I love this product for what it has done for my cat. She's calm and not afraid anymore of her own shadow! However, the affects it's had on me and my family is another story. It was recommended to me by my vet and I was told that it's just cat pheromone and won't affect humans. He was half correct. The problem is how the pheromones are delivered into the air. It uses isoparaffinic hydrocarbons. Ok, so what? They're used in all kinds of things. BUT, with this product they are heated and diffused into the air. For my family and I it caused loss of appetite, nausea, fatigue, headaches, dizziness, feelings of inebriation, visual disturbances, muscular weakness, and impairment of coordination. This started very slowly over a week until 2 weeks later it was full blown illness for us. I thought maybe we had the flu or something. But after more than a week we weren't getting any better. I finally started clueing in that our symptoms got better if we left the house for the day. I started doing some research and found that isoparaffinic hydrocarbons are 'likely' safe for humans but for those with sensitivity issues it can cause all the symptoms I listed earlier.
I still love this product but can't have it in the house because of the issues we're having. I'm hoping that my review will help someone else who might be experiencing these symptoms discover they are not losing their minds and it's just the isoparaffinic hydrocarbons.
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From the manufacturer
Take your cat from stressed out to chilled out
FELIWAY and FELIWAY Multicat mimic naturally produced pheromones that help reduce stress-related behaviors in cats.
FELIWAY is clinically proven to help reduce behaviors caused by stress
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Urine Spraying |
Hiding |
Vertical Scratching |
What causes stress in a cat and why?
Before we took cats into our homes, they lived very different lives.
They roamed free and had lots of space available to them. They controlled their resources; where they went to eliminate, eat and rest. They could avoid interactions with other cats, dogs and people if they chose to do so. It was also easier to escape threatening and stressful situations.
Now our cats live in houses and apartments that may limit their ability to roam.
They have little or no control over their resources. Their access to the outdoors is restricted or not allowed. They now share their living space with other cats, dogs, children, etc. While these changes have helped and protected cats, they also can cause stress and anxiety. Stress and anxiety can lead to inappropriate behaviors.
What are behavioral and medical signs of stress and anxiety?
- Urine marking
- Vertical scratching
- Hissing
- Fighting with housemate cats
- Hiding
- Lack of grooming
- Over-grooming
- Vomiting
- Urinary tract disease
- Hair loss
- Over or under eating
- Weight gain or weight loss
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DOES NOT LAST 30 DAYS -- 20 or LESS!
By Alessandra G. on March 5, 2018
I'm using this and Comfort Zone ones, and this does NOT last 30 days at all! My first one lasted about 18-20 days max, felt like 15, while the ones from comfort zone are still going, past 30 days. I have 3 plugged in, in different areas to see if they help and will try for 90 days, but I expect Feliway to last AT LEAST 30 days as advertised as they are NOT cheap.By Alessandra G. on March 5, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2017
When he marked the inside of our house as his territory we were horrified, we let him out during the day and locked him up in our pool bath at night while we explored different ways to keep him inside. We found Feliway, but found that 3 bottles did not work for our larger home so we tried 6. When he continued to mark his scent by spraying we were sad our efforts to domesticate him and keep him safe failed. Then we read one review by a kind soul specified the different ingredients in the Ceva brand Feliway. BINGO!
We only placed 3 bottles throughout our house, at his previously marked areas. We followed him closely for 2 weeks at any sign he raised his tail, he did try but we calmly told him no while pushing his butt down. Now If you tried other products and failed, don't give up, give this product a try.
Urine making is the reason majority of cats are banished outside to fend for themselves from coyotes, traffic, and other animals and the deseases they transmit. I am now looking at my cat peacefully sleeping inside a warm house safe form harm.
I should also add that we took him to petsmart pet hotel and board him for 6 days and brought him home with the previous urine scent cleaned and feliway plugged in.
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dirty and had bleeding wounds that didnt heal for two ...
By Rachel L. on January 8, 2017
This product is answer to my prayers. Don't banish your cats outside because of urine marking. We spotted our cat 2 years ago drinking water out of our salt water pool and tried to give him fresh water and feed him, he did not come close or eat the food we left for him. So we had to stop the feeding because we saw from surveillance the food and water were consumed by unwanted animals. One afternoon we found the cat trapped on our second floor balcony hungry, thirsty, dirty and had bleeding wounds that didnt heal for two weeks on several areas in the front of his body. We applied antibiotic ointment which he just licked off, then we measured body weight and fed him amoxicillin cut in small pieces with canned food, he happily ate it all up twice a day for 8 days. There are coyotes everywhere now and they love to eat cats, our city was no exception. We neutered him, chipped him, and had the necessary shots, and tried to keep him indoors at night because that's when coyotes hunt. He did not like to kept indoors because he lived freely outdoors for almost 5 years on his own.By Rachel L. on January 8, 2017
When he marked the inside of our house as his territory we were horrified, we let him out during the day and locked him up in our pool bath at night while we explored different ways to keep him inside. We found Feliway, but found that 3 bottles did not work for our larger home so we tried 6. When he continued to mark his scent by spraying we were sad our efforts to domesticate him and keep him safe failed. Then we read one review by a kind soul specified the different ingredients in the Ceva brand Feliway. BINGO!
We only placed 3 bottles throughout our house, at his previously marked areas. We followed him closely for 2 weeks at any sign he raised his tail, he did try but we calmly told him no while pushing his butt down. Now If you tried other products and failed, don't give up, give this product a try.
Urine making is the reason majority of cats are banished outside to fend for themselves from coyotes, traffic, and other animals and the deseases they transmit. I am now looking at my cat peacefully sleeping inside a warm house safe form harm.
I should also add that we took him to petsmart pet hotel and board him for 6 days and brought him home with the previous urine scent cleaned and feliway plugged in.
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