Beekissed
Mountain Sage
I try to stay as natural as I can with the food animals and now also with the nonfood animals, so I keep some things on hand for deworming and other parasite removal, as well as treatment of boo boos.
This morning the cats got their spring worming via ginger paste in tuna....every drop was licked clean from the bowls, so they got a good dose of the ginger.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3668217
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-015-4416-0?no-access=true
I don't worm on a regular basis here for any of the animals but do feed them certain things once or twice a year, usually spring and fall. Ginger, garlic, pumpkin seeds(while they eat the fermented pumpkins they consume the seeds) are some I use but hardly ever the same one twice in a row.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/a...xima-pumpkin-seeds-carica-papaya-papaya-seeds
A few years back I read this article and liked what I read...I've never treated any dog I've owned for heartworm, nor do I worm on a regular schedule, nor do I like using the chemical flea treatments when I can avoid it. These past few years I've been avoiding it. I also don't vaccinate them for anything unless it can't be avoided(surgery/neutering/etc. when they insist on rabies vac).
http://thewholedog.org/heartworm.html
Just trying to give them a lifestyle more like their natural one, if possible, while also trying to supplement that or support that with natural remedies for parasites but without breaking the bank in all of that. Seems to be working fine as all animals have maintain great health over the years.
Fed the dogs some fresh lake trout, guts and all, this morning, so will follow that with ginger paste in their food tomorrow.
This morning the cats got their spring worming via ginger paste in tuna....every drop was licked clean from the bowls, so they got a good dose of the ginger.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3668217
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-015-4416-0?no-access=true
I don't worm on a regular basis here for any of the animals but do feed them certain things once or twice a year, usually spring and fall. Ginger, garlic, pumpkin seeds(while they eat the fermented pumpkins they consume the seeds) are some I use but hardly ever the same one twice in a row.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/a...xima-pumpkin-seeds-carica-papaya-papaya-seeds
A few years back I read this article and liked what I read...I've never treated any dog I've owned for heartworm, nor do I worm on a regular schedule, nor do I like using the chemical flea treatments when I can avoid it. These past few years I've been avoiding it. I also don't vaccinate them for anything unless it can't be avoided(surgery/neutering/etc. when they insist on rabies vac).
http://thewholedog.org/heartworm.html
Given the wild canine's innate efficiency in dealing with heartworm, virtually all veterinary naturopaths and holistic practitioners, recommend utilizing as many aspects of the wild canine's lifestyle as is practical for domestic dogs, including, most importantly, a natural diet of raw meat and bones, minimal vaccination, and severely curtailed exposure to flea/tick -killing pesticides. Just STOP using them! There are many alternative, healthy ways of preventing and even killing pests but again, a healthy immune system is the key.
Animals with healthy, balanced immune systems are not in need of any specific preventives because their very lifestyle is their preventative!
Just trying to give them a lifestyle more like their natural one, if possible, while also trying to supplement that or support that with natural remedies for parasites but without breaking the bank in all of that. Seems to be working fine as all animals have maintain great health over the years.
Fed the dogs some fresh lake trout, guts and all, this morning, so will follow that with ginger paste in their food tomorrow.