My research indicates that acupuncture for cats works provided the cat accepts it and provided it is used to help resolve an appropriate health condition such as nerve damage and the treatment is carried out by a veterinarian or associated professional. Dr Bruce Fogle Dr. Bruce Fogle provides us with a veterinary opinion on …
LUTD affects between 1 and 2% of the cat population. Bacterial infections are not a common cause. Cats suffering from the disease are “significantly more likely to be fed dry food exclusively” (Dr. Bruce Fogle in Natural Cat Care). The aim of complimentary, natural treatments to cure LUTD is to reduce the specific gravity …
As it is not known widely known, I would like to pass on information that I have gathered through personal experience about the treatment of mange, which can affect feral cats. Sarcoptic mange is the most common infection in foxes and foxes can pass it onto cats sometimes. Veterinarians will normally recommend a topical …
My reading on the subject of acupuncture as a treatment for domestic cats indicates to me that it is an alternative treatment which should not be ignored. In the online version of the Dorset Echo newspaper, a veterinarian explains that at their surgery there are two veterinarians who use acupuncture. They say that acupuncture …
Can CBD oil help cats with seizures? Bruce Kennedy, a journalist, writing on the Leafly website tells us that CBD oil can reduce the frequency of cat seizures and improve a cat’s appetite and overall movement if that cat is elderly. On first hand experience he says that his cat’s seizures were reduced by …
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for cats is an alternative medicine. Some veterinarians claim wondrous things from this treatment. The truth is that there is little evidence supporting the effectiveness of this treatment. It reminds me a bit of the cure-all elixir sold in the days of the wild west. In the photograph on this …
The manufacturers of the Thundershirt claim that it works in the same way swaddling a baby works. I am not sure that this is true. The Thundershirt works for cats and dogs. I believe that the reason why it works for a lot of dogs may be different to the reason why it works …
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