Daily Mail, May 25, 1999, by Sarah Ivens
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NEWS last week about a farmer who rejuvenated his bull with 
acupuncture after it suffered nervous exhaustion through 
servicing 80 cows, caught the nation's imagination. 

But he's not the only owner to have discovered the benefits 
of alternative therapies for animals. We have tracked down 
other pet owners who have turned to holistic treatment. 
Sarah Ivens talked to modern-day Dr Dolittles to find out if 
these cures, normally the preserve of Hollywood stars and It 
girls, really helped their pets get better ... 

THE PONY WHO HAS BODY WRAPS 
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SQUIRREL SAVED BY ACUPRESSURE 

TONY HEAD, 45, an actor, is Sarah's husband. They cured a 
squirrel of pneumonia using ear massage. Tony says: We were 
given Smithy the squirrel by the RSPCA in Bath because he'd 
been making a nuisance of himself in city parks by attaching 
himself to people's legs. 

The RSPCA had called him Squidge but we renamed him Smithy, 
as in 'Sniffy', because of the odd sniffing noises he used 
to make. 

After a few days, we noticed he had a runny nose and his 
throat was clicking when he breathed, which is a symptom of 
fluid build-up on the lungs. 

We knew it was pneumonia. 

The ears hold a multitude of acupressure points, so I 
started working on them immediately. The very tip of the ear 
is a shock point which controls how calm someone is. 

An animal can find being ill as frightening as a human does, 
so I worked on the tips to ease his distress. 

Rubbing the ears takes down the respiration and heart rate 
of an animal, and this helped him battle the disease. 

We worked on him over a 24-hour period, at half-hour 
intervals. We also fed him Aconite, a homeopathic remedy for 
sudden colds. 

His health turned around in days.

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