Pouncer Update...He needs PT prayers!!

**Trinityagain** · 03-16-2007, 03:38 PM

So glad he is home and on the mend!

Just out of curiosity, have you tried the Feliway Diffusers? I know they help calm our guys a good bit...

**catfamily** · 03-16-2007, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Trinityagain

So glad he is home and on the mend!

Just out of curiosity, have you tried the Feliway Diffusers? I know they help calm our guys a good bit...

I also believe in the feliways...I used the plug ins for years but they got too expensive.
Especially in a house..not an apartment.
You need 2-6 upstairs and 2-6 downstairs (depending the size of the house),that gets gets very expensive after awhile.
But they work.
We couldn't afford it anymore.

**Catty1** · 03-16-2007, 06:42 PM

My method was vet -approved. Get a comfy nylon collar (I got ones with a "stretchy" bit, but Oscar hooked his lower teeth in the collar while grooming - TWICE! Thank God I was there when it happened!)

And I put a little shot of Feliway right on the collar..gently squeeze so a little bit soaks into the collar.

Once in the morning, and once at night.

Took Oscar several days to get used to me squirting the collar - now I can do it while he's eating!

My vet loved this idea and was going to pass it on to other clients of his.

Might be worth a try.

**catnapper** · 03-16-2007, 06:50 PM

LOLOLOLOL at the collar idea. Want a funny video? I will show you how Harry gets out of 10 different collars. I have quite the collar collection in hopes Harry would be able to wear ONE of them.

**jenluckenbach** · 03-16-2007, 06:54 PM

Does anyone know if you could spray a little feliway right ON the cat? Like the back of the head where it can't lick itself?

**kb2yjx** · 03-16-2007, 06:58 PM

That is great news that Pouncer is back home!!! Is the med to relax the bladder called Probanthine?? If it is, watch out for the foamy mouth if the pill does not go right down!!!

**Medusa** · 03-16-2007, 07:02 PM

Wow, that collar idea is great! Feliway is too expensive in a house w/7 cats but if I can do it that way, it's worth a try. If it works, I can take Specs and Yodie Yodie off the Clomicalm.

My Peeka (RB) used to stalk and attack poor Pidgie Pie all the time. Pidge lived under my bed basically for quite a while. Even after Peeka passed over, Pidge was always checking around the corner before she came out to eat or use the litterbox. Sometimes one cat just does not like another cat, just like humans.

**jennielynn1970** · 03-16-2007, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by catnapper

LOLOLOLOL at the collar idea. Want a funny video? I will show you how Harry gets out of 10 different collars. I have quite the collar collection in hopes Harry would be able to wear ONE of them.

What if you got more of the harness type deal?? that way, it's around the legs and all that, and a bit harder to get out of???

**Catty1** · 03-16-2007, 08:51 PM

Jen - from what I have read, Feliway is not to contact a cat's skin. I don't know if this has to do with licking it off, or if it absorbs through the skin and shouldn't.

I'll google a bit and post anything I find here.

*I'm BAAAaaack....

http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/beha.../a/Feliway.htm

There are two links at the bottom of this article. I HIGHLY recommend reading them as well.

Get Harry a harness. OR - if there is a place where he lies around for 3 - 4 hours, squirt the stuff on a rag and leave it beside him.

Hmmm....how long does it take Harry to get a collar off? If it had Feliway on it...he might not be so ornery!

Oscar's alternative to Feliway is amitriptyline (Elavil).

Good luck with Harry! And Pouncer boy!

**Kirsten** · 03-17-2007, 02:45 PM

How's our Pouncer boy doing today?

I'm sorry that Harry is mean to him. Lily asks if Pouncer wants her to come over to put Harry in his place. She's very confident that she can do that!

Kirsten