Hey!
I just learned about this nifty product from this board -- I've order a diffuser from Amazon, which I'm waiting for. However, I've been waiting on my pregnant rescue kitty to give birth -- she's a couple days overdue now -- and it occurred to me that maybe she doesn't feel like here is home yet since she only got caught and brought in about 3 weeks ago. Since Feliway is supposed to be good for easing transitions like that, I figured I'd run down to the pet store, buy the cheaper spray bottle of it to tide us over till the diffuser arrives, and also to give her birthing box some extra attention in the hopes of encouraging her towards labor... soon.
Anyway, long introduction aside. I sprayed the box a bit, as well as some other areas around her height that I would think she would want to be marking, but haven't seen her do yet. (All she really seems to want to mark is me.)
She used to at least be ok with the box, if I put her in it, she'd tolerate it for a bit, kind of humoring me, but now, she actually backs out of it pretty much as soon as I put her in. I'm wondering if the alcohol that they put the pheromones in is upsetting her nose? I know when I sprayed it, I had to lean into the box (it has a little roof) to do so, and I accidentally inhaled a whiff of it and it felt AWFUL -- that stuff tastes/smells like $2 a handle vodka!
I guess my question is: Will that dissipate over time? Is there anything I can do to get it gone faster? Did I do something wrong, is that not supposed to happen? etc etc
Any advice would be greatly appreciated... I'm really starting to worry a bit about the poor little lady... she's looking so uncomfortably big!
I just learned about this nifty product from this board -- I've order a diffuser from Amazon, which I'm waiting for. However, I've been waiting on my pregnant rescue kitty to give birth -- she's a couple days overdue now -- and it occurred to me that maybe she doesn't feel like here is home yet since she only got caught and brought in about 3 weeks ago. Since Feliway is supposed to be good for easing transitions like that, I figured I'd run down to the pet store, buy the cheaper spray bottle of it to tide us over till the diffuser arrives, and also to give her birthing box some extra attention in the hopes of encouraging her towards labor... soon.
Anyway, long introduction aside. I sprayed the box a bit, as well as some other areas around her height that I would think she would want to be marking, but haven't seen her do yet. (All she really seems to want to mark is me.)
She used to at least be ok with the box, if I put her in it, she'd tolerate it for a bit, kind of humoring me, but now, she actually backs out of it pretty much as soon as I put her in. I'm wondering if the alcohol that they put the pheromones in is upsetting her nose? I know when I sprayed it, I had to lean into the box (it has a little roof) to do so, and I accidentally inhaled a whiff of it and it felt AWFUL -- that stuff tastes/smells like $2 a handle vodka!
I guess my question is: Will that dissipate over time? Is there anything I can do to get it gone faster? Did I do something wrong, is that not supposed to happen? etc etc
Any advice would be greatly appreciated... I'm really starting to worry a bit about the poor little lady... she's looking so uncomfortably big!
