I will make a note of this. So glad your cat responded.

Purring doesn't always mean a cat if happy. It can be a self soothing sort of thing.

Glad you're cat is doing better.

Glad that fixed the problem. Thanks for sharing.

That's great! I've never used that brand but do use Feliway. We have a couple plugged in to help keep the peace in the areas where the cats tend to congregate. It does seem to help.

I'm glad your boy is doing better. And, I'm glad you found the cause and could ease his discomfort so quickly.

If I had contractors here this year, even though I could use them, I'd need the Sentry for myself. Do they make an adult person's formula ;)

I hope that you were impressed enough to decide to stick around to share in our interesting and informative (plus friendly and fun) discussions, Sammy.

ole joyful - about 15 year

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ETA: having bought my first portable in '47, I knew that I needed to hit "Carriage return" in order to let you readers know that the treatment of the last word was intended rather than merely a routine end-of-line word break

We have also neutralized the carpet areas and shampooed it several times. It's been a process, that's for sure....but that calming pheromone really did the trick and stopped the behavior right away. I'm so glad that our vet suggested it because I never would have guessed that all of the activity was upsetting his routine.

He's always such friendly little guy, curious about any activity going on in the house. The men doing work in the bathroom got a kick out of him "inspecting their work" and sitting down right in the middle of the activity. We also had a big Halloween party on Saturday, with my Sprites hosting a group next door at their home as well as one going on in my home. Paco acted like he was the host all evening with these young kids in costumes. He's a black cat, by the way.

Thanks for the tip, Rhizo. I’m glad Mister Kitty Inspector is doing better.

So nice to hear from you again.

I wonder if this pheromone has any effect on humans.

Thanks for this. I am taking care of an elderly neighbor's cats while she is in a nursing home for rehab therapy. One of them is definitely peeing outside the box. I will give this a shot. I'm sure the cats are missing their owner and we have at least another couple of weeks before anything is decided.

Picture of happy cat???

I've had great success with Feliway in the past for calming my little furry girl. Some years back I tried the Feliway for dogs with no effect whatsoever.

When I had the kitchen remodeled, one of the older cats was so disturbed that she took to peeing on the kitchen floor overnight, especially after the old flooring was torn out and the wood subfloor was exposed. Thank heavens for hydrogen peroxide!

Gino's mom (my little shih-tzu buddy) sprays his bandana with some sort of Feliway to help with his anxiety when he's left alone, and thunderstorms. It helps him immensely.

I'm glad Paco is back to normal, and enjoying being the center of attention!

BTW, I'm so glad to see "Sprites" in your comment. I loved being part of their growing-up journey, through you. I'm thinking they must be in high school now. Sigh.

I stopped at the pet store this morning and got the Feliway. The woman who rang up the sale told me that she used to work at the animal shelter and they used this all time for incoming cats because they were so freaked out and it helped them very much. I appreciate you sharing your experience and I have my fingers crossed that it works for my two hooligans, I mean, neighbor's kitties. Thanks.

Thanks for the information Rhizo. I'm so glad it worked for your cat. I miss you being here and miss hearing about the sprites. I always loved your stories about those two little girls. I'm sure they aren't little anymore though.

Those little girls have grown up! The eldest is in her first year of high school and is thriving. The younger sprite is taller than her older sister; we are both 5'4", lol.

They have turned into great people. My husband and I are very involved with their lives and have taken on very active roles on a day to day basis. Their primary caregiver, their grandfather, considers us as honorary family as do the sprites.

I stopped talking about them so much as I became concerned about their privacy issues. Some of you may recall that they had a very unfortunate and frightening early childhood and were all but feral when their grandfather took custody of them.

I have to laugh when I remember how alarmed I first was en these two little urchins began to insinuate themselves into our lives.

Rhizo, I am so thankful that those two sprites are a very important part of yours and your hubby's life. That makes me happy to know. Thanks for telling me. Miss you here.

^^^This!