August 9, 2010
Ragweed season is here in full force and early! So I'm sure your kitties have been sneezing lately, I know mine have. Follow the
same advice I gave for pollen season. L-lysine supplements and giving a weekly fur cleaning with kitty wipes to get the ragweed
out of their fur before they lick it all off. Also wipe down your window sills if you let them sit up there. I'm already sneezing up a
storm myself and I know that this extremely hot summer has everything to do with it. So I think we're in for a bad allergy season.
I have a few really good links to provide also! This one is from my go-to research girl Tracey and made me very happy: Gift to
Colorado State University Launches Fund for Feline Stem Cell Research, Treatment. Frankie’s Fund will support research and
future clinical trials for stem cell therapy targeting acute and chronic kidney failure, inflammatory bowel disease and possibly
asthma. www.news.colostate.edu/Release/5315. Best news I've heard in a long time! This article I found and even though it's for
humans, it gives further proof to me that we should not be including sugars, artificial sweeteners and so on, in our pets foods:
Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds
www.reuters.com/article/2010/08/02/cancer-fructose-idAFN0210830520100802
This one is also for people but I believe is still valid for cats and their carnivore systems:
Low-carb diet beats low-fat on 'good' cholesterol
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38528158/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/#.TvPLIvLoaSo
September 17, 2010
This is a great website for anyone to look up the current state and federal legislation on animal rights. Shows you different areas
where you can become active and help make a difference. It shows you how to start a petition or contact legislation about a
concern you have and you can also join this site’s Action Alert Team:
www.bornfreeusa.org/b4_legislation.php
This article explains how repeated antibiotic use in humans is changing the “good bacteria and flora” in our systems and guts.
Needless to say, we’ve all been talking about this with our furbabies for some time now. It’s the same exact principle and I do
think it’s getting to the point that they’re being put on antibiotics too often and too long a time.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39156068/ns/health-infectious_diseases/
This is the 3rd installment in the Onlynaturalpets.com, vet written allergy series.
www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=174&click=73832
I’ve been looking for some information for awhile now as to why cats don’t need flaxseed oil and I finally found it on one of those
vet support websites. It’s not toxic to them but basically they just can’t process it, which renders it pretty much useless and
working the conversion process for nothing. This is what one vet had to say on flaxseed oil:
It amazes me how many people recommend flax seed oil for cats, CRF or otherwise, because it is of limited nutritional value to
cats. There are two essential fatty acids for cats, linoleic and arachidonic (both are Omega 6 fatty acids). These fatty acids are
essential in the sense that a cat cannot produce them within the body, so must obtain them through diet. Flax seed oil contains
around 13% linoleic acid but no arachidonic acid. Cats do not have the pathways to convert linoleic acid into arachidonic acid.
So another source of arachidonic acid is necessary. Cats can only obtain arachidonic acid from animal products. So if you want
to give your cat essential fatty acids oil, consider a fish-based oil instead.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Cat-Food-3490/2009/3/Flaxseed-Oil-Cats-Pet.htm
This link was provided by Tracey; The American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. Here you can scroll down and find
a spot to search your area for the particular kind of treatments you want from a holistic vet in your area:
www.holisticvetlist.com/
I believe Tracey also provided me with this great site:
First Aid for Pets - 5 Lifesaving Techniques Every Owner Should Know - If your animal was in danger, could you
handle it? www.rodale.com/first-aid-dogs-and-cats. Great instruction video on here as well!
October 6, 2010
I have a serious issue I’d like to get to before anything else. I know I’ve stated the importance of using water filters before, not
only for your furbabies but for yourselves as well. Which was mainly about removing chemicals, parasites, bacteria, etc. Now we
have a more urgent and vital reason for using them. Prescription medication that is being flushed down toilets, are ending up in
our water supply.
This is by far not the only piece of news out there on this issue. It’s a very large concern these days and why we now have a
national “take back day” issued by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The American public turned in more than 24,2000 lbs. of
prescription drugs for safe and proper disposal last year.
