Preventing stomatitis in cats is one of the most important things you can do for them. Why? Because it is a horribly traumatic condition, very painful, too painful even to eat.

The veterinary industry’s solutions are useless and can be very expensive. Some people will opt for killing the cat.

Yet it is a very preventable condition. 

Stomatitis is inflammation of the mucus membranes of the mouth. That includes the gums, the tongue, the throat.

Inflammation doesn’t necessarily mean infection, and in this case it is unlikely. Infection is more likely to occur with acute inflammation. This is chronic inflammation.

Inflammation means the tissue is red, swollen and painful. Chronic inflammation means it was slow to develop and the cause is in the environment.

Invariably, the diet is the cause.

Commercial cat food keeps the cat alive, but it doesn’t keep them healthy. It lacks nutrition, uses the wrong food for the cat (cheaper), is highly toxic.

Over the years, the body struggles with this lack of nutrition. Eventually it succumbs.

Initially, antibiotics are prescribed. Why, since it isn’t acute inflammation?

Have you ever NOT come away from a vet’s clinic without antibiotics?

When that doesn’t work, cortisone is prescribed. Cortisone is a godsend to the veterinary industry as it helps with everything.

For a while.

At the expense of the long term health of the patient.

Eventually, it stops working altogether. Then teeth extraction is the last recommendation. Even though it’s the mucus membranes that are suffering, not the teeth.

This normally costs thousands.

And it still doesn’t address the cause.

Humans are meant to be intelligent. How about applying that intelligence to cause and effect? It’s logical.

But it doesn’t sell.

Chronic conditions, such as stomatitis, take a long time to develop. This means that treatment is not going to bring about a quick fix.

One of the leading causes of any and every health condition in your cat, if not THE leading cause, is the diet. Your cat is a carnivore. They NEED fresh meat. Not pea or soy protein.

A carnivore needs RAW meat, not cooked meat, which alters the protein and kills the essential enzymes.

A cat needs quality protein, not the dregs and waste discarded from the human food supply.

A cat who is fed a quality, nutritious raw meat and bones diet is the picture of health and vibrancy. Rarely do they get sick. They live long and happy lives. And their passing at the end is easy.

Preventing stomatitis in cats is easy, cost effective to you, trauma-free for them. But it isn’t good for the veterinary industry. Could that be why mainstream vets don’t like raw diets?

True holistic vets love it and recommend it. 

What to do if your cat already has stomatitis?

The raw diet is still relevant, never more so. However, depending on the severity, additional treatment is likely to be needed.

If your cat is still eating quite well, and it’s a mild form, then they may fully recover in time, just from the diet change. It may take several months before they are completely out of the woods, but you are likely to see slow, steady progress.

If, however, it is more serious, and your cat is not eating, then urgent care is needed.

The most effective treatment is holistic. And the best all round holistic treatment is homeopathic. However, you are unlikely to be able to treat your cat yourself. They will need regular consultations with a knowledgeable homeopath or homeopathic vet. Progress is likely to be slow, but sure and steady. A trained eye is needed to see this slow progress, to ensure recovery.

It’s better, less traumatic, less expensive to prevent stomatitis in cats than to go through the long drawn out treatment.