Thanks, Dee!
Personally, I think I'd want to cut back on how much you give him in each meal, just to see how he does and because there is such a thing as being too acidic. Maybe instead of 1/2 dropper, go to 1/4 dropper. If you're not comfortable cutting the dose that much, maybe just reduce it to a bit less than 1/2 dropper and see how he handles that. If he's ok, keep it at that dose for a couple of days and reduce it a bit more, etc. It could be that getting it 3x/day is what helped him, and not so much the amount of the ACV, but I could be wrong. Or it could be pulling the Wellness did the trick.
At this point of our discussion... since we all now know that his total daily intake is less than a teaspoon... I'm thinking of continuing for a few weeks. Mostly because all seems to be well. I don't want to change that, if it doesn't need to be changed.
I also would like to exceed the time frame, where he went the longest with no barfing. Since I didn't keep records before...I'm going with a round number of 2 weeks.
JUST TO BE CLEAR... If new info, ideas, opinions, etc. come up... I am TOTALLY willing to change! I don't want anyone to think when I say "I'm going to do ____," that it means my heels are dug in. I'm just relaying what is on my mind. Where my head is at.
For the record, and I think you already know this, we're sort of in uncharted territory here. I haven't found anything about using ACV to increase stomach acidity or improve digestion in cats (other than the article Dee posted, which is bit more general), which is what we're (hopefully) doing. So I am going on what I've learned, what my gut (no pun intended) tells me, and what you report. Every cat is different and input from everyone else is more than welcome, as I'm by no means an expert.
I TOTALLY understand.
Your smarts
, your knowledge of cats, kibble causing damage sicknesses, Mazy's results, etc. I've taken less "chances" at the vet.
Not pet related, but...At work, I often want to know WHY something works a particular way. I get made in fun of (a lot) for that thinking. BUT knowing why... makes the info "stick." More importantly, it is also often the reason I can fix something, or figure out a work around... when that something doesn't work. I think this situation is a PERFECT example of that same thing. Except, this time I can sit back and let YOU do the thinking FOR me.
For the record, IF something horrible should go wrong... I know this is uncharted territory.
Dee commented in the other thread on ACV that she would split the dose listed in her post between the meals. I would agree.
BTW, how many meals does he get each day, and how much food in each meal? Finally (I hope), how much does he weigh?
P.S. I just realized -- he's willingly eating food with 1/2 dropper of ACV in it? Wow!
Arrows gets a half dropper 3x a day...in each meal. Total daily ACV amount equals to a tiny bit less than a teaspoon.
He eats approximately 6 oz, of food, a day. He is VERY lean and active. Long and skinny. 11.4 pounds
I would have been much more surprised, with Arrows willing to eat food with ACV, had Mazy not been a willing participant.
I know the amounts differ drastically, but... it is still ACV! ACK. When I was measuring out the dropper amounts earlier... I drank the teaspoon of ACV. I've since drank 8 oz of water... 2 cups of coffee... ate a bean burrito. Stomach still ewie.