Apple cider vinegar for cats: 7 effective ways

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You might have a bottle of it in your pantry, in the bathroom, or even in your medicine cabinet. What is “it?” Apple cider vinegar of course! This simple at home remedy is often used for a variety of things for humans, but the real question is about the health benefits of apple cider vinegar for cats.

Uses of Apple Cider Vinegar for Your Cat

Believe it or not, apple cider vinegar doesn’t only benefit you, but also your cat too! You can use it as a daily health supplement and feed it to your cat or you can use it as a cleaner to remove the urine from your carpet. There are multiple other uses too though. It can aid digestion if your poor kitty has stomach issues and even rebalance their digestive tract. Weight loss is easy too with a little help from apple cider vinegar. Maybe your cat doesn’t need to eat it though. If that’s the case, use it to clean the ears, treat the skin, or combine it with a few other ingredients to make a spray that combats fleas and ticks. Your cat can even get back to smelling fresh if they’ve had a run in with a skunk! In the end, it might just be more than worth it to pick up a bottle.

Ways to Use Apple Cider Vinegar

Now we’ve told you all about the different uses there are for this home remedy, but you’re no doubt wondering exactly how to use the vinegar to clean your cat’s ears or lose weight. It’s not enough just to pour a little in their water or add some to a spray. So here we have some recipes and instructions to make things a little easier.

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Drinking For Their Health

Since when does drinking have huge health benefits? Well thankfully we’re talking about apple cider vinegar, which we can safely say will actually benefit your cat! Since it’s so acidic, the vinegar can break up crystals in the bladder and get rid of harmful bacteria in the gut. Internal consumption can fix up bladder blockages, bladder infections, and respiratory infections thanks to the destruction of bad bacteria. Just mix a little in with their water, or if they eat wet food, you can try some in there:
– Mix up ¼ teaspoon apple cider vinegar and 1 teaspoon of chicken broth.
– Put this into the cat’s wet food.
– Repeat each feeding until you see improvement!

You can even make it a little fun for your cat too by letting them lick the mixture off of their paws!
– Mix 1-2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with 1 cup water.
– Dip the paws and let them lick it!
– A few times daily is fine, and they don’t need to drink the entire mixture.

To specify, sometimes unpasteurized apple cider vinegar is recommended. In either case, just make sure to give your cat no more than 1 teaspoon. More than that may be too much.

Clean Your Cat’s Ears

Cats need their ears cleaned regularly if you want to prevent the pain of dealing with an ear infection. Instead of buying expensive sprays or getting billed for antibiotics later, you can mix apple cider vinegar and water 50/50. Just dip a cotton ball in it and swab the inside of the ear. If the ear is already infected:
– Use 5ml per 20 pounds.
– Apply the solution with a syringe.
– Rub the solution in gently and wipe the inside with a soft cotton ball.
– After 5 days, your cat should be good as new!

Apple Cider Vinegar For Fleas

The dreaded fleas have returned to your house and your pet for round two! Well, hopefully it’s only round two, because any pet owner knows how much of a pain it is to deal with these pests! There are many chemical sprays out there that you can use to treat your pet, but an increasing number of cat owners are turning towards natural remedies to avoid any kind of harmful effects. How you ask? Natural shampoo!

– Grab your 8oz bottle of pet shampoo.
– Add 10 drops of tea tree oil along with 1 tablespoon of aloe vera.
– After shaking, shampoo your pet as normal.
– Wait for 6-10 minutes after.
– Rinse with apple cider vinegar in water (1 tablespoon to 1 pint of water).
This method can also help to relieve skin problems and irritation, and apple cider vinegar can even be sprayed on (when diluted 50/50 with water) after a bath too. Mites and ringworms are also no match!

Itchy Skin

Skin issues can sometimes be just as irritating as fleas or ticks, especially when your pet is scratching all the time. Apple cider vinegar can be used to clean the skin and remove allergens that make your cat itch. As always, dilute the mixture so it doesn’t actually harm the skin, but then you can get started:
– Mix up apple cider vinegar and water 50/50.
– Dip a paper towel in the mixture.
– Rub the damp paper towel over their skin and fur.

You can also use unpasteurized apple cider vinegar with a cotton ball for burns or acne too. In terms of skin infections or hot spots, bathing your cat and then rinsing them with a 1 part to 3 part vinegar to water solution will work best for a shiny coat.

Ew, What’s That Smell?

Did your cat get sprayed by a skunk? Well, there’s always the tomato juice method, but vinegar is just fine if you’re a little short on the tomato juice front. Just sponge the apple cider vinegar into the coat and skin. Don’t get it in their eyes, but other than that, let it dry before washing up your cat to clean them off.

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The Weight Loss Journey

Fluffy or overweight? Yeah, some of us try and trick ourselves into thinking that our cats are just fluffy, but let’s stop kidding ourselves! Our cats need to lose weight to be healthy, and apple cider vinegar works great. There are multiple recipes everywhere including apple cider vinegar to help with this, but we figured we’d better not spoil it and tell you our top pick! Just be aware that you might need ingredients like kelp, lecithin, and vitamin B6.

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Not on the Carpet!

The dreaded morning where you wake up to a wet spot on the carpet (and your cat trying not to look at you guiltily) has finally come. No need to worry! Apply or spray some apple cider vinegar on the area, let it soak, and blot it with paper towels. It doesn’t have to be difficult when your cat has an accident.

Owning a cat comes with a lot of responsibility and a lot of questions on what to do when your cat is sick in some way. They could have stomach problems, itchy fur, or even smell like a skunk! It doesn’t have to be difficult to care for them though when you’ve got apple cider vinegar on your side. It has so many benefits that you just might want to pick up a bottle from the store! As always however, go to the vet if you’re seriously concerned or if they don’t recover. Our cats always come first!

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