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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004calming feline aromatherapy?
I saw this Feliway aromatherapy product in the Drs. Foster and Smith catalog (see really long link below this post).... it's supposed to calm your cat while you're away. Think this might actually work? I tend to be away all weekend, and my cat gets very stressed out while I'm away. She pesters my roommate at night to the point where she has to stick the cat in my room. Sometimes, when trapped in my room alone, kitty gets upset and poops in my bed! I'd like to try to find a way to calm her anxiety when I'm away. Any thoughts or ideas (non-aromatherapy or otherwise) appreciated! Thanks in advance, Jen really long link: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8906&Ntt=fel iway&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2002 Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright >I saw this Feliway aromatherapy product in the Drs. Foster and Smith >catalog [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > a way to calm her anxiety when I'm away. Any thoughts or ideas > (non-aromatherapy or otherwise) appreciated! Spend more time at home with your cat or find a roomate who is more sensitve to cats? > Thanks in advance, > Jen > really long link: > http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8906&Ntt=fel > iway&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2002 You can always shorten links by going to www.tinyurl.com > Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright And then there are the people I don't know, like yourself who seem to fall into the same category. > I saw this Feliway aromatherapy product in the Drs. Foster and Smith catalog > (see really long link below this post).... it's supposed to calm your cat while [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > iway&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2002 > Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright This is my situation with my cats. I just got new living room furniture. The cats also loved to sharpen their claws on the door frames so much so that they had put, literally, holes in the walls. I had to have them filled in and the entire house repainted. I use an atomizer that contains Feliway and once a day I give the furniture and the door frames a spray. It has worked wonders. The stuff is expensive if you get it at the vets. I bought mine from Biovets on the net and it was much more reasonable. the stuff has worked for me. The only thing you can do is try. >once a day I give the furniture and >the door frames a spray. It has worked wonders. Thanks for the good feedback, Theresa. Do you smell it at all? Think I could spray it on my bed? -jen Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright >Thanks for the good feedback, Theresa. Do you smell it at all? Think I could >spray it on my bed? Actually Feliway is not really aromatherapy; it's a chemical copy of the facial pheromones of a cat. These scent glands are one of the ways cats mark territory, and marking territory reduces a cat's anxiety and makes him feel more secure. As for the spray, I can smell a slight odor but I think it's a component of the spray that can be smelled, not the pheromone itself. We have used the diffuser, and I don't generally smell that. I suppose you could spray it on your bed, but in our case having the diffuser too close to the bed seemed to aggravate my husband's allergies. That isn't to say it would bother you. You could try it and see. > I saw this Feliway aromatherapy product in the Drs. Foster and Smith catalog > (see really long link below this post).... it's supposed to calm your cat while [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks in advance, > Jen I've had decent results using Feliway. I use it when I transport Benny in the car, and though it's not a cure-all, it helps some. It definately would be worth a try. Would your roommate play with your cat when you're gone? This might help tire her out so kitty doesn't wake her up at night. You can also leave out a shirt you've worn so kitty can sleep on it--or play calming music during the day. It doesn't sound like shutting kitty in your room is helping. Does she have things to do to distract her--a cat tree, window perch, bird feeder to watch? Or can you have someone come in during the day to play with her? Rene Hi, My roommate does give kitty lots of attention when she's awake, and kitty has access to my dirty t-shirts 24/7 regardless of whether or not I'm home, just by sleeping on my dirty laundry pile or even in my bed. It has nothing to do with her being neglected or anything like that, it's purely anxiety. -Jen Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright Oh, and I also forget to remind folks that the whole reason kitty gets shut up in my room at night when I'm not around is because her anxious pawing, scratching and meowing at my roommate's bedroom door at night is preventing her from sleeping. I think I mentioned all this at the outset... -Jen Half the people you know are below average. -Steven Wright |
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