Hi Anna,

Trichotillomania is a self destructive pathology, one that needs to be treated. The cat's obesity--at 6 years of age!--must be a result of an inability to absorb nutrients, which may have effected kidney function and liver function. There is definitely disease to be treated here!

Homeopathically, you'd be looking for a remedy in the syphilitic miasm group...one that would also feature obesity as a symptom (like phosphorus--especially if this kitty loves to be stroked and petted, and feels apprehensive about going out of its familiar boundaries--or has any of the numerous phosphorus fears).

I think a well chosen homeopathic remedy will make all the difference for this kitty, while a dietary change alone will work to change just one symptom (I personally believe you always have to go deeper than just "weight loss" in treating pathology of any nature). It seems very clear that a dietary change will alter the appearance of the problem, but it won't fix the deeper physiological dysfunctions which always exist underneath; and they never fix the emotional problems associated with the physiological problems at all.

[ 24. August 2002, 22:29: Message edited by: ChaChaHeels ]

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