Comfort Zonewith Feliway Diffuser Kit for Cat Calming, 1 Diffuser and 1 Refill

I have two cats. One big fat, lazy male who has not a care in the world and one small and extremely skittish female. I got her when she was 9 weeks old, but she must have been feral because she was so fearful from the get-go. I thought she would relax once she got used to things, but that didn't happen. She lived under my bed for 2 years - truly. She came out when there were minimal people in the house, but you could not catch her to pet her or anything. If she snuck out of my room while we were awake and we looked at her, she would run back under the bed.I himmed and hawed over whether she would be better off living with a little old lady who never left her house so she could have the most consistent and calm environment, but I couldn't. I had resigned myself to the fact that I would feed and clean up after a cat that I never saw for the next 10-15+ years.This is kind of gross, but I had noticed that one of the cats was pooping blood. It would happen on and off. I finally took the little one to the doctor because I was fairly certain the big fat one was not the culprit. The vet checked her out and found absolutely nothing wrong with her. She figured she had a bacterial infection of some sort so she prescribed an antibiotic with anti-inflammatory properties. I don't know what on earth made me think I would possibly be able to get more than one dose of it into this cat, but I agreed to try anyway. Her other idea was Comfort Zone with Feliway. She wasn't sure about it but said that the bloody stool could be due to stress and that the pheromones could potentially calm her. She had a couple of patients she said reported positive results with other issues like aggression and scratching, but she didn't seem too convinced. She told me I should give it at least a month to see if it made a difference. I decided to try it.I have an 1150 sqft apartment, but since I didn't have high hopes, I only invested in one diffuser at first. I plugged it into the outlet closest to my bed since that's where my spazzy cat spent all her time. Fast forward 2 weeks or so and my boyfriend and I are chatting about thinking we saw at least a tiny bit of improvement. She started coming out earlier in the night before we went to bed. Nothing extreme, just in my bedroom doorway where she could see us on our computers. She got increasingly more relaxed as time went on. At 4 weeks, I was sold and bought another for our living room when I needed to buy the refill for the one we had. It just keeps getting better.Don't get me wrong, she is by no means a full on lovey dovey cat at this point (about 1.5-2 months after the first diffuser was plugged in), but she's *interested* in us. She walks around us and shakes her little tail. She lays down on the ground next to our chairs. Granted, she is always prepared to flee, but she's sitting near me!! When I shift in my seat, she doesn't run away from the scary noise (this was a source of drama for a long time), half the time, she doesn't even get up! She does look concerned, though. Sometimes she even lets me pick her up, but only allows it for maybe 15-30 seconds max (literally). Sometimes she even plays and finds herself in vulnerable positions like being on her back while she wrestles with a toy. She will still skeedaddle if you make any quick movements, but she doesn't run all the way under my bed, just out of reach. She is about halfway to being a normal cat. This is so much more than I could have hoped for. She's 2.5 years old and is just now allowing us to get to know her. She sniffs our faces as long as our hands aren't near her. It's all just very cool because I was sure we'd never have that with her. That's kind of sad, isn't it?Anyway, the bloody stools stopped. The fear of anything and everything is significantly toned down, but not perfect. She lets me pet her, but not cuddle, but that's fine. I get to see her now. The difference is so marked that there is really no possible way that this could be all in my head. I'm sure it doesn't work for every cat, but it made a huge difference for mine.UPDATE (May): She IS a lovey dovey cat sometimes! She totally loved up on me for a good 10 minutes yesterday, purring to her little heart's content, no joke! I also got a new puppy about a month ago and while she has no intentions of actually playing with the puppy, she does come out and watch her with curiosity. I should note that our refills ran out about a month ago as well and I have noticed no increased stressful behavior from it (yet).

