Slippery Elm Bark - I have some, what dosage?

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Hi guys/gals, 

I just bought some slippery elm bark powder. 

I'd like to know how to use it - how much powder and water to mix up? 

Boo eats 99.99% canned food.  Can I just stir it into his food? 
 
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Slippery Elm Syrup
Make your cat a homemade slippery elm syrup. Add 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. of the powder to 1 cup of cold water. Dampen the powder by stirring, which helps avoid lumps. Boil the mixture in a stainless steel or glass pot for about 3 minutes, stirring continually. Allow it to thicken to the consistency of maple syrup or molasses. Store in a dark colored dropper bottle in a cool place for one day or in the refrigerator no more than five days. Label and date the bottle. Give your cat 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. mixed with her food or straight if she'll drink it. You can administer up to 4 doses a day. For the most difficult cats, squirt onto their paws during their bath time and they will lick it off.
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No - he didn't like it. 

Nor did he know that while he was distracted with a toy, I carried out a covert operation and snuck the ellusive Slippery Elm Bark into his wet food.   What he doesn't know won't hurt him!   

But SEB on it's own is a dead pan giveaway and he wants nothing to do with it, hence my James Bond'ish approach.  Sometimes we just have to get 'er done. 

The proof was in the poop. 
 
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Haha, that's great.  So when he didn't know the SEB was in the food, he ate it?  

I just started four of my seven on SEB.  I put it in their food and to my amazement, they ALL are eating it.  
 
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