Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
Thanks for your kind thoughts, Ulrike.
In America, we are definitely not setting the bar very high for our level of animal care. I know Britain has long banned such procedures as tail docking and ear cropping and declawing, and I suspect, from your missive, that your home country does as well. I do hope we catch up, sooner than later.
In general, I find conventional medicine really only useful in helping in accidents. Anything else, and we are usually putting animals at greater risk by consuming conventional medicine, as is true for ourselves.
And, it it's any help to you, I do consult with clients all over the globe by telephone/Skype appointments, so don't ever feel you are without homeopathic help where you live. In addition, there are more vets trained like I am now then ever, though we are still in a rather small minority, I'm afraid. My Resources page lists the AVH and AHVMA sites, which both have lists of alternative vet med practitioners of various kinds.
Best of health in the new year to you and those cats in your care.