WORMS & FLEAS

Fleas

With today's increasingly toxic environment, our pets are coming down with more serious and  inexplicable health problems. A Pesticide collar is nothing but a poison necklace around your pet's neck. It emits a constant toxic cloud that your pet inhales, and so do you, every time you hug your pet. What about those insecticidal flea and tick shampoos and powders, sprays and dips?

A very unexpected positive aspect to RAW feeding is the absence of fleas. This may not happen immediately, however, after a few months on a RAW diet, fleas should not find your dogs skin appetising any more. This has to be one of the best bonuses of raw feeding as you will no longer have to subject your poor dog to chemical treatments that are nothing but poison, and ruin their health.

If you live in a high density flea area, or you need a little assistance to initially get the fleas under control, you can use Parasite Dr, a 100% natural flea treatment that I use on Jak when visiting friends in East Gippsland.

Worms (Round, Hook, Tape)

OK, it is virtually impossible to isolate your dog to prevent it from getting worms. So what do you do?

Well, that depends. Most dogs who have not be subjected to poisoning by way of worm control treatments, have built up a natural resistance to worms. Their body deals with them efficiently.

When dogs have continually been fed chemical worm treatments, they do not have the opportunity to build up a natural resistance, so naturally, they will continue to get worms.

Also, the chemicals and poisons in these treatments put a stress on the dog's system. In short - chemical worming treatments are dangerous and should not be used on your best friend/s.

Worms (Heart)

The cause of heartworm is mosquitoes. For dogs, and sometimes cats, mosquitos can cause life-threatening problems because they transmit heartworms. Heartworms are parasites that enter the bloodstream as larvae and migrate to the heart. Six months after reaching the heart, the larvae turn into adults and mate. Full-grown heartworms eventually fill the heart, blocking flow of blood to the lungs and doing damage to the heart. By the time you see symptoms, they've already done damage to the heart.

Now, let's look at this situation from "nature's perspective". Fact - parasites live only slightly at the expense of their hosts (the animals they live in or on). It is only the weakest, or least fit animals who die of parasitic infestation. Makes sense doesn't it? If parasites killed all of their their hosts, where would they live?

The role of a parasite in nature is not to kill the host animal, so why are we seeing dogs dying of heartworm disease? And why are cats now even being diagnosed with this canine parasite, and probably dying of it?

To prevent heartworm infection, the key is to get the blood of the pet in a healthy enough condition so that the mosquitoes don't want to feed on it, because healthy blood is unattractive to them. Also, by feeding your pet their "natural diet" they will be in excellent health and able to fight off parasites prior to them becoming a danger to them.

Most veterinarians will recommend giving a daily or monthly pill to prevent heartworms. In reality you are administering a drug on a regular basis that is designed to stop the "baby heartworms" from becoming adults. This is not an accurate definition of prevention. These drugs contain chemical insecticides. Administered over a period of time, the toxic side-effects become a serious health risk.

Side effects listed for heartworm preventative drugs are: vomiting, diarrhea, convulsions, and weakness. These pills weaken your pet's immune system which recognises the chemicals as poison. The body works hard to eliminate the toxins and major organs, like the liver and kidneys, are taxed. For this reason, the pet's body is not able to handle contact with the normal bacterial or viral substances in our world, so it gets sick more easily.

Part of the veterinary industry has acknowledged these dangers. These "alternative vets" are open to natural, safe and effective alternatives. Many of these vets believe that the long-term use of heartworm prevention drugs are a link in the chain of diseases such as arthritis, liver and kidney diseases, skin allergies, and many types of degenerative problems.