feliway plug in

emlou2009

a few questions about the feliway plug in does anyone have any experience of using one, particularly in the case of aggressive cats rather than nervous or stressed cats? would it work if aggression was a personality trait of the cat? and where would be the cheapest place to get one?

Fire_Fox

What do you mean by personality trait, was the cat poorly socialised as a kitten, feral or of nervous disposition?

paddypaws101

What we perceive as a cat's 'personality' is often a response to various environmental factors. Anyone who has had a multi-cat household, and sadly lost one of the cats, will know how dramatically the personalities and habits of the others change.
I am a great fan of Feliway having seen a great improvement in my older cat's behaviour. She was a feral kitten, very strongly bonded to me and was never happy that I kept her kittens. She had started to become increasingly aggressive towards the other cats...kind of funny as they are all twice her size...but actually I knew she felt threatened by them ( they just ignore her! )
The Feliway brought calm to the household.
Then again I did also take her to a homeopath......! Effective but MUCH more expensive

emlou2009

it actually works out cheaper to buy a feliway from pets at home than pet meds, but thanks anyway.

chameleon, FYI spudette actually PM'd me recommending i bought pet food from another website, not pet meds, when the food in question is sold on pet meds, and why would they recommend them to buy the feliway from when also saying they arent as good as collars - which arent actually sold on there?

we are talking about a cat in a single cat household that has never been treated with anything other than love and care, that isnt nervous in the least and is a complete jekyll and hyde - for example today i sat on the other end of the sofa and he ninja'd at me before i even realised what was going on, bit into my hand and then clawed my arm with all 4 sets of claws at once, which left me bleeding for nearly an hour before it stopped!

Waterfalls

maybe u could get intouch with ur vets and ask for a referal to feline behaviour?
feliway or even zylkene may help in the meantime. but it may only make the problem-not treat it
good luck!

rita-rabbit

No fighting please!

What is a calming collar? I have found feliway plug ins to be good btw.

Spudette

rita-rabbit wrote: »

No fighting please!

What is a calming collar? I have found feliway plug ins to be good btw.

Don't worry Rita it is all in jest

A Calming Collar is a collar you put around the neck of dog or cat and it contains pheromones to calm your pet down. I recommend them more than Feliway simply because they seem to be stronger as the pheromones are closer to the pet. The feliways only cover a certain area.

I HTH :j

Spudette

emlou2009 wrote: »

for example today i sat on the other end of the sofa and he ninja'd at me before i even realised what was going on, bit into my hand and then clawed my arm with all 4 sets of claws at once, which left me bleeding for nearly an hour before it stopped!

:shocked: Sounds like my cat lol :rotfl:
Maybe you could talk to the vets I mean it might not be as simple as plugging in a feliway or a collar. Do you think it could be linked to the fireworks etc?

HTH and GL

emlou2009

it was late morning today so i dont think it was the fireworks i wish it was, at least there would be a reason for it then. he was neutered just over a week ago and i mentioned that he was a complete psycho, she looked him over for fleas and mites and things but deemed him normal, on the surface at least!
when i dropped him off, all the nurses were cooing over the cute fluffyness (he is a balinese) but when i picked him up he was handed over with a curt "there you go, he's done" :rotfl:

probably 95% of the time he is a lovely cat, really cuddly, follows me around the house like my shadow, i play with him lots and he's never left on his own for longer than a afternoon. but then he will completely flip! i used to leave my sons bedroom door open so i could hear when he cried for me, but i had to shut it cos i realised he was jumping into his cot, and i only realised this when i found my poor baby boy with scratches on his cheeks and forehead!!
i could understand if the episodes always happened when he is being fussed over and decides he's had enough, thats fair enough, pretty much all cats do that, but he is completely unpredictable and unprovoked. so i thought maybe the feliway might chill these episodes out a bit but i couldnt work out if it was suitable for this kind of thing, cos it mostly says about fighting cats on their website. we are meant to be getting another kitten soon which we are rehoming, a dear little rescued hand reared tabby, so i will probably get a feliway for when he comes.
i have to say i have wondered if it is to do with diet as well, i did start a thread about hypoallergenic dry food and i'm currently trying to switch him to applaws to see if that works, cos last week when he'd only had egg and tuna after the anaesthetic he did two solid poos for the first time ever and was a lot calmer, so perhaps i will see an improvement when the switch to applaws is complete, if it agrees with him. who knows!

nementai

My cat is nervous rather than agressive, but the feliway has been like magic. I was a little doubtful until I stopped using it and my cat returned to the gibbering wreck he was when he was adopted.
I have 2 plug ins, 1 upstairs and 1 down and we replace them about once a month.
Vet uk sell refills for £15.

rita-rabbit

Spudette wrote: »

Don't worry Rita it is all in jest

A Calming Collar is a collar you put around the neck of dog or cat and it contains pheromones to calm your pet down. I recommend them more than Feliway simply because they seem to be stronger as the pheromones are closer to the pet. The feliways only cover a certain area.

I HTH :j

One of my two overgrooms & I am not prepared to give tranquilisers nor can I afford to have feliway on all the time (the plug in lives in the living room & I turn the switch if I am leaving them overnight & times like that - oh & during the firework period {once upon a time it was 1 night but seems to have gone on much longer{) so I am considering other options. Her tummy is 1/2 bald:eek: