Oh, I wouldn't.  They seem horrible.  I just wondered whether anyone
else had heard of these actually being used.  If anything, I might try
Feliway pheremones.  But that costs a lot.  I'd probably be better off
saving the money for the Spay.  I just wish I could do something for
her.  

The reason I have to save up is because of the emergencies and medical
bills I've already paid for my cats.  I know well what it can cost
when an emergency happens.  I've been a responsible pet owner for the
last 16 years.  That is how old my oldest is.  I don't need lectures
about what it costs to take care of them.  I'm a single adult with no
children and most of my money goes toward them.  I have one cat with
FLUTD who has to eat prescription food or we end up in the emergency
vet clinic at $800.00 a pop.  I've done that twice now.  I have
another cat who had to have a toy's eye removed from his stomach.
Then we tore the entire apartment apart looking for the other eye. but
we couldn't.  He knew right where it was though and we went back two
weeks later.  $600.00 each time.  Melampus, the oldest, got his back
claw stuck in the wall while jumping down from the shelf he was
sitting.  He tore it half off before we could get him out.  The
amputation of his toe, $540.00.  And just a month and a half ago, the
sweet little cat I had rescued had to be put to sleep because she was
sick.  They believe it was probably Feline Leukemia.  When I got her I
had her dewormed and tested for Leukemia as well as FIV.  Both tests
were negative and the vet ok'd her to go home to my other babies.  She
got her shots as well as her boosters.  She was also spayed.  When she
got sick, the vet told me that there are instances when the Leukemia
is in the bone and doesn't show up in the blood test.  Then she sent
me home to bleach and disinfect everything Aja had touched.  All of
the vet costs plus the cost of euthanasia probably ended up being
about 300 or more.

When I decided to bring Freida home with me, I thought about all of
this.  I know she needs to be spayed.  I don't go out looking for
cats.  But I'm also not gonna walk past one that needs a place to stay
and something to eat.  I coulda just let my mom take her to the pound,
but I had a friend who worked there once and they euthanize at the
drop of a frickin hat.  He told me of two different instances where an
animal had come in and the same day someone came in to browse, only to
call the next day to see if the animal was still available and find it
was already too late.  

My mom had called around to the places that promise not to euthanize
as well, but they were full and would probably be so for awhile.  So
while I see where you are coming from, please know that I do my best
by my cats.  They are my babies.  Right now, though unspayed, Freida
is alive and loved and well fed.  She isn't hungry or pregnant or
dead.  So I could've done a lot worse by her.

My friends didn't give me those suggestions, I read them online.  

Or maybe you meant the ones who suggested I don't get her spayed.
Those were coworkers.  My friends know me better than to suggest
something so dumb, they also won't bring up declawing.  I have trained
everyone I know on the evils of that terrible practice.

Beautiful Pier One chairs. . . $40.00 a piece
Plush Overstuffed Sofa. . .$530.00
The sound of my cats tearing up my furniture. . . horrifying
Knowing that they are happy fully functioning felines. . . priceless.