Zoopharmacognosy to the Rescue!
Find out about Charley's zoopharmacognosy journey.
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Mission Accomplished: Manifestation of Full Blown Sympathetic Nervous System Response
February 24th was indeed a “Red Letter Day”. The last of the kitties was finally neutered. However, this was not achieved without stress. Since September 2022 when the kittens reached 6 months of age, I had been trying to catch this kitty. The other three were not easy but this one was truly elusive. Every [...]
Emergency Measures
Sometimes things we do with the best of intentions turn into a problematic situation. When the little feral cat turned up on our doorstep in the midst of torrential rain, providing her with food and shelter seemed like the right thing to do. The consequences of this decision have been far-reaching. Then she had her [...]
Expect the Unexpected
A few days ago, I had to attend to some paperwork at the police station. It was pouring with rain and the roads were flooded. As we drove gently through a flooded area Salma got up from her usual travelling place for the first time since she has been with us and came to lie [...]
Turmeric Essential Oil
We have been using turmeric powder in zoopharmacognosy for a long time now but recently the essential oil has become more readily available. If you would like to find out more about the properties of this oil and how it may help the animals we work with, please click on the link below. TURMERIC EO [...]
Cooling Foods
Sometimes when we have an animal who suffers in the heat or who generates excessive internal body heat, is anxious, nervous or hyperactive, an important factor may be diet. Here are some “cooling” foods based on Chinese medicinal concepts: turkey duck duck eggs seafood crab fish rabbit yoghourt barley wholegrain ricee tofu sesame seeds In [...]
Circumstances that Can Condition Behaviours
A couple of weeks ago I went to the garden centre. I noticed that one of the German Shepherds was no longer there. The owner told me that he had become paralysed in the hindquarters and she had opted for euthanasia. He was 12 years old. I also noticed that in a compound there were [...]
New webinar available! Multi-animal Households
A new recording has now been added to our Learning Page. Many homes these days have several animals of the same or different species sharing the space. Sometimes problems of different kinds can arise. In this webinar we look at some of these and then see how applied zooopharmacognosy and Tellington TTouch may provide us [...]