Archive for the ‘Holistic Health’ Category

It’s been a rough week for Rocket. If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile you’ll no doubt recall that over the months we’ve been trying to get to the bottom of and treat the cause of Rocket’s chronic nasal congestion. Our most recent efforts included working with a veterinary homeopath out of Denver. We seemed to be having some success…and then we digressed.

Chances are pretty good that your veterinarian’s office mails you a friendly reminder every year that it’s either time for Tiger’s annual check up or annual vaccinations. How nice of them, right? How many of us just toss that nice piece of mail in the trash and forget about it?

My friend, Lisa, asked me recently what to do about her cat Puff’s flaky skin. Puff will be eight years young this year, and she tends to wear the furry pants in this cat family. She’s also long-haired, so Lisa tries to keep her coat shaved to avoid matting. Did I also mention that Puff likes to eat?

This past week I got a text from my aunt. Her cat, Allie, of seventeen and a half years went to the vet because she was losing weight and despite being hungry, she would sniff the food and turn away. To make matters worse she would throw up clear liquid for no apparent reason. Clearly there was some kind of intestinal and digestive issue going on.

Chances are you’ve come down with a summer time cold that throws your sinuses out of whack until everything clears up. When you can’t breathe through your nose it can be downright miserable, so you reach for the remedy of choice to help you treat symptoms until normal breathing is finally restored. Now imagine you are a cat!

  Urinary Blockage in Cats My friend Rona has a cat named Mojo, now 11 years old, and for several years I was the designated cat sitter when she would go out of town.  He’s a a bit shy and reserved around strangers, even when that stranger was me fixing his breakfast and dinner each […]

How to cure a UTI in cats We had another scare with Lili this week. The day did not start well.  If it wasn’t bad enough that my alarm clock didn’t wake me up on time, Tuesday morning I woke up to discover that Lili had wet the bed.  She had another UTI.  UGH!  I […]

Updated 6/1/19 Can cats get acid reflux? Look at this cute face!  This is Tanisha, a Himalayan Persian who was diagnosed with acid reflux disease sometime after she turned ten years old.  Is acid reflux in cats a real thing?  Apparently so! I got an email from Debbie, Tanisha’s cat mom, a couple of weeks […]

A couple of weekends ago I went to visit my aunt Bonnie and uncle Gary in Waco, TX. It had been awhile since I was last there, and we had so much to talk about!   I also had a cat agenda, too.  It was finally time for their resident feral kitty turned love bug, Major, […]

Natural herbal remedies for cats In the spirit of Halloween, I remember lots of fun times growing up as kids when my sister and I would enjoy trick or treating, watching scary movies, and indulging in our favorite sweets.  Images of witches stirring herbs into a boiling cauldron, creating potions and casting spells only add […]