The scary thing is that they don’t know how OUR bodies are reacting to these medication toxic soups. Who the heck knows what
kinds of meds are being flushed, it could be ANYTHING; meds for depression, psychosis, heart conditions, cancer, you name it.
What happens when some of these meds get absorbed into the water supply and mix together? It’s bad enough this is an issue
for us humans but I shutter to think what this is doing to our animals. This could in fact be one of the larger reasons for the
increase in IBD, pancreatitis, LIVER disease, (since the liver has to filter everything and theirs are not made to filter all this
medication). We just don’t know, and
that’s frightening to me. I’d rather be safe than sorry.
Now of course this is not the only possible reason for a lot of their illnesses, I know that. It’s just a theory of mine but I think a good
one considering. Food still has a massive amount to do with it. But even those who have always fed them a natural and/or raw
diet have had pets with these diseases in the last couple of years. Something has to be contributing to it and I hate to see some
of you blaming yourselves for things you couldn’t possibly know about.
This is the filter that we use: www.crystalclearsupply.com/Countertop_Water_Filter_p/ct.htm. The initial investment is a little costly
but the cartridge replacements are very inexpensive (around $20) and last at least 6 months or longer depending on your water
type. This one removes cryptosporidium, giardia, among many other things and works really well. There are plenty out there so
do some research and see what you can find but make sure they can remove many particles & chemicals and these particular
bacteria.
Dr. Jean Hovre from onlynaturalpets.com has written another great article, this one on vaccinations. I really like her stuff, very
informative: www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=175&click=73833
I’ve signed up for the newsletter on Dr. Karen Becker’s site, Mercola Healthy Pets. I suggest you take a look at this site and
maybe sign up as well. She’s got a TON of really helpful articles and subjects covered, including this one: (and she’s got a video
on most of these pages explaining these conditions as well):
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/05/11/your-pet-s-good-health-begins-in-their-gut.aspx
Ragweed season is here in full force and early! So I'm sure your kitties have been sneezing lately, I know mine have. Follow the
same advice I gave for pollen season. L-lysine supplements and giving a weekly fur cleaning with kitty wipes to get the ragweed
out of their fur before they lick it all off. Also wipe down your window sills if you let them sit up there. I'm already sneezing up a
storm myself and I know that this extremely hot summer has everything to do with it. So I think we're in for a bad allergy season.
I have a few really good links to provide also! This one is from my go-to research girl Tracey and made me very happy: Gift to
Colorado State University Launches Fund for Feline Stem Cell Research, Treatment. Frankie’s Fund will support research and
future clinical trials for stem cell therapy targeting acute and chronic kidney failure, inflammatory bowel disease and possibly
asthma. www.news.colostate.edu/Release/5315. Best news I've heard in a long time! This article I found and even though it's for
humans, it gives further proof to me that we should not be including sugars, artificial sweeteners and so on, in our pets foods:
Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds
www.reuters.com/article/2010/08/02/cancer-fructose-idAFN0210830520100802
This one is also for people but I believe is still valid for cats and their carnivore systems:
Low-carb diet beats low-fat on 'good' cholesterol
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38528158/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/#.TvPLIvLoaSo
September 17, 2010
This is a great website for anyone to look up the current state and federal legislation on animal rights. Shows you different areas
where you can become active and help make a difference. It shows you how to start a petition or contact legislation about a
concern you have and you can also join this site’s Action Alert Team:
www.bornfreeusa.org/b4_legislation.php
This article explains how repeated antibiotic use in humans is changing the “good bacteria and flora” in our systems and guts.
