I was just skimming through the questions and noticed that a lot of people are in support of “natural” or “holistic” cures for animals. As a future Veterinarian I take offense to those comments about Vets not being necessary, because without them many animal diseases and health issues could not be controlled or prevented. What is your opinion?
What Do You Prefer: “natural Medicine” Or The Vet?
February 7, 2010 by admin Leave a reply »
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In this world, my feeling is there is a place for both…certainly I would take my dogs to the Vet for their advice and help, but if holistic/natural could help, I definitely would use that also…its not a matter of which is best, its a matter of hopefully it will help my animal
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As a fellow future vet, I do not agree with you. “Natural medicine” is more of a preventative thing, veterinarians are typically more of a solution when preventative measures fail or are not enough. Vets are absolutely necessary in some circumstances, but not all
Don’t take offense in this, I am also studying to become a vet.
For complete health of the animal, a mix of both is vital.
i don’t think that vets are unnecessary, but i am in favor of a natural approach if it is warranted, and within my scope of knowledge and experience of having pets for almost 30 years. i buy the annual vaccines and administer them myself, mostly because it is a matter of economics for me, with 4 cats and 3 dogs. however, i also consulted my vet about it. i feel for many diseases, questions, or emergencies there is no substitution for a good vet.
I take mine to the vet when I don’t know the answer, but most times I do know what is wrong. I don’t think vets can be replaced.
I prefer natural medicine. I don’t agree with vets I believe they are all in it for the money and have no real desire to help animals. I watched my two year old dog take her last breath on Friday and leave behind eleven two week old puppies because every vet in our yellow pages turned down giving her care because I didn’t have 3,000 dollars to give them at that exact moment. They sat there and let her die without doing anything. No offense to you but the world really would be a better place without money hungry vets. Not to mention I had to pay two hundred dollars so they would see her and tell me she was dying.
I prefer the Vet because Natural Medicine cant always do the trick. And Vets have alot of things to make animals get better and they usually no exactly what is wrong with the animal. I agree with you Vets are important. I hope to become a Vet soon to, I love animals.
as a dog lover and co owner of 6 dogs my opinion is to use natural products for minor things and vets for more severe things, please dont take offense at my reply vets do play a very important and much needed roll. good luck with your future career.