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In many countries, including South Africa, pet obesity is a growing problem and is of increasing concern to all vets. The South African Healthy Pet Survey aims to find out why cats and dogs are increasingly overweight and identify some solutions to help keep South African pets in good shape. All participants that complete the survey before 13 September will be entered into a lucky draw to win a year’s supply of Hill’s (worth up to R7, 800), one of 20 gorgeous doggy beanbag warmers or a 200g bag of Hill’s Science Plan Snacks.

 

The Truth About Acupuncture For Cats

Many cat parents will quickly overcome their initial scepticism towards acupuncture for cats, once they learn how relaxing and calming this treatment usually is for their feline pet. Especially, when changes and improvement of their cat's health problem become visible, people realize soon, how much their pet actually benefits from this kind of complementary therapy.

Pet acupuncture is a gentle, but very powerful natural pain relief treatment and may work very well for cats suffering from certain painful conditions. It can be well combined with conventional veterinary treatment and medication and helps in many cases to reduce dosage and side effects of pain relieving drugs considerably. Integration into normal Western veterinary treatment is possible and therefore becoming more and more popular amongst practising vets.

'Rosie', a young and very active domestic short hair, has had a bad accident. She broke her hind leg and needed specialist orthopedic surgery to plate the bone so it could heal properly. When the wound was healing up it became obvious that 'Rosie' was not able to use her leg at all. She also started to chew her left hind paw constantly. It was that bad, that amputation seemed to be the only option.

Within eight sessions in weekly intervals, 'Rosie' started to use her leg again: she would put her paw in the right position onto the ground and start to bear weight. Towards the end of her treatment with acupuncture, she was able to walk on that leg again and the self destructing chewing of the paw started to fade away. 'Rosie's' owners were visibly surprised how well their pet could relax and would calm down during a treatment session.

Cats respond usually very well to acupuncture therapy. Being a hunter and predator, felines possess a very alert and responsive nervous system, which reacts readily to the stimulation of acupuncture points with special, fine needles. Improvement of a condition that can be treated with acupuncture may be truly amazing sometimes, depending on a cat patient's individual health condition.

Very often cat parents are surprised to learn that felines can relax and benefit a lot from this kind of medical therapy.
If assessment and treatment is carried out by a trained veterinary professional, cats will respond usually well to acupuncture.

Acupuncture for cats is an effective alternative pet therapy in the management of pain. Treatment is gentle, but has got a powerful effect and can be integrated and combined with conventional Western treatment plans without problems.
Popularity is growing fast due to its effectiveness and the fact that known drug induced side effects can be avoided.

About the Author: Dr. Ellen Schmidt , a veterinary practitioner focusing on alternative veterinary therapies offers acupuncture for cats in the North East of Scotland, UK. Visit her website and claim your free monthly e-zine "Pet Health Tip", available at => http://www.pet-health-pro.com

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