The effects of CBD on anxiety in Biggie the Cat, a residential study

A residential study of the effects of CBD on an aggressive cat, Biggie, was conducted over an eight week period to determine if CBD could calm the cat and eliminate its attacking behavior towards Riley, the family dog. After taking approximately 16.6mg of CBD Isolate every morning in Biggie’s dry cat food, she showed significantly reduced anxiety and fear, as measured by the cat’s behavior and lack of aggression towards Riley the dog.

The experimental subject of this study was Biggie, a formally feral black cat, who was rescued after being attacked by a winged predator and severely injured as a kitten. Biggie was taken to the vet, patched up, brought inside the house and after three weeks of hiding from the other two cats and the dog that lived in the house, Biggie began to gradually come out of hiding and get a little closer to the other pets. . . At first, Biggie was afraid of Riley, a Golden Retriever dog, and would run away from her whenever he was near her.

Over the course of about three months, Biggie observed that the dog didn’t bother the other two cats and they rubbed up against her and slept next to her. It was as if the dog was her protector. Little by little, Biggie moved closer to Riley, not even touching her. All the animals seemed to get along and there was peace in the home.

Suddenly one day, Biggie came face to face with Riley and went berserk. He stood up and arched his back violently. He snarled menacingly and charged at Riley with both front claws extended, ready to attack the dog. My wife, who was standing nearby in the kitchen, stepped in, scolded the cat, and tried to separate the two animals. As she did this, Biggie struck her with her claws and injured one of her hands and arm. He then turned around and ran away to another room to hide.

This became the new norm. If Biggie walked into the living room, where all the animals congregate during the day, and saw Riley, he would go into attack mode and charge Riley, resulting in more human intervention and more scratches on his arms.

This aggressive behavior went on for about a month. We tried to throw water at Biggie, but he just pissed him off and continued to attack Riley. We did not know what to do.

Finally, I decided to give Biggie some of our pet’s CBD tincture to see if it would reduce his anxiety about the dog and calm him down. I used the Isolate 500mg pet tincture that we developed for the CBD Health Club brand for our e-commerce site. I fed her a full dropper, containing approximately 16.6mg of CBD isolate, every morning in her dry cat food. At first, he smelled the cat food and walked away. I later noticed that he was back at the table eating his cat food, so I know he was ingesting some CBD.

I continued to administer the same amount of CBD isolate each morning for eight weeks, and Biggie continued to eat it throughout the day.

After about a week, Biggie began to relax more and the violent attacks stopped. He’d still avoid Riley, but he’d just drop into another chair or the other end of the couch. You could tell he was losing his fear of the dog and relaxing more around him.

While this was an anecdotal study, other environmental factors may have been involved, and the amount of CBD ingested each day was not scientifically administered, observation of the cat’s daily behavior showed that something was improving its disposition and its aggressiveness towards the dog was significantly reduced. .

The result is that I will continue to give Biggie a dropper full of CBD Isolate every morning and monitor his behavior regularly. Double-blind scientific studies with a placebo group should be conducted to determine CBD dosage levels and to measure the behavior of cats after successive periods of administration.