Since cats have higher sensitivities than dogs, and since some medications for pets now include transdermal preparations for applying to the thin skin of the ears, I thought I would try using some fully decarbed (hopefully going into CBN conversion) diluted coconut oil on my cats' ears. This seems like a safe way to try administering it. I have already been giving them a dab of plain coconut oil with their food now and then.
Cat 1 is almost 20, mostly blind, has degenerative arthritis in her rear knees and forepaws and poor appetite from hyperthyroidism and kidney decline. She stopped being able to jump up on the couch to ask for attention about three months ago.
Cat 2 is about 12, and has painful oral problems from inflammation (autoimmune) that make it hard for her to eat enough. She has not responded well to other therapies and I'm trying to help her (and us) avoid a painful and expensive surgery that isn't even guaranteed to help her. She has always been an anxious cat and the chronic pain has not helped. She's gotten aggressive and antisocial/clingy by turns since this started almost a year ago. Cat 2 also ate a small clone back when she was a kitten and didn't have any allergic effects from it.
Cat 3 is 16, obese (endocrine problems) with skin irritations, cataracts and a bad shoulder. He has started getting restless and vocalizing a lot. He also can't get around well between the pain and what seems to be muscle weakness. It might sound like we wouldn't want more appetite for him but actually he doesn't eat very much. I would like him to be more calm and comfortable in general, and in another thread someone mentioned that cannabis helped their dog's cataracts, so if that happens too, wonderful! He also has rare asthma attacks, but he walks right up against my plants downstairs without any issues, so I wasn't worried about trying this on him.
I made some oil for us recently out of an auto called Gnomo, which seems to have a good balance of thc and cbd. I partially decarbed it to use for cooking, and it worked well based on the brownies I made. Took a tiny bit of that, melted it with more coconut oil to dilute it and heated it to additionally convert it. I don't know exactly how much it might have started converting thc to cbn but that was my objective, to at least make that happen a little. At worst, it is fully decarbed at peak thc. I might heat it a little more tomorrow especially if the cats seem too spacey after initial treatment.
Rubbed some on all 3 cats' ears tonight, although Cat 2 licked a tiny bit off my fingers first so she may have gotten a bit more. She got hers about 2 hours later than the older cats.
Cats 1 and 3, usually restless and vocal, have been mellow this evening. Cat 1 ate well when I nudged her with the cat bowl to let her know it was feeding time, and then went back to her nap. Her heartbeat was strong and not too fast, as it has been lately. Breathing was normal. Cat 3 seems fine, was able to jump up on the chair to get his evening treats without wobbling or falling. His breathing is fine, could not tell about his heartbeat.
Cat 2 is resting comfortably, normal heartbeat, breathing deeper than she has been. Shallow, faster breaths are one of the symptoms of pain. She is turning over in her sleep like a normal cat, not just knocked out like when we've had to give her Rx pain meds from the vet.
Will report back on effects and subsequent treatments. It could just be that everyone is coincidentally feeling relaxed this evening and I'm reading into it. But at first blush I think this might be a good, gentle way to administer.
Cat 1 is almost 20, mostly blind, has degenerative arthritis in her rear knees and forepaws and poor appetite from hyperthyroidism and kidney decline. She stopped being able to jump up on the couch to ask for attention about three months ago.
Cat 2 is about 12, and has painful oral problems from inflammation (autoimmune) that make it hard for her to eat enough. She has not responded well to other therapies and I'm trying to help her (and us) avoid a painful and expensive surgery that isn't even guaranteed to help her. She has always been an anxious cat and the chronic pain has not helped. She's gotten aggressive and antisocial/clingy by turns since this started almost a year ago. Cat 2 also ate a small clone back when she was a kitten and didn't have any allergic effects from it.
Cat 3 is 16, obese (endocrine problems) with skin irritations, cataracts and a bad shoulder. He has started getting restless and vocalizing a lot. He also can't get around well between the pain and what seems to be muscle weakness. It might sound like we wouldn't want more appetite for him but actually he doesn't eat very much. I would like him to be more calm and comfortable in general, and in another thread someone mentioned that cannabis helped their dog's cataracts, so if that happens too, wonderful! He also has rare asthma attacks, but he walks right up against my plants downstairs without any issues, so I wasn't worried about trying this on him.
I made some oil for us recently out of an auto called Gnomo, which seems to have a good balance of thc and cbd. I partially decarbed it to use for cooking, and it worked well based on the brownies I made. Took a tiny bit of that, melted it with more coconut oil to dilute it and heated it to additionally convert it. I don't know exactly how much it might have started converting thc to cbn but that was my objective, to at least make that happen a little. At worst, it is fully decarbed at peak thc. I might heat it a little more tomorrow especially if the cats seem too spacey after initial treatment.
Rubbed some on all 3 cats' ears tonight, although Cat 2 licked a tiny bit off my fingers first so she may have gotten a bit more. She got hers about 2 hours later than the older cats.
Cats 1 and 3, usually restless and vocal, have been mellow this evening. Cat 1 ate well when I nudged her with the cat bowl to let her know it was feeding time, and then went back to her nap. Her heartbeat was strong and not too fast, as it has been lately. Breathing was normal. Cat 3 seems fine, was able to jump up on the chair to get his evening treats without wobbling or falling. His breathing is fine, could not tell about his heartbeat.
Cat 2 is resting comfortably, normal heartbeat, breathing deeper than she has been. Shallow, faster breaths are one of the symptoms of pain. She is turning over in her sleep like a normal cat, not just knocked out like when we've had to give her Rx pain meds from the vet.
Will report back on effects and subsequent treatments. It could just be that everyone is coincidentally feeling relaxed this evening and I'm reading into it. But at first blush I think this might be a good, gentle way to administer.
