Understand More About CBD for Cats

Excitement about CBD for Pets has increased significantly since the legalization of hemp, and with good reason: a growing body of research indicates that CBD may have significant therapeutic benefits for cats. Cats and other pets can benefit from various treatments if humans are willing to add CBD to their diet. These include treatment of arthritis, seizures, and PTSD in animals rescued from war zones or natural disasters, neurodegenerative diseases such as epilepsy or Alzheimer’s disease in pets old enough to show symptoms, and cancer treatments, including boosting immune response during cancer therapy, among other things.

As an example of the latter, some pets diagnosed with cancer have been treated with a CBD concentrate formulated to treat pain and inflammation in dogs. This product, containing high concentrations of CBD, not only helped to relieve the symptoms experienced by the animals, but their appetites also returned. Before using this product, several pets were only eating every other day, and some were not eating due to pain associated with the disease.

While no animal studies have been performed at this time, anecdotal evidence has shown that CBD can help pets with numerous conditions and may be an alternative treatment for more serious conditions than just pain and inflammation, such as many forms of cancer.

The fact that many pets have been successfully treated with CBD is no surprise, as many people are already using CBD for themselves to manage pain and inflammation and for clinical trials of various conditions. As more people use CBD for cats and become more educated on its benefits, more evidence will be available to support its potential benefits in pets.

One notable benefit that some pet owners have experienced is how a pet gets along with younger children when human-to-human CBD treatments are used. It appears that the lower THC level in most hemp products that combine cannabidiol with delta-9-THC increases the amount of cannabidiol present in both humans and animals. Research has shown that cannabidiol helps regulate the body’s serotonin receptors, creating a calmer effect on the central nervous system.

In one case, a woman’s dog was aggressive toward her young daughter, and after she started giving her dog CBD oil daily, the problem disappeared. The fact that she was willing to try it is a positive indicator of how people are looking at this product in helping to manage pain and inflammation in pets and various conditions that may arise with pet owners.

As more pet owners experiment with this product, we will have the opportunity to see its potential benefits for cats and other pets suffering from serious conditions such as cancer, arthritis, and other diseases.