Holistic Cat Health Care - An Overview

There is a growing movement among veterinary surgeons to consider alternatives to traditional veterinary care. Reports suggest that cats are falling ill far more frequently than they ever used to; many experts think this is partly due to the diets that they are being fed, and partly due to the onslaught of vaccinations, preparations and drugs that are now used to treat all kinds of feline illnesses and conditions.

Holistic veterinary surgeons believe that it is important to look after the cat rather than simply concentrate on signs and symptoms and concentrating on reliving them. They feel that symptoms are often symptoms of an underlying condition and that if this is not treated the cat's health is severely compromised on a long term basis.

There are now many more alternatives to the standard canned and kibbled cat food, and holistic and traditional vets are now of the opinion that a raw diet is far preferable. Studies have shown that cats fed on a raw, wholefood diet don't age as quickly and neither do they succumb to age related degeneration.

Holistic vets believe that cat wellness treatments are not only about treatment of disease but about prevention too, and that if you build up the cat's immune system with the correct diet and with natural products and therapies, the cat will have a far better quality of life and will show that in the condition of his fur, his general disposition, better dentition and a lifelong freedom from allergies and infectious diseases.

The range of therapies are as wide as those available to human clients of any homeopathy or natural health clinic, and there are many studies that show statistical benefit from these therapies. Holistic vets substitute alternative natural remedies in place of traditional treatments, and provide holistic therapies to care for the overall wellbeing and happiness of the animal.

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Many might be surprised to learn that homeopath and acupuncture are established and successful treatments in many feline conditions, and owners report huge changes and rates of recovery in their animals. Osteopathy, physiotherapy and healing are also available as alternative treatments, and it would seem that public interest is growing in this development in veterinary care.

Rather than using injections or topical applications of strong chemicals to treat fleas and ticks, holistic vets can provide natural alternatives which are just as effective against these parasites but do no harm to the cat, and vaccinations are being replaced by the use of nosodes, which are preparations that use a microscopic portion of diseased tissue to push the cat's immune system into building up an immunity, much in the same way that smallpox vaccinations in humans use the smallpox virus to build immunity.

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