For those of you who dont know, Feliway is a wonderful thing for cats - and humans who like their cats to be happy and calm. I've written about it before in my essential list of equipment to get when you're about to embark on a cat. In short, it is a diffuser you plug into an electric power point (like a 'plug in' air scenting thing), that disperses a fake pheremone that registers to a cat as the scent they make to mark territory as 'theirs'. It therefore gives the message that everything is safe and good. It is virtually undetectable to humans. I say virtually, as I have a super nose, and I can just smell it when I have plugged a new one in and when I'm within 1m of it (it isnt unpleasant - and I HATE air freshners). In my reading and chatting all things cat, I have come across the very rare instance of a cat who doesn't react well to feliway (if you're the rare exception, you'll notice, and can de-plug with no harm done). But for almost all cats, feliway makes a noticeable difference in their wellbeing, particularly in times of stress. I have just plugged a new one in, as Kato has been indicating a desire to wee on our bed - husband man is away, so that is a stressor for Kato - and the new feliway has calmed those indications down. Both Ava and Kato display a little more 'happy marking' when the new feliway is plugged in - rubbing happily against the closest walls and furniture, and even flopping on the floor in the vicinity of the diffuser. I was happy today, as I needed to re-stock, and I found an Australian site offering feliway re-fills at a staggeringly low $22.95...and I got free shipping :)
http://www.pacific-pets.com/categories/cats-kittens/behaviour-training/feliway.html
http://www.pacific-pets.com/categories/cats-kittens/behaviour-training/feliway.html