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The Following was written by Jeanie Marie Kraft,I.AC Canine acupuncturist the Human pet of Zevo Clamari & Boo.
Zevo blog is called The Adventures of Zevo Calamari & Boo
Treating Cats with Acupuncture I occasionally get inquiries asking if cats can be treated with acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The answer is yes! Cats can sometimes be a little more difficult to needle than dogs. It depends on the personality of the cat and of course their diagnosis. Some cats will only allow me to use the laser on them.
This is Nubi wan Kenobi, my five year old feisty male cat who has had a relapse of kidney stones and crystals in his urine. During his first acupuncture session he allowed me to needle him with no effort, which was quite shocking as he is a biter. He even fell asleep purring during his session. He also permitted me to give him Chinese Herbs in pill form, which aid in the dissolving the stones. Of course they had to be ground up and hid in his food!
When it comes to an internal problem such as one involving the kidneys and bladder, I feel it is best to also use Western Medicine in conjunction with Traditional Chinese Medicine. Why not use the best from both worlds? So Nubi went to visit his friends at Atlantic Veterinary Hospital.
After a sonogram, it was determined he did have stones and crystals and was not out of the woods yet. He was given fluids, a shot of steroids to allow for easier urination and was put on antibiotics as a precaution. As recommended by his vet we changed his wet food for two weeks to a prescribed food. His dry kibble was was changed from the Solid Gold Katz-n-Flocken to the Wellness Complete Health which has cranberry powder and other natural ingredients to maintain a ph balanced urine in cats. His access to the dry kibble is now limited since he loves to eat his portion as well as my other cat’s filled bowl.
After two weeks of a changed diet and Chinese herbs, Nubi is back to being himself, getting in trouble and complaining about the lack of cat crunchies. Now that Nubi has finished his round of antibiotics he he does not seem to mind the probiotics (I use PB-8) being sprinkled into his food.
If you have any questions about how acupuncture or TCM can help your cat or dog please go to the contact us page on the Four Paws Acupuncture website.
Oh Alice- Ackquepunktur sounds reeely kul. We don’t have anything rong with us but if we evur do we are going to get akquepunkshur fur sure.
Oh, but owr lady ate stones and had them in her kidney. If we ever catch her eatting stones again we will insist she get akquepunkshur!
oh, and owr email address is owr ladies ::hrumph:: it’s kcole15 at aol dot com
Eating stones is a bad idea.
A good one if you are an Irish stone eating giant, but other wise bad.
Yeah Jeanne! We love seeing you get to talk about acupuncture for pets. I have to admit that I do not allow the Woman to do it to me–really dislike it but I do allow her to take me to he homeopathic vet regularly.
Hi Alice
We don’t think we would fancy having acupuncture. We would probably give some back with our claws if someone tried it on us.
I see you have met my girlcat furrend Rosie. She’s the most byootyful girlcat in the whole world.
Eric
Hi Eric
Zevo seems not to mind to much…But I can see what you are saying about the claws - and about Rosie. She is BYOOTYFUL