weed just saved my dog!
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doublejj
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we couldn't wait.....
Silly String
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Wonder if you can get a Medical Marijuana card for your dog? You'd be the caregiver and grower, of course....
A vet tech actually recommended mj for our adopted stray cat that was in the final stage FIV (it's like HIV/AIDS but for cats). She'd said we should take "Sugar" in the bathroom and blast the shower on hot to get some steam going. (no, the cat is not IN the shower with us, doy!) It would help with the respiratory issues. I jokingly mentioned that my boyfriend hotboxes the bathroom, and would that be a problem for the cat? The vet tech was dead serious and said, it might help alleviate the pain and stimulate Sugar's appetite. We tried it, and the cat loved it. He'd run to the bathroom and lounge on the bathmat while boyfriend smoked with the shower on. It didn't save his life, (he was too far gone) but it helped in those final months.
They've shown that cannabis is working to stop human seizures, ("Charlotte's Web" high CBN strain) so it sounds feasible with canines. Your dog will let you know if it dislikes the treatment. Best of luck!
A vet tech actually recommended mj for our adopted stray cat that was in the final stage FIV (it's like HIV/AIDS but for cats). She'd said we should take "Sugar" in the bathroom and blast the shower on hot to get some steam going. (no, the cat is not IN the shower with us, doy!) It would help with the respiratory issues. I jokingly mentioned that my boyfriend hotboxes the bathroom, and would that be a problem for the cat? The vet tech was dead serious and said, it might help alleviate the pain and stimulate Sugar's appetite. We tried it, and the cat loved it. He'd run to the bathroom and lounge on the bathmat while boyfriend smoked with the shower on. It didn't save his life, (he was too far gone) but it helped in those final months.
They've shown that cannabis is working to stop human seizures, ("Charlotte's Web" high CBN strain) so it sounds feasible with canines. Your dog will let you know if it dislikes the treatment. Best of luck!
doublejj
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Try THC oil......It's better than smoke.......Wonder if you can get a Medical Marijuana card for your dog? You'd be the caregiver and grower, of course....
A vet tech actually recommended mj for our adopted stray cat that was in the final stage FIV (it's like HIV/AIDS but for cats). She'd said we should take "Sugar" in the bathroom and blast the shower on hot to get some steam going. (no, the cat is not IN the shower with us, doy!) It would help with the respiratory issues. I jokingly mentioned that my boyfriend hotboxes the bathroom, and would that be a problem for the cat? The vet tech was dead serious and said, it might help alleviate the pain and stimulate Sugar's appetite. We tried it, and the cat loved it. He'd run to the bathroom and lounge on the bathmat while boyfriend smoked with the shower on. It didn't save his life, (he was too far gone) but it helped in those final months.
They've shown that cannabis is working to stop human seizures, ("Charlotte's Web" high CBN strain) so it sounds feasible with canines. Your dog will let you know if it dislikes the treatment. Best of luck!
Especially if you are blowing the smoke in the auditory canal......
billhilly
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I think it is really cool that it helped her! I have a friend who rescued a little dog last year and she loves to get high, the second you bust out some pot she comes running and as you hit it she's in your lap, I don't care if there are 10 people there she goes from lap to lap until she gets her fill then she will just chill on someones lap, I don't think its cool to force it on an animal unless it is to try and stop seizures or something but my buddies little dog just loves it, never seen anything like it myself until her.
billhilly
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This is really crazy. Yesterday I read this and responded. Last night one of my dogs had a seizure! He had one about 3 years ago and I had actually forgot about it. I was almost asleep last night when I heard something on the stairs, I jumped out of bed and my dog Bailey was trying to come up the steps and falling. I gently picked him up laid him on the bed, I didn't hold him down just petted him, his face was awful and he was stiffening up bad. I remembered reading this so I grabbed a bowl and blew a few hits in his face and it seemed to help a lot, I would say in less than a minute he wasn't stiff anymore, he was breathing heavy still but not erratic breathing and his face looked normal and he started licking me. I can't say it helped him but it seemed to but that's only from my one other experience before with him.
doublejj
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Start putting THC oil on his food, he'll thank you...
