Just What Is Eating Your Puppy?
We cherish our pets. In return they accept and love us for who we are, even if we have had an appalling day at work, not put on the right makeup, are hours late to feed them or are distracted with other thoughts when they need our attention.
Most pet owners are exceptionally good at taking care of their pets when there's something up with them. Or at least we believe that we are. The trouble is that, even with the animals best interests at heart, owners of pets too often rush to the vet for minor ailments and the resultant treatment might be the proverbial sledgehammer cracking a nut. In most cases a preventive treatment would cut back on a number of needless health worries each and every year.
The very first thing you need to do is take a good look the food you are giving your pet, because many pet foods manufacturers use toxic ingredients as a bulking agent. Most household cats and dogs are fed on only dried pellets but when did you last see cats or dogs in the wild searching for dried biscuits?
Parasites in animals
All animals have external and internal parasites. Internal parasites live in the gut, bloodstream, joints, muscle tissue and the brain. External parasites like fleas, ticks, mites and lice live on or just underneath the skin. Internal parasites include intestinal worms as well as single-celled protozoa like giardia, frequently ingested from contaminated water supplies. All parasites can bring about discomfort, illness and even death.
The prevalence of parasites in animals is high although this is dependent on the animal itself. Domestic pets that hunt for mice, birds and other such wildlife will eat parasites that infested their prey. The common danger is that these parasites can be passed on to their owners in a variety of ways. How many children play in sandpits where dogs or cats or even foxes and badgers have left their calling card? Or how many people are frequently licked on the face by a friendly pet? How many people don't clean under their nails before preparing food?
How can a parasite possibly live inside your body? The answer is simple. The aim of a parasite is to avoid detection. Parasites are good at evading a response from the immune system. They live unnoticed because when they are revealed, something will be done to eliminate them. Parasites have an inbuilt ability to survive and replicate. This is the intention of any organism on this planet. Although this may sound simplistic it can make life for all humans extremely difficult.
If you know how to recognise and interpret the symptoms, the presence of a worm or worms can be evidenced easily. In humans this can manifest as low levels of energy, medical issues, skin rashes, pains, frequent colds, influenza and constipation. The list goes on and on. The key is to question these symptoms rather than think such disorders are standard.
In his book, "Animals Parasitic in Man." author Geoffrey Lapage, states: "There is no part of the human body, nor indeed, any part of the bodies of the hosts of parasitic animals in general, which is not visited by some kind of parasitic animal at one point or another, during their life histories." In short parasites can migrate to any part of your body. No organ is resistant to their infestation.
Parasites that continually affect animals include microscopic protozoans, a host of migratory worms and arthropod parasites like mites, ticks, lice, fleas and even some spiders.
Hookworm infestation occurs when larvae in the soil penetrate the pet's skin, move into the bloodstream, and ultimately travel to the abdomen. Adult worms mature in the wall of the gut and feed on blood in the gut lining, often causing debilitating anemia.
Roundworm infestations of dogs and cats occurs when microscopic worm eggs present in the soil are eaten. The eggs develop through larval stages in the stomach; some larvae penetrate the abdominal wall, migrate to the lungs and are coughed up then re-swallowed, after which they re-enter the small intestine where they grow into adult worms. Roundworms battle with your pet for food, and always win causing malnutrition.
Roundworm enter their host by ingestion; hookworm by active perforation of the skin; the heartworm enters its canine host with the aid of a mosquito vector. Minute larvae enter the blood streamtogether with mosquito spit when an infected mosquito bites a dog. The larvae use the blood stream to carry it right into the heart where it matures, infesting the heart's chambers and lodging in the veins that enter the heart.
From a family of Clydeside Scots, Graeme was born and brought up in Hong Kong. He lived for 35 years there, as well as in Borneo and Indonesia. Intrigued by the way in which the different Asian cultures approach their health and well-being, he studied sides of Traditional Chinese Medicine and became familiar with many other ancient healing techniques, from the traditional Jamu herbal medicine healers of Java to the body balancing mechanisms of Jin Shin Jyutsu, from Japan. Along with his wife Phylipa, Graeme runs Resources For Life, a natural health business in Chichester, West Sussex. Much of what is available on their web site has origins steeped in ancient knowledge.
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