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Ardella
I have many questions but I'll start with the two most pressing:
1) I need suggestions for the most economical, yet best, way to feed them. I don't have time to fix a lot of homemade food for them: I am literally drowning in work all the time--planning and getting the gardens ready plus planting, fixing up the house, trying to get a little bit of editing done, taking care of these cats.... We don't buy the cheapest cat food on the market at all, but I know that even the best kibble and canned food isn't as good as it should be. We add brewer's yeast and lysine and sometimes Vt. E to the garage cats' food. I buy human grade chicken (though not organic, unfortunately) and boil it as well to add to their food frequently, as well as broth.
2) I need suggestions for ways to treat their ailments homeopathically. Standard vets always apply antibiotics, and I use them, but they aren't always working. The three biggest problems we deal with habitually are 1) respiratory infections, 2) eye infections, and 3) diarrhea. Obviously, the cats are all different, but for the many that we can touch, they are the sweetest tempered cats in the world--friendly and companionable and loving, and wanting attention and love. There are just a few that are extremely nervous and difficult to touch or catch.
On that note, one of the most nervous cats is our own 12-year-old, one of the cats we brought with us to the farm. Her name is Nellie, and she is very intense emotionally. I think she has Russian Blue in her blood line because she has the body shape and the voice of a Russian Blue. Her full name is Nellie Gray, but we could have named her Nellie because she is a nervous Nellie, as they say! She has developed an almost chronic upper respiratory infection that makes her cough as well; her energy level is low. She is also allergic to fleas and develops bad flea dermatitis unless we keep a flea collar on her--the (sort of) homeopathic vet we took one of our cats to said to use Seresto collars as the least objectionable of the effective treatments. I suspect her of having developed a low-level UTI, as she's been vocalizing very loud, and her litter box habits have deterioriated. Despite her freakiness, though, she loves deeply, and she's very attached to me. She sleeps on me at night and has an intense need for affection from me.
We also have a kitten right now (about 9 mo. old) who appears to be suffering from FIP. I have been using some remedies to alleviate his symptoms as much as possible: Pulsatilla, Belladonna, and Apis. He had a very bad seizure last night. Is there anything I should be giving him for seizures? He went blind a few weeks back, so if there's anything to help his eyes, I'd appreciate knowing about that, too.
I'm sure that's enough information for now. Any advice/suggestions, etc. much appreciated. I wish very much to study homeopathic treatment deeply for both animals and people, but I don't have time for it right now with my very heavy work load.
Thank you--I'm really glad to be a member of this forum, and I hope to gain much good.
1) I need suggestions for the most economical, yet best, way to feed them. I don't have time to fix a lot of homemade food for them: I am literally drowning in work all the time--planning and getting the gardens ready plus planting, fixing up the house, trying to get a little bit of editing done, taking care of these cats.... We don't buy the cheapest cat food on the market at all, but I know that even the best kibble and canned food isn't as good as it should be. We add brewer's yeast and lysine and sometimes Vt. E to the garage cats' food. I buy human grade chicken (though not organic, unfortunately) and boil it as well to add to their food frequently, as well as broth.
2) I need suggestions for ways to treat their ailments homeopathically. Standard vets always apply antibiotics, and I use them, but they aren't always working. The three biggest problems we deal with habitually are 1) respiratory infections, 2) eye infections, and 3) diarrhea. Obviously, the cats are all different, but for the many that we can touch, they are the sweetest tempered cats in the world--friendly and companionable and loving, and wanting attention and love. There are just a few that are extremely nervous and difficult to touch or catch.
On that note, one of the most nervous cats is our own 12-year-old, one of the cats we brought with us to the farm. Her name is Nellie, and she is very intense emotionally. I think she has Russian Blue in her blood line because she has the body shape and the voice of a Russian Blue. Her full name is Nellie Gray, but we could have named her Nellie because she is a nervous Nellie, as they say! She has developed an almost chronic upper respiratory infection that makes her cough as well; her energy level is low. She is also allergic to fleas and develops bad flea dermatitis unless we keep a flea collar on her--the (sort of) homeopathic vet we took one of our cats to said to use Seresto collars as the least objectionable of the effective treatments. I suspect her of having developed a low-level UTI, as she's been vocalizing very loud, and her litter box habits have deterioriated. Despite her freakiness, though, she loves deeply, and she's very attached to me. She sleeps on me at night and has an intense need for affection from me.
We also have a kitten right now (about 9 mo. old) who appears to be suffering from FIP. I have been using some remedies to alleviate his symptoms as much as possible: Pulsatilla, Belladonna, and Apis. He had a very bad seizure last night. Is there anything I should be giving him for seizures? He went blind a few weeks back, so if there's anything to help his eyes, I'd appreciate knowing about that, too.
I'm sure that's enough information for now. Any advice/suggestions, etc. much appreciated. I wish very much to study homeopathic treatment deeply for both animals and people, but I don't have time for it right now with my very heavy work load.
Thank you--I'm really glad to be a member of this forum, and I hope to gain much good.
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