*UPDATE* 2/13/17
OK it seems like everything is happening at once here. My cats keep getting sick for some reason or another. Last time was Ringworm which thanks to this Coconut oil that cleared up fast without needing to see a vet. Now, is Tapeworm in my 3 cats. Why? Because we have a feral colony & I am super naive about flea medications and treatment for cats that are indoors only but wander outside supervised every afternoon. Who knew that so many illnesses and things could happen to a cat in its own yard?! Anyways, here we go again - I did some online research about treating tapeworm in cats and came up with Coconut Oil and Pumpkin Seed Oil combined to kill the worms naturally.
I mixed 1/2 cup Coconut Oil in with 4 capsules of Organic Cold Pressed Pumpkin Seed Oil (cut the capsule open & poured the oil into the container with Coconut Oil) then mixed and added a tiny bit of water, enough to make it liquid without having to warm up the coconut oil so I could feed with a syringe to my 3 cats. I gave 2 ml in a syringe 1 time a day and immediately saw results. No worms after day 2 and my cats had more energy. This is an ongoing treatment for me, so I am not sure how many days it will take to clear up the worms because this is natural and not medicine but I also have Drontal to use which is a wormer for cats that also kills tapeworm.
As with all things, prevention is key and to use this natural method to rid tapeworms in a dog or cat also make sure to use some type of flea medication and treat your yard and home to rid the fleas or else a reinfestation can occur within 3 to 4 weeks of worms.
I sure wish I had some very good and interesting ways of using this oil to comment here, but for some reason I am having so many issues with my poor cats that i wanted to leave this review and hope that someone else who is also having the same issue will read it and find some solution as well. Natural products work wonders and are much safter than chemicals we ingest.
Once again I rate this oil a 5 star because it has saved me countless amounts of money with natural cures versus having to visit the vet numerous times with 3 cats for simple things. (On a side note- my cats see a vet regularly and although my review sounds horrid, it really isn't a bad situation at all. Just a common thing for tapeworm and ringworm to happen but leave it to me to review about a product that heals these ailments in cats. I just hope to help others who find themselves scratching their heads, panicking and worrying to find natural solutions)
*UPDATE* 1/17/17
The ringworm in my 3 cats has now healed from using the coconut oil- the ringworm took a month but it did heal without the use of medications or other treatments.
I still use this on both myself and my 2 year old after a bath as an added skin moisturizer because we both have eczema and this helps keep my sons flareups minimal. This is also wonderful as a hair conditioner and a leave in hair treatment for my son as his scalp is drier and flakes easy- I gently massage a small amount into his scalp after washing and towel drying his hair at night and no more dry itchy scalp.
A while back I read about using coconut oil for mouth sores and figured it would be worth a try for my son while he was teething and especially during a short period of time when he chewed his cheek so bad that it was bleeding. I ended up applying coconut oil with my finger to his cheek on the inside of his mouth and within a few days the bleeding stopped and it healed up completely after about a week or week and a half. Since then I have been using coconut oil instead of toothpaste to brush my sons teeth and he doesn't seem to mind at all, he is learning how to brush his own teeth and eats the coconut oil off the toothbrush then brushes his teeth. He hasn't had many problems with teething after starting with the coconut oil and he hasn't chewed his cheek again. At his 2 year checkup he didn't have cavities either and I check his teeth myself as well and no cavities to report- so there must be something about the coconut oil that is helping his oral health.
This is also an alternative treatment I've tried using for diaper rash but since my son gets terrible rashes it's not something that has helped more than to soothe his irritated skin.
Overall, this 54 oz jar will last 5 months of regular every day and everything use, except cooking as I have stopped using it for cooking unless i am baking something which in turn comes out very well- from the added sweetness of this oil. I've found many uses for this oil and am about to re-order another jar.
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This is now my favorite coconut oil brand because the taste and smell are wonderful. I have used this in cooking, also as a deep conditioning treatment in my hair and on my skin after a bath. Most recently I have used this to treat and heal ringworm on my 3 indoor cats. The coconut oil is soothing to the skin and its anti-fungal properties are helping to kill the ringworm. I apply a small amount to the skin affected on my cats 2 times a day and they of course lick it off but it is helping them much more than any ringworm medicine I've tried for cats.
In a week the fur is growing back and my cats do seem to enjoy the taste of this coconut oil.
I for one do love the taste of this coconut oil as well and will continue to use it for cooking and all the other many wonderful purposes I can find for it.
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