I can not recommend Comfort Zone with Feliway highly enough. It was a life saver for us, maybe even literally.Our first Cat, Nixie, showed up at the back door when she was about 5 months old in September 2010. She was moved in by the new year and slept inside at night although we still allowed her out during the day whenever she wished. Nixie was never a very physically affectionate cat although she would occasionally curl up on my chest for a scratch fest and nap. In July 2011, we unexpectedly added two small rescue kittens to our family. Sugar and Odie were about two months old but it was hate at first sight for Nixie. She would growl and hiss whenever she saw one of the kittens and attack them if they got too close. The kittens slept in a small cage at night so I could be sure they were safe but Nixie would also attack their cage. Poor little Odie died of a genetic disease at four months but Nixie's hatred of Sugar continued. Worse, Nixie's anger and insecurity was transferring to our human family members. My 82 year old Mother and 88 year old Aunt live with me and they both were badly scratched several times. We were really facing a dilemma with Nixie. We couldn't give her up - we all loved her and Mother thought of her as her furry baby. We didn't want to declaw her since she still went outside. But I could not have my elder relatives being injured and Sugar too was at risk. I had seen Comfort Zone with Feliway recommended on several cat forums as well as a book forum I frequent. Out of desperation, I decided to give it a try.We got our first Comfort Zone with Feliway diffuser in December 2011 and plugged it in a socket that was in the hallway that runs through the center of the house. We humans could not smell the product and the diffuser itself it soundless but we saw results within just a few weeks. Nixie stopped growling at and attacking Sugar. She stopped scratching Mother and Aunt and even started rolling over for belling scratches.We are just about to start our third month using Comfort Zone with Feliway. Nixie is a completely different cat. She naps laying against Aunt's legs on the couch. She often sleeps in bed with Mother and Aunt. She stopped attacking Sugar completely and gradually started becoming friendlier towards her. Now Nixie and Sugar play, chase balls and laser lights, frollick through our play cubes and tunnels, chase each other madly throughout the house, wrestle with each other, and play hide and pounce. Sugar so desperately wanted to play with Nixie after poor little Odie died. She's now extremely happy following Nixie around. Nixie is still allowed outside whenever she wants but she hardly goes anymore. Usually she zips out in the morning for a few minutes then is completely content to stay in with the family the rest of the time. Nixie has even started occasionally curling up on my chest again. Nixie is not perfect. She refuses to eat near Sugar so I often have to put a separate feeding station down for her. And they don't sleep together although Nixie will allow Sugar to sleep near by, often on the same bed or couch. But Comfort Zone with Feliway has really changed Nixie's behavior for the better. I really don't know what we would have done without it.Overall, Comfort Zone with Feliway diffuser is a fantastic product. Just pop the small bottle with the product into the diffuser (you can get refills here on Amazon) and plug the diffuser into a wall socket in a central location of your house. If you have a large house or multiple stories you will probably need more than one diffuser. We have a one story house and one diffuser has worked great. The diffuser is completely silent. There is no smell that humans can detect. Also neither Nixie nor Sugar have ever paid the least bit of attention to the diffuser. One bottle of product lasts 4 weeks so while you reuse the diffuser itself you will need to get periodic refills This product completely changed Nixie's behavior and turned our angry, unhappy, scared baby into a happy, playful member of the family.

It's actually kinda works. Maybe. Probably. Apparently. Possibly?What I do observe is if my cat (a big old boy, who sometimes throws a tantrum just for the sake of it), when this thing is plugged in near him, acts quieter. Like, I know that he would normally be just calm - now he's sleepy. Or I know he should rather goof around, now he's doing it for shorter period of time.It's really difficult to see, whether this thing is a placebo or for real! And it heats up when plugged in, so I am afraid to leave it unattended.So I won't really recommend to spend your money, unless you are desperate. Than it'd be your call?

While I believe on a long enough time scale and having the 8% pheromone at the vet's this product may have worked; but the 2% solution was not enough to make any kind of harmonious environment in the 1 month time frame I was using it. I stopped using it, not because I didn't want to keep trying, but because the diffusers started to emit a pretty strong burning smell. The inside part of the diffuser was turning brown and I was concerned that one day when I wasn't home it could melt or catch on fire so I unplugged them. I have heard nothing but good things about this product but maybe Comfort Zone specifically is made with less quality materials than the diffusers right from Feliway. I was really disappointed.

So this thing started smoking and upon further examination, the plastic housing was burning and was catching fire so im glad we were home and noticed the brown smoke. We've since unplugged it because it represents a fire hazard. I took pictures of it but I can't add them with the app for some reason. We will NOT be purchasing this again, nor do we recommend that you do. Extremely dangerous product.

It might be a placebo effect, but I think my cat is more relaxed than he was before this product. He's always been cuddly and loves attention, but he is less skittish around unfamiliar people since we started using this. I've had a few house guests recently, and he warmed up very quickly to them. He was also recently neutered though, so it could have something to do with that. Anyway, I'm going to keep using this stuff, just in case.

I'm not really sure if this works. We had 2 cats, and decided to rescue a third cat.There was a lot of fighting with the new addition. This product came highly recommended, so I decided to buy 2 month's worth. The cats still seemed to fight quite a bit.