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Essential Oils - Cats and Dogs

Essential Oils & Cats
It has been recommended that if you decide to diffuse essential oils around your cats that you leave the door open and allow them to leave. Unfortunately, some cats don’t leave, and there have been reports of pet owners having to put their cats down due to liver failure, even after just a couple of weeks of diffusing.
 
Cats simply are unable to metabolize essential oils
due to the lack of glucuronyl transferase, a liver enzyme.
 
Some of you have been diffusing around your cats, and they are fine (so far). There are real risks, and it’s up to you as the pet owner to decide if you want to risk diffusing around your cats or not. Ideally, diffuse in a room where your cat can’t enter.
 
Essential Oils & Dogs
 
General Safety Tips
  • dogs are more sensitive to essential oils than humans are. Essential oils should always be used diluted, even when just inhaling. This is important to remember, as we humans don’t dilute when inhaling.
  • most issues that dogs have can be addressed with the inhalation of diluted essential oils. There are a few issues which can be addressed with topical use, see below.
  • only use essential oils with your dogs when needed to address a concern – not to “prevent” a health issue. An example is to have them inhale a digestive essential oil after they eat, when they don’t have any digestive issues. This is not recommended.
  • this is probably obvious to most of us, but it goes without saying: do not add essential oils to your dog’s food or drinking water
  • avoid using essential oils with puppies under 10 weeks of age – use hydrosols instead.
 
When offering essential oils to your dog, you want to first pre-select 3-5 essential oils from the safe list below, which you believe to be the most effective for the issue that needs addressing. There are often several essential oils which can be beneficial, and allowing your dog to choose which one specifically will ensure you do not go wrong.
Allow your dog to sniff the closed bottle (remember, dogs have an incredible sense of smell and even when the bottle is closed, this is enough for them) and once you know which one(s) your dog prefers, you can then dilute accordingly.


Essential oils safe to use with dogs.
Here is a list of essential oils that are known to be safe for use around dogs according to the essential oil animal experts. 
 
  1. Angelica Root Angelica archangelica
  2. Basil (linalool chemotype) Ocimum basilicum ct. linalool
  3. Bergamot Citrus bergamia, Citrus aurantium subspecies bergamia
  4. Black Pepper Piper nigrum
  5. Cajeput Melaleuca cajuputi
  6. Caraway Carum carvi
  7. Cardamom  Elatteria cardamomum
  8. Carrot Seed Daucus carota, Daucus carota subspecies sativa
  9. Chamomile (German) Matricaria chamomilla, Matricaria recutita, Chamomilla recutita
  10. Chamomile (Roman) Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum nobile
  11. Cinnamon Leaf Cinnamomum verum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum
  12. Cistus Cistus ladanifer, Cistus ladaniferus
  13. Citronella Cymbopogon winterianus, Cymbopogon nardus
  14. Coriander Coriandrum sativum
  15. Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
  16. Elemi Canarium luzonicum, Canarium vulgare
  17. Eucalyptus Eucalyptus radiata (this is the species specified, but the other species have the same safety issues)
  18. Fennel (Sweet) Foeniculum vulgare
  19. Frankincense Boswellia carterii (this is the species specified, but the other species have the same safety issues, with the exception of Boswellia papyfera which is not recommended to use during pregnancy for humans)
  20. Geranium Pelargonium graveolens, Pelargonium x asperum
  21. Ginger Zingiber officinale
  22. Grapefruit Citrus paradisi
  23. Helichrysum Helichrysum italicum (this is the species specified, but Helichrysum splendidum has similar properties and therefore also should be safe to use)
  24. Juniper Berry Juniperus communis
  25. Lavender Lavender angustifolia, Lavender officinalis
  26. Lemon Citrus limon, Citrus limonum
  27. Lemongrass Cymbopogon flexuosus, Andropogon flexuosus, Cymbopogon citratus, Andropogon citratus
  28. Mandarin Citrus reticulata, Citrus nobilis
  29. Marjoram (Sweet) Origanum marjorana, Marjorana hortensis, Origanum dubium
  30. Melissa Melissa officinalis
  31. Myrrh Commiphora myrrha, Commiphora molmol
  32. Neroli Citrus x aurantium
  33. Niaouli Melaleuca quinquinervia
  34. Nutmeg Myristica fragrans, Myristica moschata, Myristica aromatica, Myristica amboinensis
  35. Opopanax Commiphora erythraea, Commiphora guidottii
  36. Orange (Sweet, Blood) Citrus sinensis, Citrus aurantium var. sinensis
  37. Palmarosa Cymbopogon martinii, Andropogon martinii var martinii, Cymbopogon martinii var motia
  38. Patchouli Pogostemon cablin, Pogostemon patchouly
  39. Peppermint Mentha piperita
  40. Petitgrain Citrus aurantium
  41. Plai Zingiber cassumunar, Zingiber montanum, Amomum montanum, Zingiber purpureum
  42. Rosalina Melaleuca ericifolia
  43. Rose (Bulgarian, Damask) Rosa damascena (this is the species specified, but it’s actually the Rose which needs the most dilution, so it stands to reason the other Rose species are also safe)
  44. Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
  45. Sandalwood Santalum spicatum, Santalum album
  46. Spearmint Mentha spicata, Mentha cardiaca, Mentha crispa, Mentha viridis
  47. Spikenard Nardostachys grandiflora
  48. Tangerine Citrus reticulata, Citrus nobilis, Citrus tangerine
  49. Tea Tree Melaleuca alternifolia
  50. Thyme (linalool chemotype) Thymus vulgaris ct. linalool
  51. Valerian Valeriana officinalis
  52. Vanilla Vanilla planifolia, Vanilla fragrans, Vanilla tahitensis
  53. Vetiver Vetiveria zizanoides, Andropogon muricatus, Andropogon zizanoides, Chrysopogon zizanoides, Phalaris zizanoides
  54. Yarrow Achillea millefolium
  55. Ylang Ylang Cananga odorata, Cananga odorata genuine
 
Knowing how much to dilute for inhalation and topical use.
Essential oils must always be diluted before using topically or offering them to your dog to inhale when using as a remedy. Although dilution guidelines may differ depending on the individual essential oil and issue that needs addressing, the general rule of thumb for dogs is to use a 1% dilution for emotional issues, and a 2-3% dilution for physical issues.
Please note that physical issues don’t always require topical application. Inhalation can be effective for pain control and wound healing.

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