| I have heard of Dr Belfield in San Jose. He treated my dog for
an illness that all the other vets said couldn't be cured. I had
been advised to have the dog put to sleep. Prince (the dog) had
lost the use of his hind legs and control of his bodily functions.
Dr Belfield gave him an injection of megavitamins (and a large dose
of B vitamins) and Prince started improving within a few days.
He is not 100% cured, he illness was very serious. He is a healthy
happy dog that can once again walk, run, jump and play. He is able
to control his bodily functions for the most part. When you think
about how he was before the injection it seems pretty amazing that
no one else thought of this treatment.
I have also heard that Dr Belfield can reverse Felv positive cats
but this is hard to substantiate since a cat can test positive one
time and test negative the next.
As for the vitamin supplementation, I give my cats vitamins in their
meals about 3 times a week. It depends on what I feed them. If
I am feeding a cat food that I know is balanced nutrition then I
do not supplement it. (science diet, tami ami, iams) But I
occasionally give them meat or other treats that I add Kitty Bloom
vitamin mineral supplements to and also Kitty Bloom Kalmac (calcium).
I also give vitamin C to my cats every day. I use the vitamin C
powder and give a 1/4 tsp a day mixed in with there food. According
to several of the nutrition for cats books, the use of vitamin C
supplementation is unnecessary since cats manufacture adequate amounts
of vitamin C in their bodies. I use vitamin C as a urine acidifier.
Two of my cats suffer from FUS and the acidified urine helps to
prevent urinary crystals from forming.
If you have any questions you would like me to ask Dr Belfield please
let me know and I will ask them. I currently am not using him because
I moved to Morgan Hill but I drive by his office every day on my
way to work.
Jo Ann (former San Jose-ian who couldn't stand the over crowding)
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| I had never heard of giving my cats Vitamin C until a couple weeks
ago. My oldest cat, Underfoot, developed cystitis when I changed
her food from "Friskies" to "9-Lives Crunchy Meals". Within just
a couple days of changing to this new food, she was going to the
litter box every 2-3 minutes.
The vet told me to give her 500 mg of Vitamin C per day to control
the acidity of her urine. That seemed to help her, until I was
able to get her to the vets for an exam. She also told me to get
her off of ALL DRY FOODS!! The ash content is extremely high in
"9-Lives Crunchy Meals" and most other supermarket dry cat foods.
She's doing a lot better now....I still give her the Vitamin C every
day because the vet told me that the C will keep the problem from
coming back, and the Vitamin C doesn't do her any harm. I also
changed her food to "Science Diet" because of the low ash content.
So, unless you want to spend $73.05 on a vet visit (like I did), I'd
suggest continuing the Vitamin C and feeding them anything but
supermarket dry foods!!
I hope this helps.
Kel
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| If you happen by Joann I would greatly appreciate you asking him
to read the letter I sent him regarding my cats strange blood profile
which the people at Tufts cant seem to figure out. I sent him my
cats charts and medical records hoping he might have an answer or
some kind of insight to my cats problem (letter from Maynard, Mass).
If you could I'd really appreciate it. (The letter was sent about
1 week ago)
thanks, cathy
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