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Coconut oil for giardia?
In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "KellyH"
artfully composed this message within news:YtbRc.90177$8_6.27319@attbi_s04 on 07 Aug 2004: I started doing some research about giardia and came across some claims that virgin coconut oil can kill giardia. Granted, most of the sites I saw were selling coconut oil, but I was wondering if there is any truth to this. Any other ideas for killing a stubborn case of giardia? Kelly, I found the same sites when looking for relief (ANY relief) for Shadow and his IBD. Some research of mine led to candida which could have accounted for his goopy ears (yeast) and that also can cause diarrhea and intestinal upset so also found many links to coconut oil, probably the same ones you're finding. Bottom line was that none of the vet sites, and even many of the holistic ones never mentioned coconut oil so I figured it was all hokey and never tried it. -- Cheryl |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
... Kelly, I found the same sites when looking for relief (ANY relief) for Shadow and his IBD. Some research of mine led to candida which could have accounted for his goopy ears (yeast) and that also can cause diarrhea and intestinal upset so also found many links to coconut oil, probably the same ones you're finding. Bottom line was that none of the vet sites, and even many of the holistic ones never mentioned coconut oil so I figured it was all hokey and never tried it. -- Cheryl I went to Wild Oats today hoping to procure both slippery elm and virgin coconut oil, but could find neither. I'm desperate to help this cat. The shelter vet comes in tomorrow, so I'll ask her if there are any other options we can try to help her. Even if the giardia doesn't completely go away, we need to at least get the diarrhea under control. She is a very sweet cat. I'm thinking about fostering her, but I don't know how practical that will be. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
... Kelly, I found the same sites when looking for relief (ANY relief) for Shadow and his IBD. Some research of mine led to candida which could have accounted for his goopy ears (yeast) and that also can cause diarrhea and intestinal upset so also found many links to coconut oil, probably the same ones you're finding. Bottom line was that none of the vet sites, and even many of the holistic ones never mentioned coconut oil so I figured it was all hokey and never tried it. -- Cheryl I went to Wild Oats today hoping to procure both slippery elm and virgin coconut oil, but could find neither. I'm desperate to help this cat. The shelter vet comes in tomorrow, so I'll ask her if there are any other options we can try to help her. Even if the giardia doesn't completely go away, we need to at least get the diarrhea under control. She is a very sweet cat. I'm thinking about fostering her, but I don't know how practical that will be. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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rom: "KellyH"
I went to Wild Oats today hoping to procure both slippery elm Hi Kelly, What form were you looking for? I've only seen it in capsules. But you can make a syrup from the powder. Email me if you need a recipe. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message
... rom: "KellyH" I went to Wild Oats today hoping to procure both slippery elm Hi Kelly, What form were you looking for? I've only seen it in capsules. But you can make a syrup from the powder. Email me if you need a recipe. Lauren I was looking for anything. I was very surprised I didn't see it, Wild Oats usually has everything. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message
... rom: "KellyH" I went to Wild Oats today hoping to procure both slippery elm Hi Kelly, What form were you looking for? I've only seen it in capsules. But you can make a syrup from the powder. Email me if you need a recipe. Lauren I was looking for anything. I was very surprised I didn't see it, Wild Oats usually has everything. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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From: "KellyH"
Hi Kelly, What form were you looking for? I've only seen it in capsules. But you can make a syrup from the powder. Email me if you need a recipe. Lauren I was looking for anything. I was very surprised I didn't see it, Wild Oats usually has everything. Yeah that is surprising. I would think Wild Oats would have it for sure. Do you have Whole Foods there? I know they carry slippery elm in capsules. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "KellyH"
Hi Kelly, What form were you looking for? I've only seen it in capsules. But you can make a syrup from the powder. Email me if you need a recipe. Lauren I was looking for anything. I was very surprised I didn't see it, Wild Oats usually has everything. Yeah that is surprising. I would think Wild Oats would have it for sure. Do you have Whole Foods there? I know they carry slippery elm in capsules. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message
... Yeah that is surprising. I would think Wild Oats would have it for sure. Do you have Whole Foods there? I know they carry slippery elm in capsules. One of the other volunteers said she had some and is bringing it in tomorrow. I'll ask her where she got it. Maybe I wasn't looking in the right area. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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