Antibiotics for cats are used extensively for almost every condition. It's the first medicine of choice for every vet. And certainly the effects can be effective. But what are the side effects of antibiotics? And what happens when stronger and stronger antibiotics are needed, which still do not yield results?
First lets look at an infection. The body is intelligent and produces symptoms for a reason. It's the way the immune system works. Often, the efforts of a healthy immune system will completely resolve the problem.
But it needs time. And many people with cats panic at the first sign of ill health and rush their beloved feline off to a vet. By understanding what a healthy body is always trying to do is much more valuable than panicking.
Vets are people, too. Even when a vet can't find anything wrong with your cat, it doesn't mean there isn't. And vets tend to respond to your desperate need to do something. So out come the antibiotics, often 'just in case'.
Antibiotics often have an immediate palliative effect, lulling people into thinking they have 'cured' the problem. But they are palliative, not curative.
Antibiotics, along with all veterinary drugs, do have side effects. Quite serious ones, that you may not know about. Here are a few:
all veterinary drugs are toxic, which loads up your cat's system, making it more difficult to heal the problem at its core
all veterinary drugs lower the immune system, lowering the overall health of your cat
no veterinary drug deals with the cause of the problem, only the effect
the massive use of antibiotics globally is creating toxic environments, further complicating everyone's health in the future
Antibiotics for cats should be used sparingly, when there really is little or no alternative. When the problem is dire and all other alternatives have been thoroughly explored, to no avail.
So what are the alternatives? There are a few, some of which need to be used with great knowledge and caution, such as herbs. Cats are sensitive to herbs and cannot tolerate many. Allowing them a choice is the safest way. Acupuncture can be highly effective, but can only be carried out by a knowledgeable practitioner.
Probably homeopathic treatment offers your cat the best alternative for all round and deeply effective health care. It also offers you the widest choice of use and is perhaps the most economical treatment.
Expensive and traumatic tests are not required. Even a visit to a homeopath is not always necessary - much good work can be carried out at a distance, by phone or Skype. And you can learn, reasonably quickly, how to use some of the common remedies at home, so avoiding the need for veterinary treatment.
Antibiotics for cats should not be used as liberally as they are. If you tend to panic easily about the health of your cat, then you are helping to create this problem of overuse. To learn more about alternative health care, some of which can be used at home, click on the link below.
