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Oxalate Grass – How to manage

8 September, 2015

The good news is that with the help of the right supplements you can live with a certain amount of  oxalate grass. On the other hand you can’t live with Perennial rye grass and clover no matter what you shovel into the horse! Oxalates are chemicals which more abundant in warm season grasses, that latch onto calcium making the Calcium unavailable for the grazing animal to utilise. It doesn’t take long for the resulting low blood calcium levels to cause the Parathyroid Gland to produce Parathyroid Hormone to tell the bones to release calcium into the bloodstream to make up…

Mycotoxins – What are they?

8 September, 2015

Myco is the Greek term for fungus and toxins mean poison and are produced in various types of fungi. Some of these fungi live inside the plant and are called endophytes. Perennial rye-grass contains endophytes which produce two very harmful myco-toxins, namely lolitrem B and ergovaline. Annual rye-grass where as it doesn’t contain the dangerous endophytes can have a highly poisonous bacteria form on the seed heads. A toxic bacterial gall is formed and some may exude a yellow slime. Both the endophyte and bacterial gall will still be present in hay even if it has been stored for years,…

Could it be the Grass?

8 September, 2015

Many horses suffer unnecessarily with health and behavioural issues because of imbalances in their diet. Most people only think about what they hand feed their horses rather than what grass they are eating and this is just as important to their health. Not all grass is good for horses. How grass affects horses It’s not that horses can’t eat any grass. Horses have evolved over millions of years as herbivores and a large part of their diet is meant to be grass. However there is an enormous difference between the grass in the diet of the healthy, wild horse who…

Symptom checklist – What’s wrong with my Horse?

8 September, 2015

Many people don’t realise their horses are Grass Affected until it is too late and they have a nasty accident or the horse becomes unrideable due to head-flicking, behavioural issues or laminitis. In most cases the symptoms occur long before the horses get to this stage – so our aim is to help you to recognize the first signs and how to correct the horses diet immediately once you notice any changes in the horse. Despite many horse carers spending vast amounts of money on professional advice, thousands and thousands of horses and ponies all over the planet succumb to a…

Arthritis, Joint & Pain Support for Cats

8 September, 2015

Using natural, non-toxic nutritional supplements, herbs and homeopathics for Arthritis, Joint & Pain Support for Cats is just as effective as conventional methods, without the side effects. Is your kitty struggling to jump up on their favourite furniture or window sill? This may be a sign that your cat’s joints are becoming stiff, sore and inflamed. Most pain-relieving drugs have side effects, especially when used long term, however there are a number of natural alternatives (see below) that we have had excellent results with. We have helped hundreds of animals with arthritis over the last 25 years. There are a…

Flower Essences for Cats

8 September, 2015

Flower essences for cats Physical health conditions often manifest from deeper emotional imbalances. For example: a toilet trained indoor cat may suddenly start urinating inside when a new neighbourhood cat starts hanging around at night. Anxiety, jealousy, anger, loneliness, resentment and other stresses can affect pets just as they affect people, causing a number of health related conditions. In cases such as this, it is necessary to work on the pet’s emotional well being, rather than just treating the physical symptoms. Behavioural problems such as biting and aggression may also benefit from flower essences. It should be combined with appropriate…

Vaccination Alternatives

8 September, 2015

Vaccination Alternatives: This is a very controversial topic and there have been many arguments from both sides as to the safety and effectiveness. There is a growing number of Veterinarians and Doctors that are speaking out, about the hidden dangers of over-vaccination and much of this evidence is not relayed to the general public. Vaccination is not 100% effective in preventing the specific disease, and the risk of side-effects is high. Many people have noticed side-effects within hours, days or weeks after their pet has been vaccinated, but often it is dismissed as not being related to the vaccine. These…

Detoxification Benefits For Dogs: Fasting For Health & Longevity!

8 September, 2015

There is an old saying ‘that a clean blood supply ensures a healthy body’ which is very true for both people and animals. The body is continuously eliminating waste products, but if these wastes are being consumed or absorbed faster than the body can eliminate them, they will start to accumulate in the liver, kidneys, fatty tissues and throughout the entire system. This is when disease develops and when detoxification is most needed. Toxins come from consuming poor quality food such as dried, canned and processed rolls, preservatives, colourings and artificial additives, all drugs and medications including vaccinations, pesticides, herbicides, chemical…

Naturopathy For Animals

8 September, 2015

Naturopathy For Animals is an alternative form of healing using only natural, non-invasive, drug-free methods, to prevent and treat illness in animals. Different modalities such as homeopathy, herbal medicine, flower essences, mineral therapy, massage, nutrition, or any combination of these may be used in the treatment, depending on the particular animal & the condition being treated. Some of the many conditions that can benefit from naturopathic treatment are: Skin disorders such as eczema, flea allergies, mange, warts and ringworm. Ear problems, mites and infections, eye discharge, arthritis, allergies, fleas and ticks, kidney, heart and liver problems, chronic infections, digestive problems,…

