Ocular herpes in cats

[Dale Moss]

Any homeopathic vets out there who've treated ocular herpes in cats with
success? I've had a couple of calls from pet owners about this problem
(because I'm willing to work with animals as well as their people), but
haven't found much in the way of characteristic symptoms. Any suggestions
as to useful remedies?

Peace,
Cinnabar

[Robyn]

Cinnabar wrote:

Hi Cinnabar

This is not personal experience, however out of the list of 8 in Synthesis
for Ophthalmic herpes

EYE - HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS
ars. canth. CROT-T. graph. merc. puls. RAN-B. rhus-t.

I can tell you that Ran.b has a specific action on the supraorbital nerves
affected by herpes and P. Banerji conducted clinical trials using the 30th
potency repeating twice per day yielding good results in humans for this
condition.

Moffat also describes its use for this condition in his book under clinical.
Best
Robyn
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[Michelle Bernard]

Cinnabar wrote:

I am not a homeopathic vet, but I do treat all my cats homeopathically and
from personal experience, diet plays a HUGE part in recovery from and
avoidance of viral disease in cats. If the cat is fed a species-appropriate
diet that is high in natural taurine (not supplemental), herpes is far less
of a problem. At one time, I had kittens with horrible herpes symptoms that
would begin before their eyes even opened! I treated them homeopathically
and most recovered. Some of them had eyes that ulcered, but none lost their
eyes as is so common in many catteries. Now, I have very mild symptoms that
may begin at eight weeks or so, but often they are so mild I don't have to
treat them at all. I attribute this to the health of the parents which has
improved over the years thanks to diet and homeopathy and of course the high
quality diet the kittens consume. Many cat breeders supplement their
commercial diets with the amino acid lysine, which may be beneficial in a
commercial food diet as lysine is all but destroyed by cooking, but I think
taurine is far important to cats than lysine.

The other problem is over-vaccination. There is no reason why adult cats
should be vaccinated on an annual basis, or even ever, especially with the
URI vaccines. Annual vaccination, itself, can cause viral outbreaks.

I'm happy to help any pet owner get their cat on a raw diet and the road to
recovery. Just send them on.

Michelle T. Bernard
BLAKKATZ Naturally Raised American Shorthairs
http://www.blakkatz.com
Author of Raising Cats Naturally
http://www.raisingcatsnaturally.com
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[mbernard2424]

Cinnabar wrote:
cats with
problem
people), but
suggestions
I am not a homeopathic vet, but I do treat all my cats
homeopathically and from personal experience, diet plays a HUGE part
in recovery from and avoidance of viral disease in cats. If the cat
is fed a species-appropriate diet that is high in natural taurine
(not supplemental), herpes is far less of a problem. At one time, I
had kittens with horrible herpes symptoms that would begin before
their eyes even opened! I treated them homeopathically and most
recovered. Some of them had eyes that ulcered, but none lost their
eyes as is so common in many catteries. Now, I have very mild
symptoms that may begin at eight weeks or so, but often they are so
mild I don't have to treat them at all. I attribute this to the
health of the parents which has improved over the years thanks to
diet and homeopathy and of course the high quality diet the kittens
consume. Many cat breeders supplement their commercial diets with
the amino acid lysine, which may be beneficial in a commercial food
diet as lysine is all but destroyed by cooking, but I think taurine
is far important to cats than lysine.
The other problem is over-vaccination. There is no reason why adult
cats should be vaccinated on an annual basis, or even ever,
especially with the URI vaccines. Annual vaccination, itself, can
cause viral outbreaks.
I'm happy to help any pet owner get their cat on a raw diet and the
road to recovery. Just send them on.
Michelle T. Bernard
BLAKKATZ Naturally Raised American Shorthairs
http://www.blakkatz.com
Author of Raising Cats Naturally
http://www.raisingcatsnaturally.com

[Dale Moss]

Thanks, Robyn and Michelle, for your most helpful suggestions. The cat I
saw today repped out nicely to Ran-b., which he'll get after a dose of
Thuja.

Michelle, what diet do you feed your cats? I've seen various recommended
cat diets, some of which were raw, some of which included cooked grains and
meats. (I'm not a cat person, but as part of his treatment for lymphoma my
dog eats cooked brown rice or other grains, mixed with finely chopped
organic raw veggies and cooked chicken or raw beef liver.)

Peace,
Cinnabar