Natural Pet Care Tips
Pets & Essential Oils
Besides improving the health of your pets essential oils
are inexpensive and you can often use an oil you already
have around the house - thus saving on veterinary fees
and commercial pet care products.
Remember, man’s best friend seems to know what is best
for them by designs of Mother Nature. If you put an oil
that’s digestive on one hand and a pesticide oil on the
other, a dog with a stomach upset will invariable come
forward to lick the hand that will do him most good. Dogs
have about 200 million olfactory receptors, perhaps 20
times the number we have, so, start with a minimum
quantity of essential oil and then increase if and when
necessary.
FLEAS
If you shampoo your dog at home add 1 drop of
lemongrass or citronella oil to his shampoo for smaller
dogs and larger dogs (like Great Danes) add 2 drops.
Another way to rid fleas is to take an old steel brush and
a piece of material the same size as the face of the
brush. The material needs to be thick so a single piece of
towel or sheet folded three times will do. Pull the material
down over the teeth of the brush so that it lies about 1
inch above the base, depending on the length of your
dog’s hair. Prepare a bowl of warm water and mix 4
drops of cedarwood or pine oil and soak the prepared
brush in this before brushing your dog’s coat. This
treatment will disinfect the dog, condition the coat and
collect the parasites and eggs in the brush - which must
be rinsed out thoroughly several times during the
brushing, in the bowl of essential oil water.
If there is a serious problem with fleas/parasites, put 4
drops of cedarwood or lavender oil directly onto a piece of
material, as above, and rub the material together to
disperse the oil before putting it on the brush. Then use
with plain warm water and rinse several times while
brushing the dog.
INJURIES
If your dog is cut or grazed, bathe the area in a water
solution of thyme or lavender oil. Use 6 drops of either oil
to half a gallon of water. These oils are natural antibiotics
and disinfectants. So, rest assured that if the dog licks
the wound (he will) he wouldn’t be taking in any unnatural
substances. Keep attending the wound. If the wound
becomes ulcerous due to dirt (it’s hard to keep a dog out
of the dirt) first draw away from the wound as much
infection as possible. To draw toxins out use 1 cabbage
leaf, iron it, and wrap it around the wound. Secure it
firmly and change the leaf 4-6 times per day, or until all
the toxins have been drawn out. Then wash thoroughly
in a solution of 4 drops of lavender oil to 5 ounces of
warm water. This can be used on any animal.
EAR WAX BUILDUP
Sometimes earwax buildup becomes smelly and offensive.
The wax needs to be removed and the ear deodorized.
For this, use lavender. Dilute 3 drops into one teaspoon
of witch hazel and insert at least 4 drops into each ear.
To do this, soak a piece of cotton wool if you don’t have a
dropper and gently massage the whole ear. Repeat this
procedure daily to soften the wax then remove it with
cotton wool.
Essential Oils and Cats - Caution!
Essential oils should never be used on cats. Cats are one of the
few animals
that lack the ability to eliminate compounds through hepatic
glucuronidation
(they lack enzyme glucuronyl tranferases). Glucuronidation is an
important
detoxification mechanism present in most animals except cats. Lack of
this
important
detoxification mechanism in cats may result in slower elimination and
thus build up of the toxic metabolites in the body causing toxicity.
One thing we have used with our cats successfully is The New Silver
Solution.
It is non-toxic and we have put it in their eyes to clear
up infections, and poured
it into cuts. We have put it in their drinking water, and they
have
no problem drinking it
as it is clear and tasteless. Colloidal silver kills just about
any
organism it comes in
contact with. Click
Here to get a report which details all the scientific information on
colloidal silver's safety and effectiveness in humans. To purchase
Nutronix International's
New Silver Solution, which is also
great for Dogs and Humans, Click
Here.
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