Thank you so much, Frankly I never heard of Gemmotherapy. Do I just go to the Bioron site and purchase common juniper and fig tree to detoxify the kidneys? A few drops in water is easy, except I keep water all over the house and constantly change it. I went to Dr. Blake. He is wonderful and I will email him to ask if he gives phone consultations.

Do you know what to give your pets on your own from studying and is your naturopath for pets. And what do you mean by the program? I would like to detoxify all of my cats with a few drops rather than try by mouth.

I am having a difficult time trying to find out who urinated what appears to be bloody urine in an empty litter box and I am very worried. So I would like to try this program as soon as I can.

Thank you Phyllis. I appreciate your advice.

They’ve been eating the Pro Plan now for probably a month, and I have not seen any adverse affects, I haven’t seen any symptoms of anything remotely negative, and it is not on the recall list.

My vet told me that if there were going to be problems/symptoms, that they would show up within 2 weeks, and it’s been longer than that.

Thanks.

Like many of you, this whole thing has turned my life upside down. I have 3 beautufil, adoring, loving kitties who will all be 2 years old this August, having been adoped from a non-profit shelter associated with the humane society, only after our 16 year old beloved Meow-Meow passed away in October of 2005.

Once this hit the media, I immediately pulled ALL my Nature’s Nutro pouches and DRY from my pantry and returned for refund. Did my share of research, have lost sleep, gotten stomache aches, head aches, suffered anxiety and stress and tried COUNTLESS varieties of “heatlhy” substitutes, INCLUDING Healthy Balance for a while, THANK GOD I didn’t feed them either the dry Venison or canned ocean fish.

NOW I have them on Solid Gold dry and one of the 3 on Solid Gold canned Tuna, however, the other 2 have proven to be very picky and difficult in eating ANYTHING remotely healthy, so to keep them from going into Organ shut-down, I had previously tried Purina Pro Plan canned Turkey and Chicken flavors and they devoured, so I am now feeding them both Pro Plan and Solid Gold, (the 2 won’t TOUCH the Solid Gold). I even tried Solid Gold chicken, TO NO AVAIL.

I have been searching endlessly for an answer as to the safety of this Pro Plan. Now I KNOW it is definitely not the healthiest food I can give them, but they will EAT it and if it is SAFE, I’m okay with that. I too am on a very limited income, and home feeding just isn’t an option for me.

I love my babies more than anything on this planet along with my husband and family, and I want them to be with me for decades to come, and I want them to be happy and healthy.

Please don’t scold me for the Pro Plan, I can’t stand by and watch them NOT EAT and go into ORGAN FAILURE, I have to feed them SOMETHING.

Can anyone comment on Purina Pro Plan please?

Thank you so much.

I dont have much time tonite but I will tell you what I can. My cat died of CRF failure last summer, but the common juniper tincture and fig tree seemed to help her a lot. I actually consulted my naturopath first about detoxifying the kidneys (common juniper by Dolisos — it is clear, and made from the young shoots only), and then I wrote to Dr. Blake at thepetwhisperer.com.
I wrote:

Hi Dr Blake

I have used Gemmotherapy for several years so am familiar with the products and the good they can do.

What do you recommend for de-toxifying the kidneys in light of the present pet food recall?

My trwo cats are taking common juniper 5 drops a day in their water, and fig tree (same) and Rowan Tree — the last is for icky eyes.

Phyllis Shamoon

Here is what he said:

This is a good choice but no more than 6 weeks at one time. OAO Dr Blake

All I ask in return is you share my web site with three other people or lists and ask them to do the same.

He actually lists my naturopath on his site! Any way, the program is called Gemmotherapy and Dolisos (now owned by Boiron) and Unda make these.
I suggest you look up gemmotherapy online (oligotherapy is with trace minerals) and also read what is on thepetwhisperer.com.

I agree your homeopathic vet sounds expensive, but most homeopaths spend more time with you than a regular doctor or vet, so when you figure he could be seeing 8 patients an hour instead of 2, maybe it is not so much. I am low income, so could not afford a vet .

Was scanning thru everybody’s comments and I don’t know what I missed but I am so very interested in homeopathic and bach remedies and you seem so full of knowledge and so willing to share what you know. I tried a homeopathic vet two years ago for two of my cats and one remedy was arsenicum and another was phosphorous. I had to go to the vitamin shoppe to purchase because he said it would be cheaper. My bill was over a thousand dollars and he then informed me future calls to him regarding Topsy and Redhead would be $35.00 per half hour. I had to give him up. Unfortunately he is the only one around. The examination consisted looking at them and of his asking me questions re their likes and dislikes. The next day after much deliberation he told me the remedies to use. Topsy passed away from kidney failure and redhead did pick up slightly but he died recently of kidney failure also.

I do believe if I was able to afford him and he wasn’t so stingy with his info and money hungry I would have continued with him.. He did say I should give them ORganic chicken and meat and also olive oil every day and Vitamin B.drops. I keep buying books but I need to know the proper dosages and length of time they should be given.Homeopathy is easy to administer, but everything else impossible. I tried to read all the messages but way too many. Any info you can give me would be so appreciated.

Also you told Kellie to put eggshells in the food she is making?? Is that right?
Dr. Fox suggest bonemeal but never mentioned taurine. Dr. Martin Goldstein believes in Vit c, and he cooks for his dogs and cats and eats same thing with them. I followed dr. fox’s recipe with rice - my cats hated it and I threw it out. Tried veggies, etc per Dr. goldstein - I threw it out. Now I just boil the ground turkey with some parsley or spinach in organic chicken or vegetable broth and what they like the best is beef stew and then I shred the chunks and cut a litle more, but had to stop with the rice and veggies.

I do keep some cans they are not too happy with - Wellness, Paul Neuman, Merrick (pure mush_ and now pet promise and someone said Purina was involved. I called them and they said they needed purina’s facilities because they are a small company./farm and are expandng now. I know purina had a dog kibble recalled. supposedly friskies and fancy feast are not made at menu but still garbage.

I give very little dry for a snack. Wellness I find are too big but I give it to them and Trader Joe sells benchfield. Who know they say they use real chicken humanely farmed. and there is another I tried “chicken soup”?

Anyway, could you tell me a little more about homeopathy and eggshells and herbs. Thanks a million.

Egg shells are a natural source of calcium.

e-mail me at pheephee35@yahoo.com and i will send you information on gluten free for humans. she is becoming an expert at it.