electrolytes in it.

 

[JadeIcing]

What it does is flavor the water in an attempt to get them to drink.