Table of Contents
| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
| BUTTERMILK |
| CYTAUXZOONOSIS- FELINE |
| EPSOM SALTS, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BATH |
| GARLIC |
Tick Remedies
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1 BETTER BUT NOT CURED
[BETTER BUT NOT CURED] 06/01/2008: Sharon from South Hadley, MA writes: "I just got my June/July issue of Mother Earth News and in their reader-reported tips section, someone wrote in about an old-time remedy for ticks. Apparently if you drink a quart of buttermilk every day the ticks will leave you alone. The change in smell of perspiration repels them. Not sure how anyone would manage a quart of buttermilk a day, but perhaps a lesser amount would work. Maybe this is an effective remedy for the doggies in our lives too. Thought I would mention it for the folks in the Lyme disease areas."
06/02/2009: Mica from Cavite, Philippines replies: "what will happen to the ticks when they leave the dogs or us? do they die? i am afraid that it might roam around and find a better place...like other people? or our homes, carpets, etc?? sorry to ask, but i just need to be sure..."
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1 QUESTION
[QUESTION] 06/24/2009: Lokirk from Yellville, AR writes: "I have lost several cats to cytauxzoonosis, a disease carried by bobcats and transmitted to domestic cats through tick bites. Most tick treatments do NOT prevent the tick from biting - they only kill the tick after it has bitten the cat. Does anyone know of something that works as a tick repellent? This disease is horrible and fatal."
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EPSOM SALTS, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BATH
[YEA] 11/05/2008: Lina from Chicago, Illinois writes: "Erichliosis/lymph nodes
I tried the epsom salts, with 1 pint of h202 for the bath. The epsom salts had spearamint in them. It was the first time in 3 days my dog has been able to lay on her side, and sleep, without so much respiratory distress. The bath was hard, I feel buzzed from the oxygen on my arms, I can't believe what's it's done for my dog this evening. She hadn't eaten all day, and then ate, just now. We've been doing the castor packs for some time. I just tried the ACV tonite. I am also going to try POKE and American Mandrake Root tinctures, 1 drop each. She's also on Cat's Claw, Una da gato, only, and also Gravizon, and ning xa and essiac herbal remedy. Keep your thumbs up, if my dog wants to live, then I'm going to find a way to make it happen for her. She's only 8."
EC: "Ehrlichiosis (also known as canine rickettsiosis, canine hemorrhagic fever, canine typhus, tracker dog disease, and tropical canine pancytopenia) is a tick-borne disease of dogs usually caused by the organism Ehrlichia canis. Ehrlichia canis is the pathogen of animals. Humans can become infected by E. canis and other species after tick exposure. German Shepherd dogs are thought to be particularly affected by the disease, but cats can also be infected." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlichiosis_(canine)
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1 YEA
[YEA] 10/17/2008: Tanya from Apopka, Florida writes: "I had been having trouble with ticks on my cocker spaniel. We started giving her one garlic pill everyday and we have not had any more tick issues. The only way she will take it is if I hide the pill in a small piece of banana. If the banana is too firm, she will break it and spit out the pill. So be sure it is a ripened banana."
EC: Read more about Garlic for Dogs here: http://www.earthclinic.com/Pets/garlic_for_dogs.html
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