Coming up with the perfect natural pain relief for pets, especially for joint pains, is the work of a professionally trained vet who can prescribe the appropriate treatment. It's a subjective issue when you observe your cat or dog. Some actions of theirs might prevent you from being able to note their pain or injuries, or perhaps disorders like arthritis. The main thing to keenly note is their speed of response. Are they active? Do they keep sitting in same place for a longer than usual time? Do they limp, and stay restless? If any behavorial changes last for over a few days, it might be the right time to call your vet and have your pet checked.
Once your pet has identified the exact problems, they'll most likely prescribe some medication. However, this obviously depends on a couple of factors and mostly they may not want to give typical pain killers because of the negative side effects they have aside from the intended effects. If they prescribe a specific diet and exercise, that's fantastic as well in addition to the medication. Be sure to follow the vet's instructions clearly.
A lot of people say dogs and cats are different in the aspects of mechanism of metabolism and so on. Dogs' metabolism is belieed to be a little bit similar to a human being's and sometimes they may actually take aspirin for pain relief. However, cats can never take such medicines and it can even lead to a highly adverse reaction in the body of the cat. Truth be told, pain medication for cats is not something we humans know a lot about. It's a relatively new field of study but yes, there's some great on-going progress.
Herbal medications are generally considered to be very effective for joint in pain in dogs and cats. There are a good amount of homeopathic medicines for such issues also. Willow Bark apparently is like a natural aspirin for dogs and is safe enough because it doesn't upset their belly like a common aspirin medicine probably would. But, Willow Bark is only effective with dogs and a few other animals, not for cats. for cats there's a very specific kind of medication needed depending on the exact symptoms. Either way, ensure you consult your vet before you do anything else.
Interestingly, accupuncture for cats is considered to be one of the best natural pain remedies. It has had a high success rate with dog pain relief as well, and several benefits have been observed. Accupuncture, the famous old Chinese science of treatments, involves inserting needles on accupuncture meridians, which are essentially the energy points responsible for functioning of our body.
Cases of success with massage therapy have been growing as well. It is also only the work of a professional and you shouldn't try massaging yourself because you need to be very gentle with it. Pets don't like to be poked around out of the blue! Moreover, pressing hard could lead to a very unpleasant reaction from them as a result of pain. The reason massaging works is it helps in letting the blood flow to the affected areas which need more of it and where blood flow could've been blocked or not very good. It should be similar to stroking your pet normally in a very gentle way.
Author Resource:
Maddie Diamond is a non-fiction author who has published an extensive number of articles on the topics of pet care. Her recent publication includes a feature article dog arthritis treatment published online.
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