Hi!! My name is Sassafras, and my furrend Twixy lets me write a review for TKC newsletter each month of a product my furfamily and I have tested. I will rate each product based on the following criteria:Quality, Availability, Durability, Price, and most importantly, THE FUN FACTOR!!! At the end of each review I will give the product a rating of 1-5 Mice.
1 Mouse=Dirty Litterboxish
2 Mice=Good for 30 seconds only
3 Mice=OK if there’s nothing else to play with
4 Mice=YAY! Score!
5 Mice=The. Best. Thing. Ever. Invented.
Usually I like to review toys because, well, I get to test them out first
and it is fun. But this month I would like to tell you all about a product that has helped my family, and I have meowed with other cats who it has helped a great deal too. The product is called Feliway. Feliway helps calm stressed kitties, helps prevent urine marking and furniture scratching, and can increase appetite. It comes in both a spray and a diffuser that you plug into the wall. Basically what Feliway is, is a synthetic feline facial pheromone. It mimics the scent that we kitties leave behind when we rub our cute faces on things, and makes us feel more at ease. We originally started using Feliway Spray in our house because Mom was buying a new couch, and I had destroyed
the old one with my claws. She started spraying the Feliway on the old couch a month before we bought the new one, and kept my nails trimmed, and I stopped clawing at the couch almost immediately. The second reason we use Feliway is because my sister Phoebe, a former feral kitty, was peeing in places she shouldn't have. My Mom started spraying the Feliway around the house religiously when she found out, and Phoebe no longer pees outside the box. The third thing we use Feliway for is in stressful situations. When we go to the vet Mom sprays it on a towel in our carrier, or if there are 
workers coming into our house, she plugs in the diffuser, and we stay calm. My sister Polka Dot used to be very timid and high strung and would only nibble at her food, but since we have been using the Feliway diffuser, she is so cool and laid back sometimes we don't even recognize her. I would like to point out that Feliway is NOT a deterrent. It is not something that will keep a kitty OFF a couch or bed (why would you want to do that anyways? mol), it just keeps us from wanting to scratch or pee on them And you *have* to follow the direction in the package and NOT spray it ON the cat. The price for the 75 ml spray bottle is anywhere from $15.00 to $25.00 depending on where you buy it. We buy it on amazon.com from a seller and it is cheaper then what you would spend in Petsmart or another pet store (most pet stores carry it). The diffuser begins at $21.00, and again is cheaper from amazon then in stores. Most stores lock it up so you have to ask for it specially. I could really go on forever about it's uses, but I don't want to take up Twixy's whole newsletter.Here is the summary of my review:
Pros: REALLY works, it seriously saved our family because the humans
were going crazy with Phoebe's inappropriate urination. It really kept us calm when work was being done on our apartment.Cons: It can be expensive, and time consuming, you *have* to use it every day for 30-45 days for it to work, you MUST follow the directions, because it can be harmful if you over spray or use it wrong.
Here is the Feliway website:
www.vpl.com
So, I would give Feliway 5 PAWS for a rating. Even though it can be expensive, the effects it has are worth it. Our family was turned upside-down when Phoebe had her problems, and this stuff saved us!! If anycat has any question about our experience with Feliway, feel free to pawmail me.
