I recently helped a client who was carried in by his Mama. The poor thing had not been himself for a couple days. Emaciated from refusing food, this normally robust, hunting feline was lethargic and limp in my arms. Upon examination, his eyes could not focus and would even spread in different directions. His pupils were unequal. He was dehydrated and I was constantly blowing his fur from my lips as it shed in handfuls.
The cat had a cough that sounded deep and dry, yet loose sounding. His breathing was fast. I could see his body pumping up and down as he laid on his side, and I was unsure if it was from difficult breathing, tachycardia, or both.
I could not detect a fever, but then again, finding a fever in cats can be difficult. I did not feel broken limbs but without an x-ray, I was unsure; despite no limping or apparent pain, he could barely walk. I always keep in mind that animals are so good at hiding their ailments, and cats are extremly fragile.
By now, my main concern was for his spine in relation to some kind of neurological incident. But exactly what incident, I had no idea. Maybe he fell out of a tree?
Being as much of an outdoor cat as an indoor cat can be, his owner did not witness what had happened as the cat had a fairly wide territory. Cat-Mommy only had frightening scenarios in her head and, naturally, the cat was not talking much. So I had to be careful about piecing information together to even start a case.
Homeopathically repertorizing the cat based on only facts – the cough, respiration, lethargy, the brilliant, glassy eyes; I gave him Antimonium Tartaricum, which did stop the cough and brought his breathing back to normal, quickly.
But I still did not know what had happened. Was there an injury? Did he fall? A virus? What was the underlying cause?
Well, thankfully, I can do Biofeedback on animals. I have a comfortable mat where the cat could lay while I did a session for him. The homeopathic Ant-t put him at rest so he plopped right down on my mat and peacefully slept while I used biofeedback algorithms to do what I do best, investigate.
After a couple of hours I pieced together what happened to the cat. Even though he couldn’t tell us in words, his body and symptoms, the time of year, observation, other conversations in the town, the biofeedback information, the healing homeopathic remedies, plus the cat’s miraculous comeback would all be pieces to the puzzle that ultimately told us what the cat could not.
The cat had been poisoned. Whether maliciously or accidentally, he had gotten into some kind of chemical. It seemed to be more like fumes and inhalation, rather than actually ingesting something. Once I was able to understand what the cat could not tell us and enter this into my homeopathic repertory, Belladonna became his top remedy. Antimonium Tartaricum, which I had already used, was not far behind; but Belladonna had the intoxication of the mind (the lethargy I was seeing) and also generalities; gasses, fumes, smoke, agg.; as well as the cough.
Indeed, as per the biofeedback, he was emaciated, dehydrated, had a cough with cardiovascular complications, and was neurologically affected by the poisons he took in. When I double checked homeopathics in the session, Belladonna came up number one. Wow! I love it when my homeopathic repertory perfectly matches my biofeedback. I also started detox programs for him to help his body fire up his own immune system.
Once the session was over, I dosed homeopathic Belladonna. The cat was sleepy after this, so he let me use an eye dropper to get fluids into him without fighting me. I just went slow as he was tolerating me well. He rested well.
Over the next couple of days, the cat had a couple more doses of Belladonna 30c, continuous eye dropper water, lots of rest, and he was happier despite not being 100% yet.
At three days, the cat began to walk around some, but spent much more time loafing anywhere he was put rather than walking around. He continued to get water, no appetite, but is happier. Another dose of Bell 30c.
At three days, he can walk normally to the back door and loafs there, dreaming of going back outside. He began eating small amounts of cantaloupe – his favorite soft food. Is in good spirits.
At 4 days, he can jump on the counter, is eating small amounts of his regular food, drinking full amounts of water on his own. Eyes are becoming stable again. On this day, the cat’s Daddy went to the lumber yard and talked to some farmers in the area who had been spraying for weeds and the spray was too strong! They had inhaled it and became very disoriented and lethargic like the cat had become. Hmmm….We wonder….is this related?? It’s very possible. It’s in the cat’s roaming area.
At one week, eyes are stable, diet is normal, he is outside again.
At 10 days, he has his normal routine, he is outside hunting again. He is fattening back up, his hair is no longer falling out.
It has been over 2 weeks and the cat is back to himself again. What a miracle! We also learned through the scan that the cat is beginning to have some kidney issues which can be common with cats. The owner has switched to a water fountain system with filtered water to eliminate total dissolved solids and has also added some parsley ice-cubes which can be really helpful for animal kidney health.
Parsley Ice Cubes: Boil filtered water in a medium sized sauce pan. Turn off. Add one bunch of organic parsley leaves (just cut them off the stems and toss them in). Let this steep for about 10 minutes. Poor into ice-cube trays and freeze. Pop the cubes into your animals water dish. They love the extra cold water and parsley flavor too.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a veterinarian or doctor. I do not diagnose, prescribe, treat, or cure. I do help the body use it’s own innate system to heal itself. If there had been structural damage such as a broken bone or punctured lung, the animal would have been immediately taken to a vet. We had enough room here to see that while those were possibilities, the evidence against them was just as strong. This is a fabulous benefit to the health community because it enables doctors and vets to focus on emergencies the general public cannot help with as we take responsibility for the incidents that we can figure out on our own.
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