SOTT FOCUS: Natural Pet Health on SOTT Radio Network: Top 10 issues facing pet owners when it comes to your pets' well-being

Hello, and welcome to the natural pet health segment of the Health and Wellness show. My name is Zoya, and I am a 4th year veterinary student. During my studies I had an opportunity to observe all kind of things that just like in human medicine aren't particularly beneficial or right for our pets' wellbeing.

Therefore, this time we are going to talk about the main 10 lies told to us by the mainstream veterinarian science, or in other words 10 main issues misrepresented or presented to us incorrectly. These are lies that contribute to the development of various diseases and prevent your pets from having long, healthy and happy lives. Unsurprisingly, many of the issues are similar to the lies told by human doctors, and in many cases if you'll educate yourself on better nutrition and way of life for yourself, it could be applied to your pet as well. Of course, with some modifications.

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Dry vs. Raw food

What you are being told is, that kibble or dry food is good for your pet, particularly if it's a special diet, some sort of metabolic bland or dry food for cats with kidney disease, for example. Well, the reality is that it isn't true. My favorite counter-argument is - how would you feel after eating croutons all your life, no matter how tasty the croutons are? We are going to expand on each of the points in further shows, but for now let me just say, that as it turns out, dry food is one of the main reasons for many metabolic and hormonal diseases, and in many cases it also very expensive! So you end up paying twice, first time for a bad food and then for visit to a veterinarian. The solution - feed your pets with natural, species appropriate diet.

Vaccines

Another issue is vaccines and the need to - re-vaccinate every year. As it turns out, humans and animals have a similar physiology. And thank god we don't have to revaccinate every year, in fact, there is enough evidence that we don't need to vaccinate at all. But since in most of the countries it's the law that you have to vaccinate our pets for rabies at least once, there is no way around it. But there is a very big lie in the veterinarian community that one has to do annual revaccinations for several main viruses or bacteria in order to maintain the same level of immunity. In the dedicated show we are going to expend on this topic, help you understand how immunity works and how to ask your local veterinarian to test your pet's immunity next time he or she will remind you about revaccination.

Steroids

Another topic worth mentioning is steroids, if it's ok to use them, or to use them extensively, for example, in cases of acute inflammation, skin diseases and other. And while steroids considered to be miracle makers, that can heal pretty fast, they also have an insidious side that we all should be aware of. For example, owners of specific dog breeds, like poodles, should be aware that in some cases it may be enough for their dog to have even one shot of cortisone to acquire Kushing disease. We will talk about possible alternative solutions, or if it's unavoidable, how to minimize the damage.,

Chronic diseases/Cancer

Those are very broad topics with many possible causes, like breed predisposition, bad nutrition, bad environment. And yes, even wi-fi can trigger development of cancer or contribute to various chronic diseases. So we are going to talk about that too.

Herbal remedies

Herbal medicine is useless and nothing more than pseudoscience.. And it's true that there are many veterinarians that consider homeopathy as a witchcraft, and those who practice it as charlatans. Now, I study in the East European university, and one of the things that are surprisingly good here, is because the university doesn't have a big budget for fancy equipment of drugs, they teach us how to treat animals using natural and herbal solutions, something we can find in the forest or a field nearby. And I can tell you from a personal experience that it does work. We will talk about this too.

Homeopathy

A separate show will be dedicated to homeopathy. I myself have no experience with it, but will do my research and share the results with you.

Spaying and neutering

For a very long time neutering was considered to be the most responsible thing a pet owner had to do in order to prevent overpopulation of stray dogs and cats. But now, more and more we hear how early neutering (early is when a pet is less than one year old) leads to various hormonal and metabolic disorders, skin diseases and problems with immune system in general. So now, being a responsible owner takes entirely new form. We will talk about that.

Surgery

Sometimes surgery is unavoidable. Like in cases of accidents, various fractures, inbred disabilities or disorders. But that's what surgery should be - a last resort, or a last solution. But there are still many veterinarians that do cosmetic surgeries, even if they were outlawed in many countries. Surgeries like declawing, ear cropping, debarking or cutting of vocal cords. It's possible that many owners don't know how painful or uncomfortable such surgeries for pets, so we are going to talk about that.

Fleas, ticks and worms

In one of the future shows we are going to talk about flea and tick protection, dewarming and poisoning in pets in general. Because there are many solutions that are very effective but are also very damaging for pets. If you'll put even one tiny extra drop or won't apply it correctly, it can lead to poisoning. Not to mention extreme sensitivity of some dog breeds like coli and sheltie to the main active ingredient in dewarming products. So we are going to talk about possible alternative and natural solutions.

Hope you found the information useful. If you have any questions or suggestions, you are invited to leave a comment.

Zoya Klebanova

Zoya Klebanova joined SOTT in 2007 as contributing editor while living in Israel for 20 years, and after waking up to her country's destructive and psychopathic nature. Her deep understanding of Israel's pathology provides her with unique perspective regarding world events. Zoya worked in wide variety of computer oriented jobs, and has background in research and investigation. She currently resides in Belarus and attends University studying veterinary medicine. Her research interests include health, politics, spirituality, high-strangeness, and all areas of science.