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Hi all. I'm looking for any information, links and personal anecdotes about the use of Apple Cider Vinegar in cats. Specifically raw organic, "with the mother in" ACV.
Benefits - any kind from digestive, to urinary to anti-inflammatory or any other
dosages
possible negatives
Plus I have a few specific questions.
For a cat who is fed 12 small servings a day, which meals would be the the best to give the ACV in?
She gets a .5 oz canned meal (split in two servings) with 1/8 tsp of slippery elm bark daily. And a .3 oz canned meal with 1/2 Vets'-Best tablet daily. Would it be better to give the ACV with these meals, as the mucilage would protect the delicate esophagus lining from the acid of the vinegar, or would giving with these meal delete the whole digestive benefit purpose?
She also gets two meals a day with the contents of an egg yolk lecithin capsule. How would I work around that with the ACV?
She also gets two meals with a probiotic. Where would the dose of ACV fit around those?
One .25 oz serving every other day contains the contents of a krill oil capsule.
Three servings out of the 12 are Rad Cat raw, all for breakfast, after her .2 oz with probiotic and her .2 oz with egg yolk lecithin.. Usually the RC meals do not have any of her supplements in them.
The ACV was mentioned to me because I have been observing that sometimes after a meal Mazy will sit crouched for ten minutes or so as if she has a stomach ache, before finally relaxing.
This morning I gave her a drop of ACV in a .2 oz meal, and instead of crouching, after she ate she tore around the house singing at the top of her lungs, with her favorite Solitaire Toy.
To avoid making this post too long, if you want more details about Mazy's history I will add as it applies to the discussion. Mazy is 10 years old.
Benefits - any kind from digestive, to urinary to anti-inflammatory or any other
dosages
possible negatives
Plus I have a few specific questions.
For a cat who is fed 12 small servings a day, which meals would be the the best to give the ACV in?
She gets a .5 oz canned meal (split in two servings) with 1/8 tsp of slippery elm bark daily. And a .3 oz canned meal with 1/2 Vets'-Best tablet daily. Would it be better to give the ACV with these meals, as the mucilage would protect the delicate esophagus lining from the acid of the vinegar, or would giving with these meal delete the whole digestive benefit purpose?
She also gets two meals a day with the contents of an egg yolk lecithin capsule. How would I work around that with the ACV?
She also gets two meals with a probiotic. Where would the dose of ACV fit around those?
One .25 oz serving every other day contains the contents of a krill oil capsule.
Three servings out of the 12 are Rad Cat raw, all for breakfast, after her .2 oz with probiotic and her .2 oz with egg yolk lecithin.. Usually the RC meals do not have any of her supplements in them.
The ACV was mentioned to me because I have been observing that sometimes after a meal Mazy will sit crouched for ten minutes or so as if she has a stomach ache, before finally relaxing.
This morning I gave her a drop of ACV in a .2 oz meal, and instead of crouching, after she ate she tore around the house singing at the top of her lungs, with her favorite Solitaire Toy.
To avoid making this post too long, if you want more details about Mazy's history I will add as it applies to the discussion. Mazy is 10 years old.
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