Needless to say, we’ve all been talking about this with our furbabies for some time now. It’s the same exact principle and I do
think it’s getting to the point that they’re being put on antibiotics too often and too long a time.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39156068/ns/health-infectious_diseases/
This is the 3rd installment in the Onlynaturalpets.com, vet written allergy series.
www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=174&click=73832
I’ve been looking for some information for awhile now as to why cats don’t need flaxseed oil and I finally found it on one of those
vet support websites. It’s not toxic to them but basically they just can’t process it, which renders it pretty much useless and
working the conversion process for nothing. This is what one vet had to say on flaxseed oil:
It amazes me how many people recommend flax seed oil for cats, CRF or otherwise, because it is of limited nutritional value to
cats. There are two essential fatty acids for cats, linoleic and arachidonic (both are Omega 6 fatty acids). These fatty acids are
essential in the sense that a cat cannot produce them within the body, so must obtain them through diet. Flax seed oil contains
around 13% linoleic acid but no arachidonic acid. Cats do not have the pathways to convert linoleic acid into arachidonic acid.
So another source of arachidonic acid is necessary. Cats can only obtain arachidonic acid from animal products. So if you want
to give your cat essential fatty acids oil, consider a fish-based oil instead.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Cat-Food-3490/2009/3/Flaxseed-Oil-Cats-Pet.htm
This link was provided by Tracey; The American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. Here you can scroll down and find
a spot to search your area for the particular kind of treatments you want from a holistic vet in your area:
www.holisticvetlist.com/
I believe Tracey also provided me with this great site:
First Aid for Pets - 5 Lifesaving Techniques Every Owner Should Know - If your animal was in danger, could you
handle it? www.rodale.com/first-aid-dogs-and-cats. Great instruction video on here as well!
October 6, 2010
I have a serious issue I’d like to get to before anything else. I know I’ve stated the importance of using water filters before, not
only for your furbabies but for yourselves as well. Which was mainly about removing chemicals, parasites, bacteria, etc. Now we
have a more urgent and vital reason for using them. Prescription medication that is being flushed down toilets, are ending up in
our water supply.
This is by far not the only piece of news out there on this issue. It’s a very large concern these days and why we now have a
national “take back day” issued by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. The American public turned in more than 24,2000 lbs. of
prescription drugs for safe and proper disposal last year.
The scary thing is that they don’t know how OUR bodies are reacting to these medication toxic soups. Who the heck knows what
kinds of meds are being flushed, it could be ANYTHING; meds for depression, psychosis, heart conditions, cancer, you name it.
What happens when some of these meds get absorbed into the water supply and mix together? It’s bad enough this is an issue
for us humans but I shutter to think what this is doing to our animals. This could in fact be one of the larger reasons for the
increase in IBD, pancreatitis, LIVER disease, (since the liver has to filter everything and theirs are not made to filter all this
medication). We just don’t know, and
that’s frightening to me. I’d rather be safe than sorry.
Now of course this is not the only possible reason for a lot of their illnesses, I know that. It’s just a theory of mine but I think a good
one considering. Food still has a massive amount to do with it. But even those who have always fed them a natural and/or raw
diet have had pets with these diseases in the last couple of years. Something has to be contributing to it and I hate to see some
of you blaming yourselves for things you couldn’t possibly know about.
This is the filter that we use: www.crystalclearsupply.com/Countertop_Water_Filter_p/ct.htm. The initial investment is a little costly
but the cartridge replacements are very inexpensive (around $20) and last at least 6 months or longer depending on your water
type. This one removes cryptosporidium, giardia, among many other things and works really well. There are plenty out there so
do some research and see what you can find but make sure they can remove many particles & chemicals and these particular
bacteria.
Dr. Jean Hovre from onlynaturalpets.com has written another great article, this one on vaccinations. I really like her stuff, very
informative: www.onlynaturalpet.com/KnowledgeBase/knowledgebasedetail.aspx?articleid=175&click=73833
I’ve signed up for the newsletter on Dr. Karen Becker’s site, Mercola Healthy Pets. I suggest you take a look at this site and
maybe sign up as well. She’s got a TON of really helpful articles and subjects covered, including this one: (and she’s got a video
on most of these pages explaining these conditions as well):
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/05/11/your-pet-s-good-health-begins-in-their-gut.aspx
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