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Herbal remedies for common pet and livestock ailments

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I am so totally excited.  I’m guest posting today on Frugally Sustainable, one of my very favourite places in the blog-sphere.

Here’s an excerpt:

herbal remedies for livestock and pets~JoybileeFarm

…Although, I am not a veterinarian, I have used herbal medicine with my pets and livestock for more than a decade.  I offer these recommendations as a neighbor, not as a professional herbalist.  To treat specific diseases contact a reliable veterinary herbal, such as The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable by Juliette de Bairacli Levy, or your holistic veterinarian.

 

Home-based Medicine for pets and livestock

While many of us want to bring home-based, herbal medicine to our families, we hesitate to offer the same level of care to our pets and livestock.  This isn’t because of a lack of willingness, but rather because we don’t know how.  The situation is complicated because animals are not simply humans with four legs.  And what works for one species may not be helpful for another.  Some medications that one might use on humans may be toxic to an animal – Tea Tree for instance is beneficial to humans being antiviral, and antibiotic, but it is toxic to cats and rabbits.   So when making an herbal salve for rabbits, you would substitute lavender, a less toxic essential oil, in order to fight infection.Tell better stories.  This book will help.

The good news is that by learning about herbs and their beneficial effects, you will be knowledgeable about a wide variety of herbs and be able to make wise substitutions in any herbal recipe.  In this way you will be able to make specific remedies for each of your pets and livestock, based on herbs growing in your neighborhood or herbs available through your local health food store or online.

Herbal treatments often require a longer application than veterinary medicine, weeks instead of days, however, herbs can often cure an ailment, where veterinary medicine only suppresses the symptoms.  So if a problem isn’t cured in a day or two, with herbal treatment, but the animal is comfortable, you may only need to persist to gain a complete cure.    In an emergency situation, don’t hesitate to contact your veterinarian, herbal remedies can be an adjunct to conventional treatments, as well, and sometimes it is wise to use antibiotics or chemical wormers in the short term to alleviate an acute infection or infestation, while you work with herbs to support the animal’s immune system and heal the underlying condition.

Check out the full article on the Frugally Sustainable Blog and leave a comment for Andrea, so that she knows you were there.

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Back to You:

How do you deal with common pet ailments?  What’s your first herbal go to when an animal that you love has a problem?

 

Filed Under: Animal Husbandry, Herbal remedies and natural health Tagged With: Complete herbal handbook for farm and stable, herbal medicine, herbal remedies, Herbal remedies for livestock, herbal remedies for pets, parasites in livestock, sore hooves in goats, treating ticks in dogs

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