More herbal recipes for general pet care.

Sure-Fire Way to Stop Fleas

Give your dog 1 tablet of 100 mg thiamine daily I keep several outdoor cats and I grind 1 tablet daily and add this to their food. It works.

Swine Biting Prevention

Pigs are intelligent animals and get bored easily unless they are kept busy. They may have a tendency to bite the tails off of each other. Put toys in the pen for them to play with. Give them, things that they can push around and get rough with. Old tires are good playthings for them. Look around and I’m sure you can find different things that you can put in their pens.

My goats used to enjoy playing with a beach ball. They really kept busy with it. A beach ball would not last long with pigs, but there are other things you can use. I’ve even put in a sturdy wagon and they push that around.

Ticks

To remove ticks from you or your pet, dip a cotton swab in alco­hol. Touch the tick and it should be easy to remove. Never touch the tick with your fingers, but always use a pair of tweez­ers to remove it.

Tonic for Pets

Mix together 2 tablespoons each of burdock root, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper, and add 4 tablespoons of goldenseal pow­der. Fill some 100 capsules with the herbal mixture. Give your pet 1 capsule for each 10 pounds of weight every 4 hours. Con­tinue treatment until capsules are gone.

Vitamin Food for Your Pet

Cook leftover turkey or chicken bones, or just cook 1 pound of liver. Add chopped onion, chopped celery, carrots, or almost any vegetable. I’ve even added leftover spinach. Cook until the liver is done or the meat falls off the bones. Remove the bones from the liquid and reheat the broth.

Stirring constantly, add white cornmeal to the mixture by the handful until the mixture is very thick You will hardly be able to stir it. Pour into large pans that have been rinsed with cold water. You can add garlic powder to the mixture if you like. Slice when cool. The animals love it. We fry up the liver mush and serve with maple syrup for our breakfast.

Windy Colic Treatment with Angelica

Give the animal plenty of angelica to eat. This should give relief within hours.

Windy Colic Treatment with Caraway Seeds

Pour 4 cups of boiling water over 4 tablespoons of bruised car­away seeds and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain and add to the ani­mal’s drinking water. Should give relief within 15 minutes. Fennel seed can also be used, as it, too, is good for treating windy colic. Windy colic is air in the esophagus that causes discomfort.

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