Ringworm: EO's for Cats

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Hi Rox,

 

> Whilst we're on the subject . . .

>

> I was just checking Pitcairn's book " Natural Healing for Dogs & Cats "

> (the '82 edition) for suggestions for a friend who just got a kitten

> that has ringworm . . . one of the things he suggests as a topical

> treatment is " oil of lavender. "

 

Sounds like pure hawgwash! A short note on previous posts .. if I were

willing to gamble with my dawg (and I am not) I would use something that

has been double-blind tested and peer-reviewed and published in various

sources for treatment of parasites .. that is the Origanums.

 

BUT .. ringworm is not a parasite .. its the common name for a fungus.

Athlete's foot and jock itch are also forms of ringworm .. and they are

highly contagious .. and easily cured with the same medications.

 

> Do you think he's talking about lavender EO? For the other herbal

> treatments, he gives instructions for decocting or infusing, but this

> simply says " oil of lavender " . . .

 

I reckon he is .. but I still think its hawgwash. I would not want to

experiment with my pet .. I care about them too much and would not want

to be responsible for harming them. I do experiment on myself but that

is my decision .. kitty and puppy dawg are depending on us.

 

> (Btw, if any of you have any suggestions for my friend, I'd be most

> happy to hear them - she does know to isolate him and disinfect often)

> rox

 

My recommendation is that your friend consult a vet. This business of

natural healing can get out of hand sometime. Our pets should not be

used as guinea pigs .. my opinion. And books that are out and about are

more often than not just more hawgwash. If she wrote the author of that

book and asked him if he would be willing to be personally responsible

for the outcome .. odds are there would be a lot of shucking and jiving.

 

I treat pets as I do babies .. they need special handling.

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch :-) http://www.AV-AT.com

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Butch Owen <butchbsi writes:

> My recommendation is that your friend consult a vet.

 

She has, and is using the anti-fungal shampoo. We were just wondering

what she might be able to do to safely augment it in the hopes of

avoiding the systemic fungicide the vet was pushing . . . now *that* is

dangerous stuff, as far as I'm concerned, to be avoided if at all

possible. It can cause all kinds of organ damage from what I've read . .

..

 

> Our pets should not be

> used as guinea pigs .. my opinion.

 

I won't argue w/ you on that one, but unfortunately, a lot of allopathic

medicine is just as much - some even more - experimental, unproven and

insufficiently tested as complementary approaches. And the veterinary

medical community seems to be even more inculcated by corporate,

pharmiceutical (and commercial pet food) interests than even the human

medical community is . . . if that's possible!

 

Even though the AVA has released new vaccination guidelines recommending

boosters every three years instead of anually (and their literature

indicates that immunity is really lasting 7 or more years!), most vets

are still pushing annual vaccines . . . and cats are developing more and

more cancers at the injection sites . . . cancer's increasing

dramatically in dogs, too. And both cats and dogs are experiencing

complications as a result of vaccination more and more frequently. Most

vaccines (human, too) are preserved w/ mercury!

 

As for me . . . I do the rabies required by law . . . otherwise my 3 yr.

old border collie has never been vaccinated - she gets homeopatic nosodes

instead. And she doesn't eat commercial dog food, either - dogs didn't

evlove to eat corn, for heaven sake! She eats a species appropriate raw

diet (she eats better than I do!). I'd rather trust a healthy immune

system uncompromised by biologically inappropriate, chemical laden *junk*

food supported by homeopathic nosodes for *my* best friend any day before

I'll experiment on her w/ some of the so-called " scientific " hocus pocus

that vets are selling.

 

Whew! Sorry . . . I didn't mean to go on such a rant, but this is an

area - in both veterinary and human medicine (and unfortunately I've had

far too much experience w/ both) - that really gets me riled! :^P

 

> And books that are out and about are

> more often than not just more hawgwash.

 

Again, no arguement there . . .

 

> If she wrote the author of

> that book and asked him if he would be willing to be personally

> responsible

> for the outcome .. odds are there would be a lot of shucking and

> jiving.

 

Perhaps, but this one is written by a highly respected faculty researcher

at one of the big vet schools (I know . . . that's necessarily not enough

to recommend him ;^P). 'Fact is, I don't adhere to all of his

recommendations (especially on feeding), and this is an older edition

that I have and more's known now about EOs and cats. That's why I was

questioning his " oil of lavender " recommendation . . .

 

> I treat pets as I do babies .. they need special handling.

 

Me, too . . . actually, the way I see it, my animals aren't " pets, "

they're companions w/ whom I share my life - beings deserving every bit

as much respect and consideration as any human (perhaps more than some!

;^P)

 

You should have *heard* the commotion when in second grade I told the

nuns that if animals couldn't go to heaven, then I didn't want to go

there either!

 

OK, I'll step off my soapbox now . . .

 

rox

 

 

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