Emerita Sciandra: I am now facing a cancer in a second cat - a tumor discovered this weekend.My twelve year old cat, Mincho, has bladder cancer and had surgery to remove a tumor in May. This is a very rare cancer in cats and there were no treatment protocols for cats. It is considered a very aggressive cancer. So Mincho has been treated these seven months by a homeopathic veterinarian in MA (I am in CA) so the vet "sees" Mincho by telephone and mails medicine to me to administer. Homeopathy is a very different concept from traditional medicine for both animals and people. You can go to Mincho's doctor's site at www.homeovet.net and read about what homeopathy is.His vet is a traditionally trained veterinarian who has gone on to qualify in homeopathy - maybe four years of extra training. He reviewed all of Mincho's veterinary history, the x-rays and ultrasound reports before consulting on his "case".I don't know if Mincho will survive this cancer and he has had these s! even months without any symptoms and behaving as he always has.The current cat is a rescue 14 years old whom I have had only three months. He has a tumor in his lower left jaw. I am still waiting for the biopsy report from his allopathic vet on what exactly it is and what treatment is available - surgery, radiation, chemotherapy etc.When I have this information I will have to make choices about his treatment. If he can continue to eat without pain I probably will go for the homeopathic treatment and that takes more time than the conventional treatments - he may not have that time as a cat who cannot eat will die.You can also read something about homeopathy at Dr. Jean Hovfe's site, www.littlebigcat.com. In her article library there is one titled "Introduction to Homeopathy".I am a member of the the Yahoo group: felinecancer. I have started my own group: felinebladdercancer. You can join Yahoo groups by going to Yahoo groups.com and putting in: felinecancer and then r! equesting membership from the group owner. My group has only ! five members. The regular feline cancer group has 1,393.Feel free to email me if you want to tell me about your cat's cancer. If you join the Yahoo group you can find a lot of support, learn what treatments people are using, conventional, holistic etc,and in my case homepathic....Show more
Dee Depung: I don't know an exact answer to your question, but you might find help by checking out http://www.holisticvetlist.com/This is a list of alternative medicine vets in your area. This is the way I found my vet that I am very happy with. He does alternative/holistic medicine as well as conventional, as needed. Scroll down to 'advanced search'. Select your area in step one. I would suggest not clicking anything in step two. Click 'small animal' in step four and submit. If it comes up with multiple options, you could call each one (or a few) and ask if they have experience with your cat's particular condition....Show more
Phillip Modafferi: I used to be on a Yahoo grou! p called Holistic Pet. There were a couple people who had dogs with cancer and they really pushed people to use a mixture of yoghurt and flax seed but you must know what you are doing with it. My friends dogs lived at least 4 years longer and she swears it was a result of the holistic treatment.Do a Google search on "alternative pet medicines" or "holistic pet treatment" There used to be a website called Altmed which let you look up a problem and then tell you the treatment. Good luck. Don't give up you can get some help....Show more
Ha Wolski: a hammer! just kidding im not that mean. try going to a vet and see how they could help.
Sang Hanafin: I do not have much experience with alternative treatments in cats or dogs with cancer, but do with people. I know of some possible alternative treatments through my reseach for a family member and help with a friend who's dog was recently diagnosised with cancer. Flax seed oil is supposed to be one of the best things (no! promises of course). My grandmother found out she had lung cancer over! the summer and one thing she found that really help, was eating cottage cheese with flax seed oil everyday. You definitely want to make sure he can handle the cottage cheese (some dogs and cats are lactose intolerant). The two have to be eaten together, but the science behind it is that the cottage cheese helps weaken the cell walls of cancer cells, flax seed oil kills the cells. You have to make sure the flax seed oil is refrigerated and in a dark colored bottle. Definitely make sure he does not have anything with any refined sugars because the refined sugars will feed the cancer cells. Switch to a high quality cat food that does not contain corn, wheat or animal by-products. Foods such Innova, Wellness, Timberwolf and Eagle Pack are all good, high quality food as is the BARF diet. Here is a list of supplements that help with cancer also. The list is really long, but it gives a detail of what each supplement does, then you can pick and choose which ones you want to try.! http://www.charlesloopsdvm.com/cancer.htm I am really sorry to hear about your kitty, and hope you find something that works well....Show more
Donnell Nocella: Hi there...consider contacting Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine for Feline Health who specializes in feline only disorders and diseases to see if they have any recommendations to assist you. There are many types of feline cancers which have specialists so they would be one of the better institutions that may be very helpful.Contact info:http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/contact.htmCornell Feline Health CenterCollege of Veterinary MedicineCornell University, Box 13Ithaca, NY 14853Telephone NumbersMain: (607) 253-3414 Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (E.S.T.)Consultation: 1-800-548-8937 (kitty-DR) M/W/F, 9 a.m.-12 noon & 2-4 p.m. (E.S.T.)...Show more