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Posted by shadows721 on June 29, 2004, at 23:32:37
What is it useful for? My friends says it can be used on everything on all types of fungus problems. Is that true?
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 2, 2004, at 9:55:16
In reply to Tree Oil?, posted by shadows721 on June 29, 2004, at 23:32:37
> What is it useful for? My friends says it can be used on everything on all types of fungus problems. Is that true?
I presume you mean tea tree oil? Also known as neem oil.
It is a potent fungicide. Some people have a skin reaction (redness, minor inflammation) if used full strength. It can be diluted with any sort of vegetable oil that you wouldn't mind having on your skin. Still effective at 3:1 dilution.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 2, 2004, at 14:51:19
In reply to Re: Tree Oil? » shadows721, posted by Larry Hoover on July 2, 2004, at 9:55:16
> I presume you mean tea tree oil? Also known as neem oil.Tea tree oil and neem oil are not the same thing. What I said applies to tea tree oil. Sorry for the confusion.
Lar
Posted by shadows721 on July 2, 2004, at 22:37:33
In reply to Tree Oil?, posted by shadows721 on June 29, 2004, at 23:32:37
Yes, that's it tea tree oil. My friend said that I could use it on my Persian's ring worm. I don't know about that. Is it poisonous?
Posted by Larry Hoover on July 3, 2004, at 9:28:39
In reply to Re: Tree Oil?, posted by shadows721 on July 2, 2004, at 22:37:33
> Yes, that's it tea tree oil. My friend said that I could use it on my Persian's ring worm. I don't know about that. Is it poisonous?
It is irritating to the digestive tract, but not poisonous (in humans), in small amounts. You can safely use it to treat mouth infections, or gargle with a diluted tea tree oil solution, for example. Your cat will lick it off, but it will still help the ringworm. I really don't know if it's toxic to cats, though. It's not very often that a substance is toxic to one mammal, and not to others, but I suppose it's possible. (Okay, that spurred me to use these keywords in google "tea tree feline", and here's what I got...)
The first hit was a pro-feline tea tree oil product. http://dynamite.mystateusa.com/Tea_Tree_oil_(Feline).htm
Just below was another one saying it is toxic to cats:
http://www.messybeast.com/teatree.htmI can't advise you which is true. The second reference gives a lot of scientific detail, though.
Lar
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