Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 I have a 14 year old cat. When I lived in Oregon until last august, he was having problems with bi syndrome and lower body weakness. He had lost his ability to even jump on the couch and he was sometimes in pretty bad pain from mild exercise. He was very cold intolerant and sometimes drooled. Anyway he has taken a lot of herbs and supplements over the past couple of years. And he has done quite well from bovine cartilage especially. But he still seemed pretty weak in general. Well, when we moved from cold damp Portland to warm dry San diego, he immediately began to improve. But recently, he began to exhibit signs of rapidly gaining strength. He seemed to be eating a little less but not losing any weight. He was now jumping up on the dresser and leaping five feet across counters (which he should be doing for other reasons, but nevertheless...) and running. He was also more cold resistant based upon him comfortably staying out on some cold nights that usually would have found him insisting on sleeping on top of me for warmth. Now this cat has always been a hunter. He has been very successful in san diego, killing large rates right from the outset (I like a cat who does his job with relish). He also immediately took a fascination with a certain lizard we have in san diego. At first he would grab them by the tail and end up with just a tail when it broke off. But recently he has appeared to learn that grabbing them by the body is safe and they can't escape. Now, these lizards are apparently quite tasty because he has taking to eating them after the kill. I have been kind of impressed with his lizard hunting skills for an old guy that it didn't even occur to me that there might be a correlation between his new hobby and his improved health. Well, I did some research and sure enough my cat is eating geckos. -- Chinese Herbal Medicine FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Todd: It sounds like your cat has learned from your skills. In Korea (and probably other countries) they feed certain herbs to animals in order to harvest certain organs for cancer and longevity therapies---for example sulphur to ducks or ginseng to dogs. If you can read kitty pulses check for kidney jing and marrow changes, since gecko is salty and neutral, going to the lung and kidney meridians. Have you followed your cat's example and begun eating gecko? Following that experience is probably how this whole TCM herbal business got started. Jim Ramholz , wrote: > I have a 14 year old cat. When I lived in Oregon until last august, he > was having problems with bi syndrome and lower body weakness. He had > lost his ability to even jump on the couch and he was sometimes in > pretty bad pain from mild exercise. He was very cold intolerant and > sometimes drooled. Anyway he has taken a lot of herbs and supplements > over the past couple of years. And he has done quite well from bovine > cartilage especially. But he still seemed pretty weak in general. > Well, when we moved from cold damp Portland to warm dry San diego, he > immediately began to improve. But recently, he began to exhibit signs > of rapidly gaining strength. He seemed to be eating a little less but > not losing any weight. He was now jumping up on the dresser and leaping > five feet across counters (which he should be doing for other reasons, > but nevertheless...) and running. He was also more cold resistant based > upon him comfortably staying out on some cold nights that usually would > have found him insisting on sleeping on top of me for warmth. Now this > cat has always been a hunter. He has been very successful in san diego, > killing large rates right from the outset (I like a cat who does his job > with relish). He also immediately took a fascination with a certain > lizard we have in san diego. At first he would grab them by the tail > and end up with just a tail when it broke off. But recently he has > appeared to learn that grabbing them by the body is safe and they can't > escape. Now, these lizards are apparently quite tasty because he has > taking to eating them after the kill. I have been kind of impressed > with his lizard hunting skills for an old guy that it didn't even occur > to me that there might be a correlation between his new hobby and his > improved health. Well, I did some research and sure enough my cat is > eating geckos. > > -- > > Director > Chinese Herbal Medicine > > FAX: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 The proof will be in the pudding though when you tell us how he reacts when the female cats next door go on heat. Heiko > I have been kind of impressed > with his lizard hunting skills for an old guy that it didn't even occur > to me that there might be a correlation between his new hobby and his > improved health. Well, I did some research and sure enough my cat is > eating geckos. > > -- > > Director > Chinese Herbal Medicine > > FAX: > > > Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 All right, all right, enough cat sex jokes. But, seriously, my cat went to great lengths to tear into a sealed package of dried geckos that I keep in my herb pharmacy for teaching purposes! I have to keep the geckos in a drawer now! My cat is young, male and neutered! Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 , jramholz wrote: Have you followed your cat's example and begun eating > gecko? Luckily I'm still young and not really yang xu and I don't care for lizard meat. I have rarely even used gecko in my practice. I did toy with the idea of a gecko farm to make kitty supplements, but that just isn't something that sits well with me. If the cat likes to kill, that's cool with me. Following that experience is probably how this whole TCM > herbal business got started. I totally agree with that. this was a pretty stark example. though I would add that prehuman hominids were just instinct following animals and homo sapiens probably inherited some of these instincts and preserved them as culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 , Heiko Lade <heiko@l...> wrote: > The proof will be in the pudding though when you tell us how he reacts when the female cats next door go on heat. > considering he is neutered, that would certainly be remarkable!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 --- wrote: > , Heiko Lade <heiko@l...> wrote: > > The proof will be in the pudding though when you tell us how he reacts when > the female cats next door go on heat. > > > > considering he is neutered, that would certainly be remarkable!!! True, especially if the geckos somehow reverse that. Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 , juliej8@a... wrote: My cat is young, male and neutered! > > Julie Guess he wants back that yang you took away from him.. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2001 Report Share Posted April 24, 2001 Once when I was out of town for a week, The mice found my geckos and picked the bones clean! On Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 11:36 AM, juliej8 wrote: > All right, all right, enough cat sex jokes. But, seriously, my cat went > to > great lengths to tear into a sealed package of dried geckos that I keep > in my > herb pharmacy for teaching purposes! I have to keep the geckos in a > drawer > now! My cat is young, male and neutered! > > Julie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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