cat lovers - diffuser question

blondieblue227
blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
edited February 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
do diffusers work even if the cat has been fixed?
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    :wave:

    not sure what it even is or does. :lol:

    i found a squirt from a water bottle does wonders.
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  • Break The Sky
    Break The Sky Posts: 1,276
    The answer is yes, but as 81 suggested, a strategically placed splash of water will usually do the trick.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    lol!

    water gun only worked for so long.
    my cat has anxiety issues.
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    are you talking about feliway? if so, then I have had very good results with it.
    If you are concerned with the 'spraying' aspect, then it may help, but spraying is more of a behavior thing... then you'll need to get him on kitty prozac.
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  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    We used to use Feliway at work, pretty good stuff. We used to use the spray bottle Feliway in their cages before they went into surgery and it seemed to calm them down alot. :D
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i need something stronger...our cat is such a pita.

    every morning about 6:30 he starts complaining that he is hungry

    now at night, he wants a snack so he'll knock over his kitty treats from the shelf.

    of course there will be the summer 6pm i want to go outside complaint coming up with spring.

    we have the most annoying cat ever.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    i have the plug in: http://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Zone-Diff ... B001QFNUNW

    81: how about has us up every three hours at night. torture by cat.
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  • Break The Sky
    Break The Sky Posts: 1,276
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    i have the plug in: http://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Zone-Diff ... B001QFNUNW

    81: how about has us up every three hours at night.

    Usually just fixing your cats will keep them from doing weird stuff. I've never had a problem with any of my cats I've had fixed.

    When something's wrong with your cat, you gotta put a little fixin' on it :roll:
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    hahaha!
    he is fixed.
    he's just gotten stuck on some really bad behavior somehow.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    hahaha!
    he is fixed.
    he's just gotten stuck on some really bad behavior somehow.

    i blame the parenting
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    the outside cats are pitas....
    one learned to open the storm door and let go so it bangs shut
    he does this over and over and over and over
    he'll start this at about 4am and then again at 4pm
    every day
    he taught the other cat to do this as well
    they take turns slamming the door

    and the inside cat will rip open any crinkly package whether there are cat treats, dog treats, people treats in there...if it's cat treats, he'll eat the entire bag of treats and then barf it all up somewhere behind something for me to find a week later.

    cat treats are now in a sealed, air-tight stainless steel container.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    the woman decided that she would share her dinner with him. gave him some chicken or fish or whatever she was eating. did this several times, so now every time we sit down to eat, he comes over and sits on the floor by her looking up for a bite.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    i'm laughing!.........but really crying inside.
    we
    need
    sleep.
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  • Loulou
    Loulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    Even though desexing does help, it doesn't always completely fix the problem, especially if the cat was desexed later on in life.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    fixed before i got him. not sure when that was. got him when he was 4.
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    You poor people, I have the best kitty in the world, she's fixed and an indoor cat, and the biggest issue with her is that she loves me TOO much, always wants to be near me when I'm home, wants to be involved in everything I do.

    Now that's parenting! :lol:
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    can i send you mine? :lol:
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,400
    PureandEasy wrote:
    You poor people, I have the best kitty in the world, she's fixed and an indoor cat, and the biggest issue with her is that she loves me TOO much, always wants to be near me when I'm home, wants to be involved in everything I do.

    Now that's parenting! :lol:


    so are mine :D

    Not sure what a diffuser is for cats :oops: :?: I heard of a diffuser as in candles (doubt it's the same though :lol: )
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    81 wrote:
    i need something stronger...our cat is such a pita.

    every morning about 6:30 he starts complaining that he is hungry

    now at night, he wants a snack so he'll knock over his kitty treats from the shelf.

    of course there will be the summer 6pm i want to go outside complaint coming up with spring.

    we have the most annoying cat ever.

    To be honest, I think you have an average cat! I have 6, and 3 of them are like hungry hungry hippos that yell for food. We just leave a self-feeder with dry food out all the time, so if they're hungry they can get food themselves. They get a little wet cat food a couple times a day and that's what they yell for.

    Never used a diffuser though - but this thread has given me the idea of trying it maybe. We have one psycho kitty who gets pretty stressed (you can't blame him, he lived outside for several years as a feral and we took him in when we found him with a broken leg, and one of the others bullies him, but we try to keep them apart). Is a diffuser supposed to act like kitty prozac?
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    If it's a question of anxiety, feliway does seem to work. One of my cats is very nervous/paranoid. I have both the diffuser and the spray. I use the spray in a spot where she sometimes 'releases herself of her anxiety' and it seems to have an effect on her (and my other 4 cats!).

    A friend of mine uses a 'calming collar' on her cat (a collar that releases pheromones). Seems to do the job as well.

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