feliway and the feline war zone

[wolf63]

My two cats are siblings and they mostly ignore each other, but every now and then there is a giant fight and Mexican stand-offs.

I have decided to try the feliway diffuser. I have just been to Amazon and they are about £16 (for a refill) and it says that this is will last 4 weeks. It seems expensive. I don't mind shelling out for the diffuser but to pay that sort of money on an on-going basis is scary. If I was more convinced that it would make a difference I wouldn't be bothered by the cost.

Has anyone tried pheromones to prevent all out war?

They actually started a fight at the top of my stairs and rolled down the stairs in one giant ball of hissing and spitting fur. I've gotten to the stage where I leave them to it - Frankie doesn't seem to be embarrassed at being beaten up by a girl.

[divegirl]

Would it not be a case though of it not being an on going thing?
Could you not just try it for a few weeks see how thy get on and then if it works gradually reduce the amount that you use until the get on better?
That said...is it worth it for the occasional spat?

Lisa x

[lcg]

hi wolf - i have 3 cats of different ages (all female), and most of the time they slink around the house in their favourite spots quietly and ignore each other. but, like you, sometimes they meet and have a slapping contest (v. funny), mexican stand-off or the hissing/spitting/rolling/fur flying bundle - usually close to my head when i am on the sofa because they all want to sit in the window behind and cannot share at all. i think it is a natural thing and my cats stay in quite a lot as i don't have a cat flap - and inevitably they meet more around the house. i don't know how effective those feliway things are and they do sound expensive......i hope they work for you and make things a bit more peaceful for you! x

[tiggerblue10]

Hi Wolf, I used a Feliway plug in a month before I had Little Tiggs for Tigger mainly as she always goes and hides when strangers are around. When people came round to visit Little Tiggs, Tigger would come and mingle with everybody and even let them stroke her. Also, there did seem to be less fighting between her and Blue. I haven't used Feliway since then though as she is quite comfortable around people now :o)

Hope you get your two sorted out soon xxx

[CatGirl4]

I believe you can also get this in a spray.

[wolf63]

I have bought a diffuser on-line and will see what, if any, improvement there is. Most of the time the moggies ignore each other and this means no fighting. But when they start fighting it gets very noisy and sometimes ends in a trip to the vet (or GP) for an involved party.

##Anyone want a cat? Two cats??

[nungate]

Wolf, we had one of those feliway diffusers and quite honestly it was a waste of time, it didn't work with our lot. I've found a slipper thrown in the right direction, i.e. to MISS works quite effectively on our little band of ruffians, the slap of the slipper on the floor seems to be enough to distract them from their nefarious activities

[wolf63]

nungate - I used to just shout at them to stop and they would. I have used readily available weapons in the past.

I will give the Feliway a try and if there is no noticeable difference I will ditch it.

Cats!!!!!