Last September, I noticed one of the feral kittens was uncoordinated and had
a head tilt. Unfortunately, this little guy (who we have since named Tiny
Tim) kept disappearing and reappearing and it took me over a month to catch
him to take him to the vet. I kept adding colostrum and olive leaf extract
to the ferals food in hopes of somehow boosting his immune system.

The vet first diagnosed a bad ear infection. I normally do not favor
antibiotics, but as it was a bad infection, I went along with it. The
infection seemed to subside but the head tilt and coordination never
improved.
We have tamed this kitten (he is under the Christmas tree at the moment) and
I took him back to the vet last week. Now the vet says that he has an ear
polyp, very deep in the ear and the only solution is to operate. As a
biologist, I immediately started researching and I was dismayed by the
possible risks of the surgery, quite frankly, the risks sound much worse
than what he is experiencing now. I called our holistic vet and we are
trying the homeopathic remedy THUJA, but so far, not much seems to be
happening. Any suggestions?
TIA
Dee
----- Original Message -----
From: <naturalpetfoods@...>
To: <purelypets@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [purelypets] vits & supplements?


> Jessica~
>
> I am a big believer in Nupro liver flavored powder, which is a wonderful
> overall vitamin and mineral supplement, and it's what I use for my own pug
> family. We have it specially made for PurelyPets without the yeast so
that
> it won't aggravate pet allergies. After about 6 - 8 weeks, you knock the
> recommended dosage down to half. It is really good for skin, coat and
> overall vitality.
>
> For pets where you are particularly worried about lowered immune systems,
you
> can try Immuno Stim'r, or adding an additional amount of Vitamin C (about
4
> days on, 3 days off). For the pets that come in with general systemic
yeast
> (allergies, watery eyes, yeasty ears, itchy skin), then Yeast & Fungal
detox
> is usually in order.
>
> Of course these suggestions are best when built upon a good nutritional
> foundation. Grainless raw is best, home cooked grainless is next best,
and
> then we go from there.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Cat Donnelly
> PurelyPets.com
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