Hi Julie - I've been hiding out, recouping, but couldn't resist
your question, as I've learned to love homeopathy and yet realize how
lost I feel with it sometimes. In general, as I understand, you
give a remedy based on symptoms and behaviors, and then wait to see a
response in the patient. If you see a response, it's good.
Then if the "symptom" happens again, you give the remedy
again.
I know I've seen other dosing protocols, but that's the simple
one I'm familiar with. But I've also seen (like in Dr.
Pitcairn's book) where you give a remedy on a time schedule (e.g. 3
times a day for 3 days, morning and night, or whatever).
There are numerous homeopathic vets who do phone consulting.
The one I've used locally, here in Arkansas, is Dr. Pat Bradley, who's
a vet and also a homeopath. For those deeper illnesses, it's nice to
have a consultant. But then since they can't see the cat (phone
consultant), it depends a lot on your observation and
communiation.
She's listed in this list -
http://www.theavh.org/members/AVH_list1.htm
Hope this helps. Gloria
Hi Everyone,
I know many of you use homeopathy for yourselves and your pets and I have a question. I know that many of the homeopathic remedies I've looked at direct you to dissolve the treatment in the mouth or under the tongue. If you are dosing a cat, how do you get the maximum benefit from giving the remedy? Syringe into the mouth, or give like interferon and sort of target the tonsils and let the mucous membranes absorb it?
If you give the remedy in food, does the cat still get some benefit?
My friend Joan has a cat strongly suspected of having FIP (dry) and she's interested in trying homeopathy but we do not have a homeopathic vet around here. The remedy is described in the book 'The Nature of Animal Healing', so we know the remedies to get but are wondering about the mechanics of dosing.
Also, what I have read indicates that a rule of thumb for adjusting the dosage from human to feline is to give the cat 1/10 of the human dose; does that sound right?
As always, thanks in advance for any experience you can share.
Hugs and headbutts, Julie
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is
to protection by man from the cruelty of man. "
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
by the way its animals are treated."
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
Paws Come WITH Claws - If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet.
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