https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/12695/zoopharmacognosy I have a patient coming to the decision for euthanasia, with , in effect malnourishment related to neoplasia. The owner has previous experience of terminal illness and decision making viz neoplastic disease. This time the owner is resorting to &quot;healingen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/71408?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:16:22 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:be208a67-9e36-4ab7-90ef-b2dcac2687bbJames Laidlaw<p>So the animal self medicates? &nbsp;Surely that&#39;s not being done correctly if someone else is providing the service? <img src="https://www.vetsurgeon.org/emoticons/v2/tongue-in-cheek.gif" alt="Tongue-in-cheek" /></p> <p>Incidentally - there&#39;s quite a big case in the news back home over an iridologist who failed to refer someone with a squamous cell carcinoma that ate away their skull - seems to be a whole mess of communication issues and refusal to seek treatment when you look deeper - could be an interesting outcome for the human medics though depending on the verdict... Maybe we should all just go into unregulated alternative medicine?</p> <p>Link -&nbsp;<a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7604551/Iridologists-neglect-led-to-avoidable-death"><span class="ui-webpreview" data-configuration="url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fdominion-post%2Fnews%2F7604551%2FIridologists-neglect-led-to-avoidable-death"><img src="/cfs-filesystemfile/__key/communityserver-components-imagefileviewer/filetypeimages_2E00_/unknown.png_2D00_550x0.png?_=637159348840973494" border="0" alt="" style="max-height: 550px;" /></span></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>