A Cat's True Experience Tashan's Experience Part 1
My Bengal cat, Tashan, underwent extensive veterinary testing last week as I recently noticed subtle changes in his behavior and a decrease in his energy. He was examined and evaluated as being in perfect health with one exception; his liver enzyme was elevated to the very high end of normal.
I shared the information from Dr. Khan's page on your website with my veterinarian who also believes my long-term daily use of essential oil diffusion may be the culprit of Tashan's liver problem (I never use essential oils or hydrosols on my cats).
The treatment plan is to forego all uses of essential oils for two months and then retest Tashan. If the liver enzyme value goes down, that should be conclusive that the essential oils were the culprit.
I am thankful for the information on your website, now I may be able to get my precious critter back to good health because of that information before permanent damage was done. I will let you know what we find out in two months.
Tashan's Follow-up Two Months Later Part 2
Two months later the follow-up liver profile rated a decrease in enzyme values. For two months, no other changes were made in household routine or Tashan's diet only that I did not use aromatherapy. Nothing else was different, so it seems that was the probable culprit.
We are going to re-introduce aromatherapy into the home, but instead of daily diffusion, it will be periodic applications (when I need to use it for myself). I hope that with moderate use, it will not re-elevate Tashan's liver enzymes. If it does, then I will have to stop altogether, but only time will tell. At any rate, now, he is a healthy Bengal cat. With aromatherapy limited to periodic diffusion, the veterinarian will re-test Tashan's enzymes in 6 months.
Thank you again for your care and concern. I am so thankful to The Lavender Cat for reporting the aromatherapy warning with kitties. Had it not been for that, I would never have made that connection. D.L. Tashan's Human
