beverly (elkhart, in) on 12/29/2023
baby kittens (North Manchester, Indiana ) on 06/12/2022
Carole (MI) on 04/16/2022
@mypupsaje (Vancouver BC) on 12/10/2021
I also did a one-to-one ratio on his scruff and paws. The next day his eye was noticeably better. I have continued to do so for three consecutive days and I’m just delighted with the results. The vet, whom we love, guesstimated a charge of $400 were this remedy to have failed. We just had an expensive slipped disc fiasco and are thrilled this worked, especially given the upcoming holidays. Thank you!
Misty (Selma, NC) on 07/25/2021
Apple Cider Vinegar for Kitten's Conjunctivitis Theresa (Fl) on 10/10/2020
I am floored by the results so far!! It's only now the second day and it was posted by others that results would be noticed on the second day and I can 100% say with no doubts that the treatment is actually working!!
When I got him his eyes had a lot of pus in both eyes. The eyelids were both crusty and partially sealed by the discharge so I think it's fair to say his infection was moderate heading towards severe. This morning his eyes were both open all the way, a very tiny amount of pus, mostly his eyes were watery. He was so happy to actually see his toy that he played and played for a good hour before passing back out again.
I now have a very hyper kitty. He does have worms also but once I finish taking care of that issue I can't imagine how much energy he will have when his poor tummy feels better especially if he's displayed this much energy just fixing his eyes. It was literally the best $4 I ever spent on any kind of product. And to think putting vinegar on the shoulder blades in the back AWAY from their eyes actually works!! AND it sure beats going to the vet paying for just being there and then the cost of some kind of medicine and my baby is very young, too young to have been taken from his mother however the mothers owner is far from a responsible pet owner and was literally throwing the entire litter outside in the woods next to her house. If I could have taken them all I would have and I've thought about them ever since. I know I'm going to try everything I can to help the one I did save. I don't know about the worms, if the vinegar would kill those but that's my next mission. If not it's off to the vet with him.
Thanks for the advice, this site is fantastic!! I spend many hours here going thru all the remedies and ailments. Keep up the great work!!
Suzanne (Lawrenceville, Ga) on 12/03/2018
Lisa (Fl) on 07/08/2018
Sm (Atlanta ) on 05/28/2018
Just wanted to add my experience to the mix. Bottom line, it works.
Apple Cider Vinegar for Conjunctivitis Patricia (Ar) on 12/14/2017
Googled "Feline Conjunctivitis" to see what I could find online when I found the "EarthClinic" site. I was skeptical to say the least...I couldn't believe something as simple as putting organic Apple Cider Vinegar diluted 1-1 with distilled water could cure her eye problem, after spending several hundred dollars already on her eyes, but I was ready to try anything...
Day one I put the mixture on a jumbo cotton ball and soaked the scruff of her neck 3 times throughout the day. I could tell by that evening she was already starting to open her eye, which she had been squinting shut since we brought her home!
Day 2, I continued with the treatment 3 times throughout the day, her eye was 75% better, much less redness and no eye boogies!
Day 3 & 4, I used the mixture 2 times.
By day 5 her eye was completely healed! No redness, no squinting, and no boogies! I don't know how this works but, it is a miracle, this is the first time her eye's have been completely clear, open and healthy looking since we got her! She was to the point that she would RUN and hide when she saw me coming with a bottle of eye drops, but she didn't mind the ACV treatment at all, I warmed the cold solution to about body temp and she actually enjoyed me rubbing it on her neck between the shoulder blades.
THANK YOU EARTH CLINIC! I have many friends in the animal rescue community and will definitely will be sharing this treatment with them all!
Kandas (California) on 11/28/2017
For my kitten, I did 1/4 teaspoon to one teaspoon of chicken broth for one 8 oz can of wet food. She loved it! I'd go for an organic broth, however, if you're a skeptic like me and don't want anything harmful getting into your kitty.
Hope this helps anyone still having trouble with coaxing their kitties to take their treatment.
Michele (Conifer, Co) on 07/26/2017
Maggie (Idaho) on 07/19/2016
Carol (Murrieta Ca.) on 06/21/2016
I was just wondering how long should I use it? Not trusting because of the antibiotic, and worrying it may come back.
Qwho (Tucson, Az) on 11/18/2015
They gave me antibiotic ointment, I gave twice a day for 10 days, no help. I tried lysine twice daily for 3 or 4 days, no change. tried diluted apple cider vinegar (braggs) between shoulder blades and to wipe eye and even a few drops in her eye, and even put on her paws also so she would lick it off, for several days. nothing has worked.
I going to try tea bags next. Noticed today for the first time the discharge is blood tinged. Sometimes her eye is glued shut after sleeping. I use warm water to loosen up the crust so it opens and I wipe away the weepy discharge.
She has another appointment with the vet in two days (two weeks after initial appointment. they said go to a specialist, but I really cannot afford it. I have spent several thousands on my cats in the last two years.
Anita (South) on 08/30/2015
Jaide (Brisbane, Queensland) on 06/19/2015
Thrinny (Caldwell, Nj) on 05/16/2015
I saved this site to my favorites for future ailments.
Kh (Las Vegas, NV) on 12/28/2014
One of them has had chronic problems since puppyhood with ear infections, and had pyothorax at 16 months. She also has problems with recurring furuncles (boils) between the pads of her front feet and between her toes.
The other has never appeared to have any type of infection or illness until the pannus.
They are from bloodlines as far apart as you can get and still have two German Shepherds.
After much research and trial and error, we are successfully managing the pannus in both without steroids or cyclosporine (which I did not want to use). What I mean by this is that the redness in the whites of their eyes has completely to almost completely disappeared and that their corneas are now completely clear to almost completely clear after being completely covered over. Also, no more of the yellowish discharge you describe. But whenever we've tried to taper this regimen, the symptoms have returned. So we assume we're doing this for life.
So, what we're doing, same for both dogs, is:
2 raw egg yolks a day for dog with pannus plus infections, 1 raw egg yolk a day for dog with pannus only
Magnesium threonate, 144 mg 2x/day (in a.m. and at bedtime)
Turmeric capsule with bioperrine 1/day
CoQ10,50 mg every morning (using liquid drops in bite of food)
Melatonin, 2.5 mg at bedtime (the dogs had issues with being awake all night and sleeping all day--no longer a problem since the CoQ10 and melatonin)
Optizinc (30 mg capsule once a week)
I noticed that their eyes got worse every year in early November, so we give cod liver oil and grass fed butter (a couple of tsp/day of each) through the winter months.
Diet:
They get 3 oz of wild Alaska salmon every night
They get half raw food diet prescribed by their holistic vet and half grain-free bison or lamb dog food
A vet-designed combo of essential oils (tea tree oil, yucca oil, aloe vera, chamomile, clove oil, echinacea) applied to feet once a day and povidone iodine (applied to feet once a day later in the day), plus occasional epsom salt foot soaks (3-5 minutes in warm water once or twice a week) cured the furuncles and keeps them away.
I never thought my dogs could possibly be magnesium deficient, so we were doing everything but the magnesium for about a year and getting significant improvement, but never fully clear eyes.
Once we added the magnesium, the dogs' eyes finished clearing up quickly--I don't have a diary of this, but my memory of it is that a week after we started the magnesium, I checked their eyes and they were clear.
I am pretty much at the point now where the first thing I try for anything is magnesium threonate.
Tina (Sparland, Ill) on 10/31/2014
