Sometimes natural therapies can't help -
April 22nd 2009 01:49
Polo pony death toll climbs to 21, toxin suspected
Recently in Florida, a mystery occurred where 21 horses died quickly and mysteriously.
I often read stories like these, and it reminds that any approach to healing has its limitations.
The veterinarians have to go through a process of elimination before they can announce "At this time there is no evidence that these horses were affected with an infectious or contagious disease as there are no other horses affected at this time." or "Obviously, this is a tragic situation and we are working hard to determine what happened," Bronson said. "But it would be irresponsible to speculate on what may have killed the horses.”
Even after toxicology tests and post mortems, they may not know what killed 21 polo ponies over the weekend.
This is an extreme situation, but often natural therapists like myself will receive an urgent plea to help a dying animal by a desperate owner.
It is often these calls, require us to step back and wait 24 hours. In those 24 hours you will often know if the animal is going to have a good chance of surviving and you have not mailed off an expensive order of herbs to have the animal die overnight while waiting for his 'therapy' to arrive. And if he has deteriorated in this time, then you may have a better idea that when herbs were to arrive if the animal may not be able to gain any benefit from it.
I do understand and care greatly for my animal charges, but it is important to remember that when there is an emergency that is life threatening, veterinary intervention may be your only hope, and once your horse is steered towards homeostasis, then a natural therapist can guide you to continuing to restore health and wellbeing.
You can take things like Rescue Remedy to help you deal with your animals stress, while wiping it on your animal to assist him release the stress of the moment; you can sniff essential oils like bergamot to dispel anxiety and frankincense to lift away fear – but this is to help you not contribute to the issue with your emotions.
For a horse suffering colic, you can give chamomile tea, but if he is not eating you are better to keep what feed you offer him simple and then introduce chamomile to help his gut get back to normality after the scarey stages are over.
Probiotics are great after a nasty bout of sloppy poops, if these are caused by antibiotics or medications, you are better to wait until the course is finished so there is no interference to the absorption and utilisation of the drug therapy. If it is caused by an new rich feed, then you need to eliminate that from your horse's diet before trying to balance the gut.
Natural therapies really do need a large dose of commonsense, no matter what you are dealing with. If your pet has an illness or injury that you feel that sickening panic with, always call your vetinarian first. It is much better for them to put your mind at rest or make the decision to take action; then once you have their assistance you can then decide with more sanity what you can do to assist with the help of your natural therapist.
Recently in Florida, a mystery occurred where 21 horses died quickly and mysteriously.
I often read stories like these, and it reminds that any approach to healing has its limitations.
The veterinarians have to go through a process of elimination before they can announce "At this time there is no evidence that these horses were affected with an infectious or contagious disease as there are no other horses affected at this time." or "Obviously, this is a tragic situation and we are working hard to determine what happened," Bronson said. "But it would be irresponsible to speculate on what may have killed the horses.”
Even after toxicology tests and post mortems, they may not know what killed 21 polo ponies over the weekend.
This is an extreme situation, but often natural therapists like myself will receive an urgent plea to help a dying animal by a desperate owner.
It is often these calls, require us to step back and wait 24 hours. In those 24 hours you will often know if the animal is going to have a good chance of surviving and you have not mailed off an expensive order of herbs to have the animal die overnight while waiting for his 'therapy' to arrive. And if he has deteriorated in this time, then you may have a better idea that when herbs were to arrive if the animal may not be able to gain any benefit from it.
I do understand and care greatly for my animal charges, but it is important to remember that when there is an emergency that is life threatening, veterinary intervention may be your only hope, and once your horse is steered towards homeostasis, then a natural therapist can guide you to continuing to restore health and wellbeing.
You can take things like Rescue Remedy to help you deal with your animals stress, while wiping it on your animal to assist him release the stress of the moment; you can sniff essential oils like bergamot to dispel anxiety and frankincense to lift away fear – but this is to help you not contribute to the issue with your emotions.
For a horse suffering colic, you can give chamomile tea, but if he is not eating you are better to keep what feed you offer him simple and then introduce chamomile to help his gut get back to normality after the scarey stages are over.
Probiotics are great after a nasty bout of sloppy poops, if these are caused by antibiotics or medications, you are better to wait until the course is finished so there is no interference to the absorption and utilisation of the drug therapy. If it is caused by an new rich feed, then you need to eliminate that from your horse's diet before trying to balance the gut.
Natural therapies really do need a large dose of commonsense, no matter what you are dealing with. If your pet has an illness or injury that you feel that sickening panic with, always call your vetinarian first. It is much better for them to put your mind at rest or make the decision to take action; then once you have their assistance you can then decide with more sanity what you can do to assist with the help of your natural therapist.
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