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Travelling pets, how complementary alternative medicines (CAMS) therapies and remedies can help animals.

Travel for animals, especially long distance trips can be stressful. A friend recently bought a horse from New South Wales (NSW), by the time he arrived in Adelaide, South Australia (SA), he was diagnosed with travel sickness/colitis and had to be put on a drip immediately.

So are there any complementary alternative medicines (CAMS), therapies or remedies you can use to help your animals if they have to make a long journey?

Well when we relocated from the UK to Australia all members of the family - 2 and 4 legged – made the move. I treated all the animals with chiropractic and massage before and after the journey and had Bach flower essences and Reiki given before and during the trip to help calm them.

A friend who also shipped her horse to Australia the year before actually had a wonderful massage and Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) practitioner go out to Heathrow to give her horse a treatment before boarding to ensure he was fully relaxed– truly upper/first class service!

We also used great pet transport companies, which in my opinion is a must. International Racehorse Transport (IRT) & JG Goldner looked after our horse Tara and Airpets took care of Henry our cat and Monty our dog, both companies I'd highly recommend.

Tara, my horse, travelled from her UK yard to UK quarantine really well. I'd never know her to, load, travel and arrive somewhere new so quietly! According to the lovely people at IRT (who gave me regular updates) she was the same on the flight, at Sydney quarantine and on her trip from NSW to SA. I'm sure this was due to the chiropractic, massage, reiki, rescue remedy and excellent care she received .

Henry the cat and Monty the dog also travelled well. Henry was apparently a bit depressed in quarantine initially, but he'd never been in a cattery before and some distance Reiki perked him up. Monty took everything in his stride, travelling well, endearing himself to all the quarantine staff and arrived at his new home full of beans.

Once out of quarantine and settled at our new place, I massaged and adjusted everyone again - to be honest I think the animals arrived in much better shape than us humans Big Smile

Find out more about animal; Chiropractic, Reiki, Massage, Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) and other CAMs, therapies & remedies for pets.

Published Nov 19 2008, 07:46 AM by Bush Dr.

Filed under: Complementary Alternative Medicines (CAMs), Chiropractic, Reiki, Massage, Animal, Horses, Bach Flower Essenses, CranioSacral Therapy CST, Dogs, Cats

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About Bush Dr.

A Dr. of Chiropractic, Gina McCulloch trained for 4 years at Oxford Brookes university in England, to qualify as a chiropractor. She graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in 2001. She completed a specialist Diploma in Animal Chiropractic in the UK and then travelled to the United States and Germany to further her animal chiropractic education. Here she took Postgraduate and Advanced courses in Animal Chiropractic. She graduated and was one of the first British chiropractors to successfully pass the independent American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA) board certification exams. She is a certified member of the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA) and American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA) and the International Equine Body Workers Association (IEBWA). She was a regular examiner for the IVCA board certification examinations in Europe until she and her family moved to Australia in 2006. She has also undertaken extensive (1600+ hours) massage, muscle therapy & energy technique courses (including Acupressure, CranioSacral Therapy (CST), MyoFascial Release (MFR), Healing, Reiki, Stretching & Rehabilitation, Sports Massage (Basic & Advanced), Equine; Nervous System Function, Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics, Gait Abnormalities and Applied Anatomy, Principles of; Saddle fitting, Farriery science, Dentistry, Nutrition, and Behaviour.) She is a member of the International Equine Body Workers Association (IEBWA) Gina is currently loving living “down under” and writes a regular blog for the naturallycomplementary.com community as the Bush Dr. She shares her Aussie home with; 2 horses, 1 dog, 1 cat, numerous wild kangaroos, birds and snakes, a long suffering husband, and an animal loving son and daughter.