Does CBD Help Cats With Stress And Arthritis?

The most important points in brief

• Animals also suffer from diseases that we believe only affect us humans - such as arthritis or cancer.
• In connection with these diseases, cats, for example, often experience severe pain.
• So why not help the house cats with CBD?
• Because the velvet paws also have the receptors CB1 and CB2, which are susceptible to cannabidiol.

Some people develop a tendency to make life better with a pet. Fish, hamsters, budgies - for many of us, life is more comfortable when you take care of an animal. Half a million dogs lived in Switzerland in 2020, that's a lot. This number is only significantly exceeded by cats, of which there are said to be around 1.7 million in Switzerland. And like their keepers, they can get sick. And then?

Animals shouldn't suffer - CBD can help

A principle of the Swiss Animal Welfare Act is that no one may inflict unjustified pain, suffering or harm on an animal. Of course, this also applies if an animal - or in this case a cat - falls ill. Cats can suffer from pain just like us when they develop arthritis or cancer.

And cats sometimes suffer from stress and anxiety as well. You can usually tell that they are, often these symptoms go back to abuse by people. Then the animals hide or crawl, they are frightened at the slightest noise or display permanent restlessness.

Especially with cancer, CBD for cats is recommended

CBD for animals and especially for cats is especially helpful if your little velvet paw has cancer. There are a number of studies that suggest that CBD inhibits tumor growth. The aggression of the tumor can also be slowed down by administering CBD to cats. CBD does not cure the disease, but your cat may suffer less if the effects that cannabidiol is said to have (antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory) actually unfold.

But not only cancer can afflict cats. Other diseases often trigger pain, as well as accidents or operations. Of course, in these cases, CBD can also be beneficial for your animal. People take medication for pain, CBD could be the better alternative for animals, as this active ingredient - especially administered as CBD oil - can curb the transmission of pain via the nerves.

CBD can help with arthritis and stress in cats

Arthritis, an inflammation or disease of or on joints, can not only affect us humans, but also pets. A potentially good effect of CBD in this context has already been investigated on dogs. Presumably, CBD binds to the receptors CB1 and CB2 in the brain; CBD activates the immune system and soothes inflammation. And what applies to dogs should also apply to cats.

Stress, that is an uneasy feeling, even more so anxiety or depression. In fact, pets can also suffer from it, and humans are often to blame, for example through cruelty to animals. Cats are then very suspicious or easily frightened, and they also like to crawl, as already shown at the beginning. CBD, for example in the form of oil, can also be helpful with these ailments. In this case, too, the cannabidiol seems to address the crucial receptors, the animals often become calmer after the administration and relax in the presence of us humans.