Just like all of us, our pets get sick, physical ailments, and experience emotional imbalances and mental/spiritual challenges.

Homeopathic medicine for cats and dogs is a holistic method using natural substances to stimulate the body’s natural healing process. Just like in humans, homeopathy can be used to treat a wide variety of conditions, from allergies to diarrhea. Homeopathy concentrates on care of the whole animal with methods that are specific, gentle and sympathetic to the body’s needs. It is based on the utilization of specially prepared, refined dilutions of herbs, minerals and other natural substances, and can be a great alternative treatment option for pets.

Many people now take their pets to holistic veterinary specialists to seek advice in treating a variety of illnesses and disorders, including chronic conditions like digestive issues, skin irritations, arthritis, and respiratory problems. Homeopathic medicine can also be used to treat acute conditions such as diarrhea, bites, and stings. Homeopathy is an effective alternative or accompaniment to many conventional medicines and is often used as a last resort for treating chronic and recurring conditions.

Key benefits of homeopathy for pets

Some of the main advantages of homeopathy include:

• Cooperation with the body’s natural immune system
• Effective for both the prevention and treatment of conditions
• Treatment of a wide variety of conditions
• Fewer side effects than conventional medicines

Common homeopathic remedies

The most commonly used homeopathic remedies include:

• Arnica: used for general pain relief and treating musculoskeletal injuries
• Euphrasia: commonly used to treat eye problems, such as conjunctivitis
• Sulphur: used to treat skin problems, particularly skin allergies
• Silica: used to expel foreign bodies, such as thorns or seeds, from the skin, and can also be used to treat abscesses and sinusitis
• Borax: good for calming pets during thunderstorms and fireworks
• Rhus tox: used to treat arthritis, red swollen eyes and skin infections
• Cantharis: used to relieve the symptoms of cystitis, as well as treat skin conditions and scalds and burns

Proper diet

 When it comes to your pets diet, aim for variety to ensure the best balance of nutrients and use organically raised and minimally processed foods wherever possible. Try to be patient yet persistent as you gradually introduce new foods to your animal friend. Pets will often hesitate to eat new food at first simply because the foods are unfamiliar.

MEATS

It is recommended that less than 25% of your pet’s diet should be meat. Min 18% for dogs (adult maintenance, and 22% for reproductive growth period. And 26% for cats

The more active your pet is, the higher is the animal protein requirement

Recommended meat include:

Lean meats such as turkey and/or giblets, liver (beef, chicken, turkey), mackerel, tuna, heart (beef, chicken, turkey), lean hamburger, lean duck, rabbit, various fishes.

You can use combination of muscle or flesh meats with organ meats (heart, liver, kidney, giblets) If your use raw liver, it shouldn’t be more than 10% of the meat intake

EGGS AND DIARY PRODUCTS

 Another good source of protein.

We recommended eggs, cottage cheese, yogurt, milk (raw is better than pasteurized)

Rather than giving plain raw eggs, add them to freshly cooked grains to improve food texture

GRAINS

 Grains should make up around 50% of your pet’s diet. It’s a very cost-effective and healthy source of carbs, vitamins and minerals. Combining 2 types of grains is beneficial to the balance of amino-acids.

SNACKS

 All pets love their snacks, but don’t let tasty treats make up more than 20% of your pet diet.

 Always use raw dog bones because cooked bones can splinter into scarp fragments, also avoid frozen bones which can cause damage to their teeth and gums.

Make sure your biscuits are fresh and never stale. Homemade biscuits are always the best, but not everyone has the time to make them.

When it comes to fruits, make them a part of their regular meal. Try some figs, dates, prunes, apples, bananas, berry, or raw nuts.

Some other options and remedies to improve your pet’s health can be:

OILS: fish oils, safflower, sunflower, corn, borage, evening primrose oil

VITAMINS AND MINERALS –less expensive if you buy the children multi vitamins versus vet brands

Supplements:

Calcium –best to have calcium/phosphorus ration = 1.2-2calcium /1 phosphorus found in

Bone meal: powdered form buy the one sold for animals

Seaweed: another good source of calcium/phosphorus

Plain calcium tablets: Best forms assimilated: chelated calcium, calcium gluconate, Calcium lactate: (calcium carbonate not so well absorbed). Avoid tablets tat contain phosphorus and magnesium

If you want to try something new for your pet, check out our recipe for a great health powder.

HEALTH POWDER:

2 cups brewer’s yeast

1 cup lecithin granules

¼ cup kelp powder

4 tablespoons bone powder

1000mg vit C (ground)-optional

Mix all ingredients in a container and refrigerate

You can add this mixture to a meal as follows:

1-2 teaspoons /day for cats and small dogs

2-3 teaspoons /day for medium size dogs

1-2 tablespoons /day for large dogs

aprox 2 teaspoons /day . Calcium supplementation/ health powder are both very important when diet was changed to human diet which has less calcium!

Our pets are part of our family. They deserve the best diet and care to ensure many happy years to come.

Wishing you and your pet good health.