Silly String
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Carefully watch the seizure thing for accidental (or on purpose) poisonings, esp this time of year (big box of chocolate left on the counter, pointsettas, etc). My dog was poisoned and had non-stop seizures. (We had a dog hating guy in the neighborhood who was putting snail bait in hamburger and planting it on the walking trail -- he was caught, thankfully) Emergency vet trip, stomach pumping, the works, saved him.
billhilly
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Nothing like that. Every time I let my dogs in the yard I go out with them, throw the ball around etc. and he is the only one that gets them.
Commander Strax
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Your dog breathes thru his ears??
slowbus
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clownfreak9000
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For dogs you can blow it in there ear and it works. I'm not sure on the process.
Padawanbater2
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How would that work?
a9ymous
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I found this thread looking for more information on medical use for pets, so until we get a sticky or something let's roll with it.
There's a vet in CA called the VetGuru who has been promoting medical use for both dogs and cats for a range of issues, but I haven't been able to find out what the preparations are like; mostly converted to CBN, etc.??? And there's a link on his site for something called Companion Cannabis that's apparently a glycerin tincture but again, no idea about how they prep it. They sell only in a halfway method through their facebook page, apparently, and will try to get it to you no matter what state you live in.
Coconut oil is good for pets, for lots of reasons, so it seems like a coconut oil extraction would be good, but I want to know more about how it's converted best for pets to not freak them out or disable them too much. We don't smoke or vape, so mostly I just was hoping to get some more details on prepping it for animals (cats). I've got two with chronic pain and poor appetite and I'm thinking it would be awesome for them but don't want to just use them as lab rats.
I've got some coconut oil that's partially decarbed so it will finish when cooked in food. I'm wondering if I should just maybe heat it some more to try and convert the THC down? I'm not sure what the sweet spot is for medical users who are doing it for, say, arthritis.
My cats will lick coconut oil off my hands if I put it on them after cooking in the kitchen, and I've heard of dogs doing the same.
Not surprised at all about the seizure stories! They had a story on 60 minutes or some other show about a little girl who had horrible seizures and could only get relief from a low THC strain one grower experimented with for medical patients, and the parents were so desperate they went for it and it was like night and day, from 4-5 violent seizures a day to one small one every couple of weeks.
There's a vet in CA called the VetGuru who has been promoting medical use for both dogs and cats for a range of issues, but I haven't been able to find out what the preparations are like; mostly converted to CBN, etc.??? And there's a link on his site for something called Companion Cannabis that's apparently a glycerin tincture but again, no idea about how they prep it. They sell only in a halfway method through their facebook page, apparently, and will try to get it to you no matter what state you live in.
Coconut oil is good for pets, for lots of reasons, so it seems like a coconut oil extraction would be good, but I want to know more about how it's converted best for pets to not freak them out or disable them too much. We don't smoke or vape, so mostly I just was hoping to get some more details on prepping it for animals (cats). I've got two with chronic pain and poor appetite and I'm thinking it would be awesome for them but don't want to just use them as lab rats.
I've got some coconut oil that's partially decarbed so it will finish when cooked in food. I'm wondering if I should just maybe heat it some more to try and convert the THC down? I'm not sure what the sweet spot is for medical users who are doing it for, say, arthritis.
My cats will lick coconut oil off my hands if I put it on them after cooking in the kitchen, and I've heard of dogs doing the same.
Not surprised at all about the seizure stories! They had a story on 60 minutes or some other show about a little girl who had horrible seizures and could only get relief from a low THC strain one grower experimented with for medical patients, and the parents were so desperate they went for it and it was like night and day, from 4-5 violent seizures a day to one small one every couple of weeks.
a9ymous
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They make transdermal medications now for dogs and cats that is made for rubbing on their ears, because both have intricate ears with thin skin and lots wired into them, so it can deliver the meds into their system faster than if it was applied elsewhere. I don't know how smoke could do that since it doesn't make contact, but maybe it's just safer than blowing right into their nose or maybe it travels down the eustachian tubes into the sinuses?
Someone said the cb1 and cb2 receptors in dogs (and cats) aren't in the same places, and I don't think there's been much research yet on exactly where they are yet.
Someone said the cb1 and cb2 receptors in dogs (and cats) aren't in the same places, and I don't think there's been much research yet on exactly where they are yet.
He's dead now. He was right by my avian vet's office. I'd be very very careful on dosage and half-life.