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Before treating an animal for any condition, many factors
should be taken into consideration. With so many choices
in healing for our animals in holistic and natural therapies,
it is always wise to take in the “whole” picture.
Many times we are so focused on the issue at hand and the
outcome, it is easy to omit some of these suggestions for
consideration.
An example I can present is a nine-year-old thoroughbred
mare. I received a frantic call one evening from her owner.
The mare had been in extreme colic all day and the veterinarian
had just left for the second time. He had suggested the
mare be put down as she had recurrent colic episodes, was
not responding to any treatment and was in real pain. The
owner was desperate for any solution. Someone had given
her our number. The two-hour drive ended in a small barn
near the ship channel in Houston with no electricity. Since
the owner was committed to do whatever it took to give this
mare a chance, we worked all night and part of the next
day doing every imaginable technique, herbs and natural
remedies administered by my trusty turkey baster and lots
of prayer. The owner stayed with the mare tirelessly and
the mare came through the traumatic ordeal.
We know that multiple episodes of colic deplete the horse’s
entire system. We were discussing ways to build up the immune
system when I became aware for the first time in the daytime
where we were. We had been working with truck headlights
and lanterns through the night. Several things became apparent.
A waterway that ran through the pasture had a beautiful
sheen that glistened in the morning sunrise. High power
lines crisscrossed the entire pasture. The water in the
barn had an odor that could have been due to the coastal
proximity. It all reeked of environmental toxicity and electromagnetic
pollution.
The mare had been there for three years and had been with
the current owner for six of her nine years. The first time
she had an episode of colic had been when she was five.
It was from moldy hay. It had been pretty severe, but she
recovered quickly. She did not colic again until after she
moved to this current location. She had been colicky on
many occasions and had actually been treated for several
severe attacks over the three years. The last colic episode
was nearly fatal; as it seemed her immune system was no
longer able to support her.
I recommended that whatever she had to do, she needed to
immediately move her mare. In the meantime, I had gotten
a really bad migraine, being extremely susceptible to certain
chemicals, other odors, electromagnetic disturbances and
other unknown causes. I felt this mare would not survive
this environment.
She did in fact move the mare within the week. After moving
her, the mare had several bouts of light colic, but was
able to read the signs and control them. She also changed
her diet, placed her on some great supportive herbs and
essential oils, learned how to do emergency acupressure
(thanks Nancy Zidonis, Amy Snow and Marie Soderberg) and
other techniques to prevent and maintain a horse that has
been a chronic colic mare.
Some causes of colic:
- Psychological stress
- Nutritional deficiency
- Allergenic Overload
- Environmental Pollution
- Physical Over exhaustion
- Extreme Temperature Variations
- Microbiologic Contamination
- Drug Side Effects
- Electromagnetic Pollution
- Geopathic Stress
- Negative Thought Energies
Look around, you’ll probably add to this list.
Submitted by:
Bennie Jean Kuehnle
The Animal Institute of Holistic Health
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