Guest guest Posted January 28, 2003 Report Share Posted January 28, 2003 Becky you cats eat better than I do lol! I have never heard of Popliteal gland - where is it located on the cat's body? If they are eating and drinking fine then you are probably doing the right thing. Sometimes enlarged glands are a symptom of feline leukemia. The burdock and red clover are good blood cleansers. On the other hand, the glands may be enlarged because they are processing toxins out of the body - which is a good thing. How long have these glands been enlarged? Janet - becklesfield <becklesfield herbal remedies Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:06 AM [herbal remedies] Swollen glands in cats Dear allI have two cats that both have slightly enlarged,painless, popliteal glands. They feel like little baked beans. I've had them on astragalus in the morning (due to start echinacea again) and red clover/burdock in the evening for the last two weeks. I'm pleased to report that my female is looking fantastic since starting this regime. She had a problem with aereated fur every morning, it was most peculiar and she has really responded well and looks great. My male cat always did look wonderful. However, neither of the swollen popliteal glands have decreased as yet. Does anyone know how long would it take to see some change in something like this? I have wondered if it's something I'm doing wrong. I feed them both a raw meat diet (with supps) and have changed my brand of fish oil to one that is screened from toxins. I'm about to change the packaging that I use to freeze the daily portions from plastic to glass. I could do an elimination diet but I'm just not convinced that the supps could have this impact (vit e, vit b complex, dulse, kelp, fish oil) if anyone has any ideas I'd gladly hear them. They are both gleaming with good heath otherwise.ThanksBeckyFederal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Hi Janet My cats definitely eat better than me too! In a species appropriate way of course, I¡¦m not sure I would actually want to eat raw meat every day¡Kƒº I could never ever go back to feeding horrid commercial food, the rubbish they put in that and the brainwashing they¡¦ve done on all ¡¥pet¡¦ owners is just criminal. Some people think I¡¦m mad to go to ¡¥all this trouble¡¦ but they don¡¦t stop to think of the fact that cats and dogs have existed for thousands of years, yet the commercial pet food industry has only existed for 70 odd¡K The popliteal glands are the ones in the back of the knee (in us as well). I really don¡¦t think it¡¦s feline leukemia, they would have definitely shown some signs of being unwell by now. It seems like this problem has been going on forever. My female arrived at 3 months old with calici virus probably from the vaccine when we got her, I only say probably because it¡¦s hard to prove. She¡¦s had swollen glands on and off since then (well over a year ago) we treated her homeopathically with great success at treating the vaccinossis, but I subsequently had problems finding homeopathic vets that I was happy with (long story) to continue treating the enlarged gland problem. However, we finally began treatment again around September last year but it was interrupted, due to be started again very soon. When the treatment was interrupted I began to look around at other ways of solving this problem, that¡¦s when I saw that burdock root and red clover are good blood cleansers. I thought that if the glands are up due to a toxin problem then these herbs will help. I started the astragalus and echinacea (pulsed) in case there is a low grade infection going on. Shortly before this is when I discovered my male also had these enlarged glands (he¡¦s not easy to handle, and HATES having his back legs touched so I found this out very late in the day) this is why I¡¦m wondering if it¡¦s the plastic, and therefore could be an ongoing toxin problem. I have finally found some glass containers that I can use to freeze their daily portions so I¡¦ll be able to start that very soon. Hopefully that will help. I also want to have blood panels done on both of them to make sure it¡¦s nothing more serious. But finally, I¡¦m wondering how long herbs like these need to have an impact? I'm really quite new to herbs and especially using them on my cats, but am very willing to learn much more! Sorry about the length. Thanks Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2003 Report Share Posted January 29, 2003 Hi Ilana I'm using half a capsule for each cat of the astragalus and burdock root, and 2-3 drops each of the red clover and echinacea, straight into their food, but separated out into red clover and burdock in one meal, the others in the other meal. The echinacea is the only one that probably doesn't taste very nice being in alcohol. I've tried the others myself and they're not bitter or very strong tasting, in fact the red clover is quite sweet! However, I do have a trick, I mix them into the food quite thoroughly and then sprinkle dried prawns on top. They don't usually complain too much I'm not aware that swollen popliteal glands are common in cats, though I do surreptitiously check my neighbour's cats when we go to visit, and recently felt that one of their cats had swollen popliteal glands too. It's a good point, I'll check it out. The fact that they both have swollen glands makes me also think it's a toxin problem. They're not related at all (and I won't tell them you asked because they'd DIE to think anyone thought that...LOL!) If you want some help with switching your cats to a more natural diet, please feel free to email me privately. Take care Becky herbal remedies , Ilana Grostern <ilana@c...> wrote: > Becky, > Just out of curiosity, how do you manage to get your cats to consume the > herbs? I've still got mine on the commercial crap because I'm still > deciding when and how I'm going to switch them to something that's > better for them, but I know that they will not touch anything that > smells or taste the least bit suspect. Once in a while I had to force a > pill down their throats, and that wsan't pleasant at all. > > Also, is swollen popliteal glands a common problem in cats? I'd say that > if it's both of them it's some larger toxin. Are they related? > > ILANA xoxo > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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