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Before I moved from Sweden to California, I was pretty nervous about the trip. Some cats like to get stuffed into little tiny boxes and move all over the place. I don’t. And I didn’t want to do it.
But there were two things that my human dude did that made my trip easier (not EASY, I said easier). Here they are: 1. He left my cat carrier (a new one, because he had to get one that would fit under the airplane seat) open in the house for about two months before we actually left. That way I got used to it and it didn’t scare me that much. 2. He sprayed that carrier with Feliway before the day before and the day of our trip. I have no idea what Feliway is, or even really how to say it, but it works. It made me feel a little more relaxed during the trip. Do you have any Feliway stories? Leave me a comment on this tip and let me know! OR, you can hang out with other Feliway fans in the Feliway Felines group on Catster! Tailer is a cat from Sweden. kthxbai! |
August 24th, 2009
I find Feliway puzzling. I really don’t know if it works. I used to buy it all the time, but then decided to stop, and everything looks the same.
What does work at our home is to leave the carriers open in the basement so our three cats can take a nap inside as if they were any other hiding place. They enjoy it and look less stressed when it’s time to go to the vet in it.
Daniela Caride
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I think Feliway definitely works – I’ve seen it work in so many different ways. We used it at the vet clinic I used to work at to spray inside cat cages, and it seemed to help calm them down. I used the diffuser for a slightly grumpy office cat who mellowed out considerably. The most dramatic results I’ve seen is with use in a home with sudden intercat aggression between three cats that formerly got along. A few days of using the Feliway spray returned things back to normal.