Sky's Holistic Vet Visit-Updated 3-30-08

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks everyone. I'll continue to keep you updated about Sky. I'm very fortunate to have found an excellent holistic vet and she's already helped me out a lot with both Storm and Starr's problems. I also have a very good regular vet but sometimes you need to try the more natural route when other things just don't work.

I have already tried antihistamines and I've also been using a vaporizer at night for Sky. I've even tried putting some saline solution drops in Sky's nostrils which isn't an easy thing to do. Emeraldgreen, yes your George's breathing sounds very similar to Sky's except that his sounds much worse. I sure hope that you'll be able to eventually find someone to help you with his breathing problems.

I know that holistic vets are very expensive but it's so worth it to eventually see your furkids getting better and better. My holistic vet treats many of her patients with different forms of acupunture and it sure has helped my Starr. I never knew that it could help so many different illnesses or even behavioral problems. She also uses Chinese herbs. Hopefully in the next 7-10 days, I'll have some wonderful news to share with you.

[Kater]

Sending lots of good thoughts out for Sky! He is such a handsome boy. I know she has greatly helped Storm and Starr.

[Laura's Babies]

Awe man! I wish we had a holistic vet around here!! I am glad you posted this so that I am now aware that FVRCP shots can cause this. This is news to me..PT is so educational...

BTW, Sky is so darn pretty that I just wanted to kiss that lovely face of his!

[Emeraldgreen]

I hope Sky is showing some improvement on the new pills? I tried to check out the link you had in your post and it took me to a page on the vitamin resource website but it has a dozen or so different articles. Can I ask you what the name of the pills are? I'm quite interested in them if they might help some of my cats. Thanks!

[krazyaboutkatz]

So far I haven't noticed much improvement yet but it's only been 5 days. I started him on Friday morning and then I noticed on Friday evening that he had spit out one of the pills so I gave it to him as soon as I noticed this. I stopped using the vaporizer one night and Sky seemed to be breathing much worse the next day so I guess this is also helping him a little bit.

The name of the chinese herbal pills are Er Chen Teapills by Plum Flower. They are also called Er Chen Wan and they come in a bottle of 200 pills. I don't know how long a cat can take these pills because my holistic vet made it sound like it would be short term and then she's most likely put him on something else. The great thing is that once he's healthy again, he'll only need to be on something for 1 week prior to the allergy season so she said it would 1 week 2 times a year. I'll continue to keep you updated. I sure hope that these will be able to help some other cats. Good luck.