Understanding feline leukaemia is necessary before you can support its natural healing.

The veterinary industry likes to diagnose a bunch of symptoms with a Latin or Greek name. I guess it sounds more impressive, not least of all to those who don't understand Latin or Greek.

However, it's really important to appreciate that different vets very often make different diagnoses. Obviously, this means it's far from an exact science.

People often go into a panic after a dire veterinary diagnosis. I recommend that you consider it loosely. Your cat may or may not have a disease. What they do have is a bunch of symptoms that really don't need to have a label attached to them.

The labelling is done purely to limit the amount of drugs a vet will prescribe. The side effect of terrifying you may be to their advantage as you are more likely to comply with their treatments.

I recommend keeping an open mind.

The veterinary definition of this condition is that it is a virus. Bear in mind that no virus has ever been proved to exist. That may sound unbelievable, bearing in mind there has been a whole industry created around it - virology.

The term 'virus' was coined many decades ago, by the medical industry who didn't know what was causing an illness.

Feline leukaemia tends to be limited to the lymphatic system and bone marrow, with sarcomas found there.

Symptoms can be common to any condition in an ailing cat, so they are inconclusive. However, as with any form of cancer there tends to be a slow onset and progression.

There is normally a lack of appetite with the corresponding weight loss, a lack of energy and possibly another typical feline condition such as difficulty urinating or upper respiratory nasal discharge or congestion.

These symptoms are common to a wide variety of 'diseases' or diagnoses.

The confirmation of feline leukaemia comes from a blood test that undergoes an ELISA or PCR test. Both of these tests are looking for antibodies. But what are antibodies if there is no virus?

The real understanding of feline leukaemia comes from looking at this condition from every angle, rather than being mesmerised by the veterinary concept.

The idea of the germ theory is very simplistic. It completely ignores possible causes. Let's look at some:

• commercial cat food, for the most part, is non-nutritious and toxic
• veterinary drugs are toxic
• surgery, so often performed at the same time as vaccines, is deeply traumatic and can overload an already compromised immune system
• exclusively indoor cats cannot ground/earth themselves, get no direct exposure to the healing sun, are unable to exercise their instinctive nature of hunting, be it leaves in the wind or real prey
• stress is common in most households and cats are extremely sensitive beings, much affected by this

Add all these together, and is it any wonder a cat develops a serious, destructive condition?

“I’ve been dealing with feline leukaemia for years; and I get disgusted with most veterinarians who advocate test and slaughter - that is, if the cat tests positive, it’s best to kill it. We’ve had cats who have been able to climb trees and look normal in less than ten weeks. And I’m talking about cats who were brought in to us too weak even to stand up.”


S Allen Price DVM 

I am unsure of the exact protocol, if there is one, that this vet uses.

However I do know that the major part of the treatment is to change the diet to a raw meat and bones diet.

Holistic vets around the world, almost without exception, promote a raw meat and bones diet as the natural one for our feline friends.

The result is a welcoming surge in the ability of the immune system to work as it was meant to. Problems drop away. Symptoms fade and disappear, The cat's energy improves, the appetite is regained, so weight increases.

This almost miraculous healing saves the cat, whatever the diagnosis was.

Cats are obligate carnivores. They need to be treated like one. Their natural diet is raw meat and bones.

Carnivores have extremely strong stomach acid that easily deals with any possible pathogen on the meat. That's how they are made.

This involves understanding how health works. Put the wrong fuel in your car and you run the risk of ruining the engine. The same applies to your cat (and you).

Put the right fuel in and the engine runs smoothly. 

Ditto for you cat. It's never too late t start, so now is a good time.