Mazy had a drop of ACV in her Rad Cat this morning. She wrinkled her nose at it. I finally had to sprinkle a little forti flora over it to get her to eat it. So now I know. She LIKES it in her canned food, but doesn't want her Rad Cat messed with.
Oops!
Oh well. Maybe she doesn't need it for the raw, for some reason? I love how she communicates with you!
Still trying to work out the best time for these doses.
What are your thoughts on giving it with the SEB meal at mid-day, or the Vet's-Best meal in the middle of the night? Do you think the mucilage coating will defeat the purpose? Or will the ACV still have the desired effect, and her esophagus will be protected from any harsh effects of the ACV?
The goal is to help her body start to produce enough of it's own acid, right?
Yes, the goal is to get enough acid in her tummy to help with digestion (and the ACV is basically a supplement to provide the additional acid, ASSUMING that the issue is she's not producing enough), and that over time, her stomach will be "re-trained" to produce enough acid on it's own so that the ACV is no longer needed. After reading the article Lola posted, I'm wondering if years of kibble "trains" the stomach to produce less acid, and her body just hasn't "turned off" that "training."
So, hypothetically, anything that she gets in her food (slippery elm, Vet's Best, etc.)
should be ok with the ACV, because the ACV is just providing the additional acid that her stomach normally would be producing on it's own. In other words, if her stomach was producing normal amounts of acid, the supplements would be fine. The ACV is just a way to get more acid in her stomach, and the supplements should be ok. Again, hypothetically.
I'm thinking the slippery elm will help coat both her esophagus and stomach lining, which is a good thing, and the ACV should still work. The stomach has mucous to protect the lining from the stomach acid, so hopefully the SEB will help with that, while the ACV provides the extra acid that her tummy is missing.
I wonder what difference this might make with her grass-passing problems.
I know, I kinda got this thread wayyyyy off tract with my hypothesizing.
Sorry about that. I'm not sure if it will have any impact on the grass-passing, but maybe the extra acid will help break down the grass enough for her to pass it more easily?
(Hey, we can hope . . .)