calming 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/produc...d=8906&Ntt=fel
iway&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2002
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"JLove98905" wrote in message
...
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!

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/produc...d=8906&Ntt=fel
iway&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&N=2002

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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.

OSPAM (JLove98905) wrote in message ...
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/produc...d=8906&Ntt=fel
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

OSPAM (JLove98905) wrote:

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.

OSPAM (JLove98905) wrote in message ...
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

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