Skin Allergies – Natural Alternatives

8 September, 2015

Skin Allergies are extremely common in dogs and cats today, and it’s not just fleas that are causing the problem. It is becoming increasingly common for domestic pets to have skin allergies or sensitivities.  They may react to anything from fleas, grasses, weeds, shampoos, household chemicals, chlorinated water, preservatives or certain foods. Skin allergies can show up as excessive itching, dry and flaky skin, hot spots, eczema, dull or greasy coat, dandruff, excessive licking, chewing at paws, fur loss or smelly coat. External parasites can also be a major cause such as mange (mites), lice, ticks, fleas or fungal conditions…

Mange Mites – How to Manage Naturally

8 September, 2015

Mange mites are tiny parasites that can turn a once healthy-looking pet into a sad and sorry sight indeed. Mange is caused from a mite that burrows under the skin causing discomfort or itching, infection and unsightly hair loss. There are different types of mange mites the most common being sarcoptic mange and demodectic mange. Mange will generally only affect animals with depressed immune function. It is necessary to visit your veterinarian for correct diagnosis of mange, where he or she will do a skin scraping to determine the presence of mites, which are not visible to the naked eye….

Flea Control – Natural Alternatives

8 September, 2015

Flea Control – Natural alternatives are available so you don’t need to poison your animals with chemicals or drugs. Did you know? Choose Natural Alternatives Natural treatments can work equally effectively as the chemical products but will require more frequent use than the artificial treatments. It’s concerning when anthing topical has a warning to avoid contact with human skin yet is supposedly okay to apply to your animal’s skin? (Why is this supposedly okay… I wonder?) Personally, anything that is not safe for human skin contact should not be used on an animal. Regular grooming and running a flea comb through the coat…

Dog Diet – Feeding Naturally

8 September, 2015

Providing dogs with a natural diet consisting of raw, natural food is recommended for optimum health and longevity. For optimum health, we recommend avoiding highly processed pet food including processed rolls, canned or dry kibble with added fillers, salt, preservatives, meat/poultry meal and artificial flavours or colours. RAW MEAT & BONES should make up approximately 85% of the DAILY RATION: VEGETABLES should make up approximately 10% of the DAILY RATION: Avoid starchy (high carb) vegetables for dogs with fungal/yeast issues. Avoid feeding any onions or chives. NON-ESSENTIAL EXTRAS can make up 5% of the DAILY RATION: The following foods are great…

Minerals For Healthy Animals

8 September, 2015

Minerals For Healthy Animals: Minerals are essential for optimum health for all living species. Requirements differ from one species to the next, but they all need adequate amounts of each mineral for healthy bodily functions. Mineral deficiencies can lead to disease and so can mineral excesses. Therefore, getting the correct amount in the right ratios is the key to optimum health. Most natural diets will provide these minerals in appropriate balances but most commercially prepared diets don’t. Dogs and cats fed on commercial food often suffer from severe imbalances. This is because it is impossible to provide all the nutrients…

Hyperactive Pets

8 September, 2015

Hyperactive Pets: A Natural Approach. Hyperactive pets present in the form of excessive barking, aggression, excitability, obsessive personality, irritability, extreme nervousness or erratic behaviour, then this may not necessarily be due to inadequate training. These animals are often trying to tell you something or simply cannot help themselves or the way they feel due to outside influences. In these cases, any form of training seems to be totally ineffective. It can often be extremely beneficial to speak with an animal communicator to help find out why the animal is behaving in this way and what you can do about it. Poor…

Healthy Fast Food For Your Pets

8 September, 2015

You can provide Healthy Fast Food For Your Pets with little fuss to ensure they stay healthy and happy. We all know the old saying ‘you are what you eat’, and if this is the case, then it is no wonder that our loyal companions are suffering from such a variety of acute and chronic health complaints. Can you imagine living on take away food your whole life? Some animals have never eaten any fresh food, living on processed foods totally. It is certainly possible to do, but you could not expect to be feeling fantastic all the time on this…

Equimin Supplement

8 September, 2015

Raised on healthy food and Equimin Raised on healthy food and Equimin supplement and looking stunning now. ‘After photo’ was taken 6 months after starting on Equimin Supplement daily. C.P Melbourne, VIC

Natrakelp

8 September, 2015

“My stock horse stallion sliced his front foot and was in a plaster cast for 7 weeks. The Vet said initially it may not heal up enough for proper use of his foot. When the cast was removed, his foot was still good and 5 & 1/2 months later he was galloping about the paddock with no sign of lameness and is back serving mares. The vet was amazed at the healing, & that the results were so good. I fed him NATRAKELP LIQUID SEAWEED 2 x daily of 2 tablespoons each feed then reduced to 1 tablespoon daily after…

From a Grim outlook to Grinning!

