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MARIPOSA LILY--A WEANING ESSENCE
©1998 by Donna Cunningham, MSW
Some months ago I got a kitten from the Humane Society, a scrawny two-pounder whose ribs stuck out. They'd found the litter on the street and estimated they were eight weeks old. It quickly became apparent that they were wrong, because she clearly wasn't weaned yet. She didn't eat solid food and took in very little of the diluted Fancy Feast and pablum mix I tried to feed her from an eyedropper.
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She lost seven ounces in the first four days, and I was frightened she wasn't going to make it. Rescue Remedy and Walnut as well as Reiki and other forms of healing weren't making a difference. Then it occurred to me to add Mariposa Lily (made by both Flower Essence Society and Desert Alchemy), for those who have suffered a breakage in the bond with the mother.
Within several hours--just two doses--she began to eat, and in just a day or two, she was eating eagerly on her own and had accepted me as her new mother. (My one big failing as a parent was that I wasn't willing to wash her with my tongue, as she made clear she expected!) She hasn't stopped eating or growing since and is a healthy, happy, spunky animal.
She's gotten other courses of remedies, as needed, and seems to like them. When the blue bottle appears, she comes running and lifts a corner of her lip expectantly for her dose. Many animals who are taken from their mother at a young age could use a short course of Mariposa Lily, as could babies who are being weaned.
BIO: DONNA CUNNINGHAM, one of the editors of this e-zine, has a master's degree in social work from Columbia University and is also an internationally-respected astrologer, the author of twelve metaphysical books. Her FLOWER REMEDIES HANDBOOK can be ordered on our book page. Click here to visit her web page or to send her e-mail.
DESIGN CREDITS: The background came from Hee Yun's Graphic collection. For the line that looks just like Pumpkin, visit the utterly enchanting cats at Cats'n Kittens'Designs. Pumpkin's baby picture was contributed by her doting aunt, Joyce Liechenstein. The line of green kitties came from Helena's Graphics.
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