TESTIMONIALS

08-28-24

In elderly animals, especially those well past their natural lifespan, all that matters is quality of life.  
Meet Felicity, a Broad Breasted White Turkey.  These birds have been inbred to grow to eating size by 18 weeks and to their full size of 30-40 lbs in less than a year in order to be ready for slaughter and delivery to grocery stores.  Because much of their weight is carried in their chests, as they age, their joints become arthritic and if allowed to gain maximum weight they can become unable to walk because of pain.  The weight of their bodies can even result in fractures of their legs.  As backyard pets, they rarely make it into the second year of life. 
Do not be deceived by their grotesquely engineered domestic appearance.  Despite what has been done to their bodies, these birds retain the remarkable intelligence and instincts of a wild turkey.  They know how to forage and how to protect themselves.  Their awareness of their environment makes them outstanding watchbirds; they will alert to anything that comes into their area and call out in warning. 
Felicity is now in her 5th year here.  A carefully managed feeding plan and free range in the backyard kept her body comfortable until last year.  But then her right leg and foot became increasingly painful, and her right foot was hugely swollen and red.   She slowed down.  Then she stopped moving almost entirely, staying in her pen most of the day.  Anti-inflammatories helped but not enough — to walk she had to use her wing to hold herself up on that side and she could only take a few steps before collapsing to the ground.  We were heading into winter and this looked like the end….
I have known Steelhorse, Brad, and Olivia for many years.  I became a passionate advocate for Serraquin when it returned my elderly arthritic Friesian to soundness after nothing else worked.  I am an equine and small animal nutritionist and continue to use Serraquin for my own horses and client horses, dogs, cats, and most recently, a miniature pig. 
The power of Serraquin is unique — but straightforward.  Because it consists almost entirely of enzymes, it interacts with and turns down the same anti-inflammatory biochemical cascades as prescription anti-inflammatories.  However, because it is enzymes, there is no gut, liver, or kidney toxicity.  This means that dosing is flexible — and you can go way up if you need to. 
For Felicity, this property has been critical.  I started her on a dose appropriate for a 30 lb bird and waited.  There was no change — she remained almost immobile.  I started pushing the dose up. Very slowly she started to move a bit more.  Then she began walking around the yard slowly, then less slowly, then easily.  Her foot returned to normal size and the redness went away.  She is bright, active, foraging, creating dust baths, warning us of anything that comes down the driveway, and enjoying being a turkey again — albeit a very old turkey.  
It is all about quality of life.  Hers is excellent.

The dose?  About the amount for a 500 lb pony (if you use the equine product, this is half a scoop).  Twice daily.  There is no other product that could have done this for her. 
She has her life back!

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~ Dr. Martha M. Faraday, PhD​​​