Feliway

Feliway Five and a half years ago my son married an American lady and started a new life in The US. At the time he had two three year old Persian cats that he had bought quite soon after leaving home. Having a succession of jobs and house moves these cats were quite stressed as they had no home for very long, and anyone who knows cats, and especially Persians, will know that they seek security and human companionship. Their life had not been ideal at the start, and it was no secret that I had not been pleased when my son made the decision to purchase the cats, as he was out at work all day and ... more

I've never had a problem in the past introducing new cats to my home. It helps that my first three cats all lived to ripe old age and with the exception of introducing the youngest to the elder two when he was just a kitten, I'd not had to deal with stroppy kitties getting all emotional and stroppy about their territory. When my two eldest cats had both been put to sleep, we found ourselves in March this year down to just the one cat, our elderly Maine Coon tom, Rocky. For the first time in 18 years we were a one-cat household and it just didn't feel right. Within a week two new kitties, a ... more

Help for calming your moggy I absolutely love my cat and couldn't imagine no having him but he does have some bad habits that can cause me some annoyance. I keep him as an indoor cat as I honestly believe it is just too dangerous for him to be allowed out. That's not to say that he is happy to be an indoor cat and he would literally go to the window and scream for sometimes hours at a time. Nothing I would do would stop him and it was getting to e stage that I couldn't sleep as he would be running around the house screaming. I had no idea what was wrong with him and the vet told me that it was ... more

Feliway market both a spray and a room diffuser, both of which emit a scent which encourages the cat to relax and to feel good. I am possibly being a little cheeky as a review on the spray was done on Ciao in 2002, but I thought it such a good product that it was worth updating and bringing it to the fore again. The scent is an artificial copy of the facial pheromone that cats release when they rub their chins alongside furniture etc. In doing this they are giving a signal to both themselves for the future, and to other cats, that this is a safe area, one in which they can relax and feel safe ... more

My poor mog ‘Venus’ has been feeling really unhappy for the past year. She is a seven year old Tortoiseshell Heinz variety and has always been of a very nervous disposition, which, I am told, is very in-keeping with Torties. I think she was probably the result of an incestuous relationship as her parents looked cunningly like twins, so this did untold harm to the little mite. However, she is a darned good mouser if ever I needed one, and I did, which was partly why I got her in the first place. She originally had a male companion in the home, but three years ago he went missing. She pined for ... more