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Originally Posted by kionini  Wow! All that you can do with it? Nice  The one I use is called CocoTherapy Pet Organic Virgin Coconut Oil. Plain and 100% pure and natural. I told the vet about it and he said it was okay to give to Nicky.
I don't really know what brought Nicky's Pancreatitis, though I suspect that it was a number of things, all at the same time.
Among them, I noticed that every time I gave him an omega-3 fish oil I bought at the vet's, he would have a bad reaction. The CocoTheraphy was fine, but with the scare, I stopped everything. I had started giving him CocoTherapy for his constant vomiting (at the time) and instead of the drugs the vet wanted me to keep him on for acid-reflux. The vomiting stopped and I was in love with the CocoTherapy
Then the Pancreatitis happen and I'm back to square one with him. I'm seeing a nutricionist-vet soon and I'm going to ask if I can put him back on the coconut oil, if not then it's good to know that there are many other uses  I keep that in the fridge, but I was told that it's okay to leave it at room temperature.
I'll keep the Tresaderm in the fridge too  and keep getting those looks I get when I have to give them a few drops in the ear sometimes  |
The Fish oil (LCFA) is different than the Coconut oil (MCFA) and the body metabolizes them differently. Sometimes with mine I start them on new things with just half or quarter the dose, and build them up gradually to a full dose, or just leave it at half if that's all they can tolerate.
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Originally Posted by BonBon I've never heard of putting coconut oil in their ears. What does that do? Do you use it like a cleanser, or in addition to an ear cleanser? |
It's antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, bugs don't like it and it's good for the skin.
I put enough in an ear so when I massage the ear canal I can hear it gooshing around. Then, let them shake out any excess and wipe the ear flap off. Then about every 2 or 3 days I apply 3-5 drops per ear for 1 week. Problems are usually cleared up by then. If not, I continue for another week and then go to once a week.