My Zen Cat (long post--sorry) RE: Feliway

[Lisa loves Pooh]

So I have a kitty--he has FIV. I have 4 other kitties and they pretty much don't like him. Today Vet suggests FELIWAY. One of the techs says she uses it at home and the difference is night and day. My long wanting to escape kitty--is sitting mellow in the same room as this stuff--like he's meditating. He keeps going up to the diffuser and sitting near it. They say it gives off the "Happy" kitty phermones--some hormones that are on kitty mouths. Basically using this stuff makes him happy.


What is said is we were about ready to consider Euthanisia b/c of his FIV. He gets out frequently (it is a behavioral issue that is hard to control). Vet said it might be b/c he is not feeling the love. A few weeks ago he got a puncture wound in his paw from a fight. Long story short--treatment didnt' work and we went back today. B/c of his FIV--they suspect it takes him longer to heal. So today we go back they think the infection is in his bone. Get stronger meds to fix that. Vet also recommends the happy hormone.

So if you have behavioral issues with your kitties--multicat househould---marking problems, scratching problems---I have been assured that this stuff works and instead of scratchign my usual chair and stalking to escape--my cat is sitting all zen like in the living room.

Hopefully this stays that way b/c I really didn't want to put the poor critter to sleep. And unfortunately with his behavioral issues and b/c of his disease--it is the one case where it is recommended if the behavior cannot be corrected.

So hopefully the Kitty Yoga Drug continues working.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

That's great that your cat is reacting so nicely!

I was thinking of trying Feliway because one of our cats gets so stressed out when we have visitors. He hides under a bed and will not come out. He's not TOO bad when we have kids in the house, but really freaks when adults are in the house. I'm thinking that this might help him. Do you know if it's supposed to help this type of kitty issue?

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I will see if I can find the brochure.

But it does help with anxiety. Whether it makes them warm up to strangers, I do not know. But it is suppose to "peace" them out.

I was joking with the vet tech about meditating kitties.

Her issue was a new cat and for 2 weeks she had sleepless nights b/c of the fighting and as soon as she began using it--no more problems. And for me--no scratching and no stalking an escape route.


ETA: "Calming phermone will overcome alarm phermones released by cats"-- It does list "new home, boarding, unfamiliar people, during transport, introducing a new pet, presence of other animals, hospitalization, and new furntier" as good reasons to use the product and help control unwanted feline behavior in these situations.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I don't care if Tigger warms up to strangers, but it would be nice if he didn't hide and not come out. It's very hard on him when we go away on vacation and a pet sitter comes into the house--she doesn't even see him and he gets very stressed. This summer we want to hire someone to stay in the house for a week when we go on vacation so we won't have to board the dogs, but I can't even imagine how upset Tig would be.

Where did you buy your feliway from? How many diffusers do you have? How many sf does it cover? I'd probably need one for upstairs and one for downstairs.