Does anyone have an opinion about giving CS some to a cat that has a habit of scratching herself and licking herself raw?
She is on prednezone now. How much? How often? How??? (I think an eyedropper in the mouth is do-able with her.) Jo -----Original Message----- From: Terry Dickinson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, September 26, 1999 8:32 AM Subject: CS: Success! > >Maureen and I have two dogs and eighteen months ago one, Chips, normally >a very happy and playful character in spite of his then approximate 11 >year age, began to get very upset, got into very bad moods and started >to growl and snap at anyone who touched him. The problem seemed to be >mainly with his back and we eventually asked the vet to Xray it. >The result was that the dog was suffering from spondylitis - an >irreversible condition >where the disks between the vertebrae become damaged and spurs of bone >grow across the vertebrae together and obviously causing >the dog considerable discomfort. >Veterinary treatment was to put him on a pain-killing drug with the >instructions that if he coughed up blood, was sick or >stopped eating then to contact the vet again. >This treatment was continued for four months with no apparent success >(and fortunately no obvious adverse effects) when Maureen read a >reference that >spondylitis was caused by bacteria so she put Chips on a tablespoon of >CS a day. Three weeks later as he seemed to be improving she reduced >the drug treatment by one half and three weeks after that took him off >the drug completely. >Three months later we took him to the vet for an annual check-up and the >vet commented that Chips no longer growled at him even when his back was >felt and that he was looking fine and in fit condition. Maureen told him >that he hadn't been on the drug for three months but had been having CS >instead which information appeared to mean absolutely nothing to the >vet. >It is now another three months later, we continue the CS, the dog is in >very good form, has lost the stiffness in his back and is fit and agile >again. > >Terry > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
