I nearly missed this thread in my quest for information on Feliway.

Your cat's problem sounds a bit like mine was. Has anything traumatic (in
his terms) happened before he began?

The first time we had moved house temporarily whilst some major renovation
work was done - he peed on the spare bed a couple of times. When we moved
back he stopped.

Later he got "lost" for 24 hours - he was only about 200 yards away but he
has no sense of direction! He was upset by the whole affaire particularly as
he had picked up some sheep ticks. He was ok to begin with but then we went
on holiday and my parents came to cat sit (as usual). It was also summer,
the patio window was always open and other cats do pass through the garden.
When we got back it was major pee city for quite a while and we tried
everything - including some wrong things like getting cross if we caught him
in action.

I got so frantic I was contemplating spending a fortune for a cat "psy" -
but before I did I followed a link on his web site which explained why cats
do this and what to do about it. The main thing that worked for us instantly
was putting lots of small bowls of dried cat food all around the house -
food = security. The next thing was to get rid of the cat pee smell but not
to replace it with another unfamiliar smell that he may find threatening and
want to cover up. It also said to rub his face and then rub your hands over
the areas to transfer the pheromones - this is where the Feliway comes in.
Of course getting angry just make's things worse as they become more
stressed.

The dried food really worked but you have to put up with lots of little
bowls around the house. I eventually removed the ones that seemed
un-necessary and found ways of hiding others behind curtains etc. Now we
mostly have a problem with the conservatory which he considers as outside
because he can see other cats occasionally and the door is often open. We
also had an episode on the front door mat - I'm wondering if a cat outside
had sprayed near our door, or if he had heard a cat fight in the night.

I suggest you try and find what is making him stressed, dried food all over
the place (don't forget water, but just in one place will do) and something
with enzymes to get rid of previous accident smells - I use Shout stain
remover.

Good luck, it's not nice however much you love them, nobody wants their
house to smell of cat pee.

Moi

I think you must be very consistent with it's use. Adding a diffuser would
not hurt, but I think in this instance the spray would be more useful.

Karen

 I'm lucky with Kim she does prefer dried food but will eat canned .
She slightly over weight so if she skips a meal I don't worry .

small

   Well that's what I  thought but maybe I was lucky . I don't have
so much experience with the Parsons type.  I think Diddy (he was
already called that and I promised not to change it ) is chihuahua x
Jr . He looks like a cute puppy and his nature is like a CKCS. he only
weighs about 2.5 kilos . It's hard to stop people fussing and babying
him .
I have some not very good photos at

 http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/alisonkathleen2002

in the Diddy album

Alison