8 September, 2015

“I am just sending this to say a great big thank you to Greenpet for the wonderful advice and service. (Naturopathic consultation) I turned to natural therapies as a last resort to helping my daughters nine year old Australian Pony. Things were looking very grim. A couple of years ago he received a kick to the stifle from our other horse whilst playing. After consultations with the vets without much help – except for them wanting me to spend lots of money on really expensive tests. Things were going along quite well until he foundered on us in the spring…

Arthritis relief for Horse

8 September, 2015

Arthritis relief for Horse My 16 yr old horse has arthritis in both hocks and a tendency to put his back out a lot. I was told to retire him to trail riding duties as his working life was apparently over, he only dose prelim novice dressage, I wasn’t going to subject him to needles in the hocks or expensive medicines that MIGHT work. I purchased supplements recommended by you & have been using them for 4 weeks and the change in my horse’s movement and attitude towards his work is unreal. He actually uses his hocks now the stiffness is basically…

Horse Goes Crazy!

8 September, 2015

After losing my pony a few years ago I acquired ‘Dollie’, an Anglo Arab filly. At first she didn’t trust people and was very scatty but with in 6 months she became almost bomb proof in the paddocks and you could do anything with her. In fact, a learner was practicing on her, picking out her feet. She had been saddled and bridled, and she was so good everyone was amazed. ‘Dollie’ was a pleasure to have around right up until we moved her to more permanent grazing. Something sent her CRAZY! It was like someone had put a different…

Unpredictable, Dangerous Horse Saved

8 September, 2015

We have had Noah ten months. His previous owner had bought him for his wife as a novice rider’s horse. They gave me Noah with great caution as he had bucked, reared and succeeded in getting them off. He refused to float for them. He acted like a monster lived in that float so it took me two hours to load him when I first got him. Now loading was one area he has learnt to master since being with me but other behaviours stuck. Noah has always been a bucker, rearer, overexcited, spooky, tense, bolshy horse with a head…

Summer’s Recovery

8 September, 2015

The pictures below show “Summer” an elderly Stock horse x Arab before (left) and after (right) natural treatment. Summer was fed on natural feed, hay and supplemented with Greenpet Equimin and Greenpet Joint GMC

Stiff, Lame and Spooky Horse

8 September, 2015

I fell for my Palomino Quarter Horse on our first ride. He was 14 years old and only 3 months prior to my owning him he had lived in Queensland. He was bred in South East Queensland and was broken in and trained to be a Reiner. His manners were impeccable but he was a very nervous horse and his shying was more like a very, very fast spin. I have owned him for nearly 4 years now and in that time we have had our issues (big time). Most of our troubles have been with his body, joints and…

Chronic Scouring Resolved

8 September, 2015

Scour Testimonial My Quarter Horse gelding has scoured for most of his life and no change of diet, Vet, Nutritionist or Herbalist has helped. Most foods and all supplements upset his gut and it has been a nightmare to work out exactly what the problem has been over the past 7 years. When he scoured, his behaviour got progressively worse and he became explosive, grumpy, unpredictable and could be quite dangerous to be around. When he wasn’t scouring he was awesome. I read Jenny Paterson’s book ‘The Key To Calm, Healthy Horses’ and realized it may be the rye grass he grazed that…

Dangerous Horse Now Calm

8 September, 2015

Dangerous Horse Now Calm This is a picture taken on Tue 12th May 2009 of 63 year old Ian Fergusson and his 10 yr old half Irish gelding. Up until about 6 weeks ago Monkey was one of those horses people categorise as ‘down-right dangerous’!! ‘Ferg’, well known in North Canterbury (NZ) has ridden all his life and was master of the Brackenfield Hunt for about 10 years. He acquired ‘Monkey’ as an ‘unbroken’ 4 year old with the idea of breaking him in and using him for general farm work, hunting and the odd show. Ferg thought Monkey had…

Belle’s Ross River Virus Recovery

8 September, 2015

Belle’s Ross River Virus Recovery In March 2009 our mare became very ill, legs swollen and stiff, and she could barely walk. She was diagnosed by blood test to have Ross River Virus … a bad case of it. Our vet said her recovery would likely be 18 months. I contacted Greenpet on the advice of a friend, we had an on-line consultation and placed an order. While we were waiting for the tonic and supplements to arrive, Belle worsened, and at one point my husband and I talked about euthanising her she was so bad. She developed Stress Founder, and…

Darcy’s Eye – 24 hours!

7 September, 2015

Image taken 3 June 2011, of ‘Darcy’s’ left eye. I came out to find my horse’s eye fully closed, unable to open it with swelling on upper lid. I bathed it with Greenpet Herbal Eye Wash and sprayed Greenpet Oxyeze Skin Spray. Later that day, I repeated this bathing and his eye was open slightly so I could then spray the Oxyeze into his eye, (from a distance) to get a fine mist into the eye. The next morning I repeated this as his eye was almost fully open with only a slight discharge in the corner. By the end of the next…

Sarcoids Testimonial

8 September, 2013

“In April of ’98, a friend gave me some salve…to remove some sarcoids on two of my horses. One on the nostril of one horse, and two on the under side of the barrel on the other horse. The nostril sarcoid was gone in three days, and the two barrel sarcoids were gone in ten days. A year later the horse with the barrel sarcoids developed yet another lesion on the opposite side of his mid line, and again treated it and it was totally gone in a week.”