Sick Cat

Caring for a Sick Cat

Having your cat sick is as upsetting as having any other loved part of the family sick. You worry that she is not herself. You don't like to see anyone down. You worry she may not make it through.

And that's not all. It may also be time consuming. If you're out at work all day, how do you cope with the caring for a Sick Cat? You may be worried that she may want to go out or come in, or may be too hot or too cold. Or that she wants some fresh food. And you're not there to nurse her.

Worse still is the expense. Veterinarians bills don't come cheap, neither does the medication they provide.

You may not even be able to afford the treatment, with other bills looming.

But you feel too guilty not to at least try.

If you just stop and think for a minute, you may discover things that happen to you are always for a reason. Your cat becoming sick may just be the incentive that you need to go searching for something that may well change your whole life.

So not having the time or the money that you need when caring for a Sick Cat, may be a blessing in disguise.

If you are feeding your cat a commercial cat food, this could be the cause of your cat becoming ill in the first place.

Depending on the brand, the country and the period, most commercial cat food ingredients go something like this:

low grade meat by-products normally from a rendering plant
a filler that may be wood chips, paper, sugar, nut shells, melamine
indigestible isolated and synthetic nutrients
toxic preservatives that are not allowed in human food

You may want to research each of these individually, but the overall food doesn't look too healthy, does it? Just one ingredient doesn't look healthy, but all four together...

If it is the food which is causing the illness, why don't you change it and see what happens? You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Consider the top priority in caring for a Sick Cat is to change the diet to one which closely resembles that of their wild cousins.

Typically some commercial pet foods create vomiting and diarrhoea, with or without blood. But it really doesn't matter what the symptoms are, because once the diet is a healthy one, you cat's immune system has a chance to improve. Which means that she is better able to deal with whatever the illness is.

When a sick cat is left at the veterinarian's clinic, she is more likely to stress. However good the clinic or vet is, it's no place for healing to occur. The noise, the other, usually frightened animals, the sense of abandonment, the strange people often doing painful procedures, the confinement, but overall the energy is not conducive to restore health.

Caring for a sick cat is best done at home. Home is normal. Just make sure there is little disturbance (from noisy or boisterous children or other animals, or less concerned partners).

And make sure she can go where she wants to. Freedom is important to cats.

Make sure the ambient temperature is to her liking. Make sure she has close access to clean water, preferably not tap water.

And don't force her to eat. This is an often made mistake, when you're worried.

Digestion takes a lot of energy. If that energy is needed to help cure the problem, by making your cat eat, you are hindering her progress. A well fed cat can easily go a few days without eating.

But by offering her some real food, she may well say a resounding yes and gobble it up, showing you very clearly that real food is the way to go.

To recap some important points when caring for a sick cat:

change her diet to real food immediately
keep her at home
don't try to force feed her
try to imagine what you would like in her position - quiet, warmth, caring person to nurse you?

Caring for a sick cat is much easier than caring for a sick human. For one, they don't make so many demands! But don't force things on her either. Listen to her and try to work out what she seems to want.

And remember, the food may be the cause. Most holistic veterinarians are finding this is the case.

And if the worst happens and she doesn't make it, what better place to go than from the arms of her beloved person?

Written by Madeleine Innocent.Do you want to learn more about natural health, in particular homeopathy? Check out my free ebook Better Health for Cats', by clicking on the website link below.Naturally Healthy Cats http://naturallyhealthycats.com

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