Re: Re: Parasite sources and solutions

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In a message dated 11/27/2004 2:37:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,

new_man85@... writes:

> She has found the cleanses are much more effective without live parasites

> hanging on for " dear " life clogging the ducts. How many of us are

> ever in homes or yards with pets? Many of us, myself included, have

> our own pets. That's the easiest way to be exposed to parasites,

> although not the only way.

>

As another Southerner, I will second Vince's remarks and add, giving your

dog a chemical dewormer with their heartworm medicine IS NOT THE ANSWER. The

amount of wormer in that sort of product is much more than required to safely

and

effectively worm a dog. That beats up our dogs' and cats' immune systems

which leads to dramactically shortened life spans and high vet bills and much

heart-ache at the end of their life to treat the awful consequences -- cancer,

liver disease, diabetes, kidney failure, and FIP and FLV in the cats.

The best thing is to keep ALL the family members in good shape with strong

immune systems through excellent fresh food, adequate sleep, exercise, fresh air

and sunlight.

As we on the forum know, once organs start rebelling its too late for a

simple approach and we need to go to more heavy duty approach.

BUT there are levels of heavy duty -- with allopathic drugs and surgery as

the court of last resort, not first resort.

We are currently dealing with dog roundworms in my little Beagle, who

suffered malnuitrition for much of her life before finding her way to us. She

was

given one dose of a " gentle " chemical wormer (given to puppies and pregnant

dogs)

and I can tell you it knocked her for a loop and this was the GOOD one and

given based on her exact body weight, etc.

Everyone else in the household is taking 6 weeks of homeopathic dewormer

tincture as a way to chase any invaders or opportunistic eggs away.

We have a program of throughly cleaning the house -- all dog beds and bedding

washed twice a week, all rugs vaccumed 5 times a week, etc for the 6 week

process. Everyone is scrubbing carefully after petting any of the dogs and

before

meals and keeping their hands awy from their face.

Yes, this is a lot of trouble, BUT its a fairly gentle but effective way to

treat the problem without resorting to overkill or blowing out already

over-strained immune systems.

I agree with Vince, an occasional parasite cleanse is a good thing even in a

household that only includes a goldfish.

My two cents and I thought I would save Will the trouble of typing the basics

when he wades into this discussion.

(pet-friendly in Atlanta)