Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (87 page)

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• Ear discharges, cleaning,
  1
  
• Ear mites,
  1
  
• Ear problems,
  1
  
  • “allergy ears,”
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • relating to anatomy,
    1
    
    • ear mites,
      1
      
    • trapped foxtails,
      1
      
    • water in the ear canal,
      1
      
• Eclampsia,
  1
  
• Eczema.
  See
  Skin problems
  
• Egg(s)
  
  • and Grain, Easy,
    1
    
  • in natural diet,
    1
    
  • Quick Canine Oats and,
    1
    
  • Quick Feline Eggfest,
    1
    
  • Supplement for Dog Kibble, Fresh,
    1
    
• Eggshell powder, calcium in,
  1
  
• Elbow, arthritis of,
  1
  
• Electric cords, as pet hazard,
  1
  
• Electromagnetic effects on health,
  1
  
• Emergencies
  
  • breathing and heart both stopped,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • breathing stopped,
    1
    
  • burns,
    1
    
  • car accidents,
    1
    
  • convulsions,
    1
    
  • cuts,
    1
    
  • fractures,
    1
    
  • gunshot wounds,
    1
    
  • heart stopped,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • heat stroke,
    1
    
  • hemorrhage,
    1
    
    • pressure bandage technique for,
      1
      ,
      2
      
  • insect bites,
    1
    
  • poisoning,
    1
    
  • preparing for,
    1
    
  • puncture,
    1
    
  • shock,
    1
    
  • sudden collapse,
    1
    
  • supplies for,
    1
    
• Emotional factors in pet illnesses
  
  • example of,
    1
    
  • human emotions,
    1
    
  • loss or change,
    1
    
  • patterns in,
    1
    
• Emotional needs of dogs,
  1
  
• Emotional stress
  
  • lowering natural resistance,
    1
    
  • supplements for,
    1
    
• Encephalitis, chronic, causing aggression in dogs,
  1
  
• Enemas,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Entropion,
  1
  
• Environmental hazards
  
  • electromagnetic energies,
    1
    
  • preventing birth defects from,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • protection against,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • toxins as (
    see
    Toxins)
    
• Epilepsy,
  1
  
• Essential fatty acids,
  1
  
• Estrogen, contaminating meat,
  1
  
• Euthanasia
  
  • considerations for,
    1
    
  • homeopathy and,
    1
    
  • of unwanted animals,
    1
    ,
    2
    
• Exercise,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• External Heart Massage Technique,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
• Eye discharges, cleaning,
  1
  
• Eye problems
  
  • cataracts,
    1
    
  • congenital,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • corneal ulcers,
    1
    
  • inflammation,
    1
    
  • ingrowing eyelids,
    1
    
  • injuries,
    1
    
  • irritation, from travel,
    1
    

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• Falls, preventing,
  1
  
• Fasts
  
  • bone,
    1
    
  • for introducing new foods,
    1
    
  • for sick animals
    
    • break-in period,
      1
      
    • force-feeding for breaking,
      1
      
    • with liquid diet,
      1
      
    • transition diet for breaking,
      1
      
• Fats
  
  • in commercial pet foods,
    1
    
  • in ideal pet foods,
    1
    
  • in meats,
    1
    
• Fatty Feline Fare,
  1
  
• Feeding amounts, guidelines for,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  
• Feeding schedule
  
  • for dogs and cats,
    1
    
  • for kittens,
    1
    
• Feline calicivirus,
  1
  
• Feline Feast,
  1
  
• Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV),
  1
  
• Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP),
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Feline leukemia (FELV),
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Feline leukemia vaccine,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Feline panleukopenia,
  1
  
• Feline panleukopenia vaccine,
  1
  
• Feline urologic syndrome.
  See
  Bladder problems
  
• Feline viral rhinotracheitis,
  1
  
• FELV,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Fencing, for confining dogs,
  1
  
• Fever, fasting for,
  1
  
• Fiber, in commercial pet foods,
  1
  
• Finicky eaters,
  1
  
• FIP,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• First aid.
  See
  Emergencies
  
• Fish
  
  • essential fatty acids in,
    1
    
  • taurine in,
    1
    
• FIV,
  1
  
• Flavorings in natural diet,
  1
  
• Flea-control products
  
  • ingredients in,
    1
    ,
    2
    
  • safety concerns about,
    1
    
• Fleas,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  
  • anemia from,
    1
    
  • safe control of,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
    
• Flower essences,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Fluoride, as toxic,
  1
  ,
  2
  
• Food allergies,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  
  • diets for identifying,
    1
    
• Force-feeding
  
  • for appetite loss,
    1
    
  • with Pet Puree,
    1
    
• Formaldehyde,
  1
  
• Formulas, for orphaned kittens and puppies,
  1
  
  • nutritional composition of,
    1
    
• Foxtails,
  1
  ,
  2
  ,
  3
  ,
  4
  
• Fractures, first aid for,
  1
  
• Free-roaming pets, hazards to,
  1
  
• Fresh Egg Supplement for Dog Kibble,
  1
  
• Fresh Meat Supplement for Dog Kibble,
  1
  
• Fruit, as snack,
  1