FELIWAY MultiCat Calming Pheromone Diffuser, 30 Day Starter Kit (48 mL)

It Worked For Me. So Why Am I On the Fence About It?
I have three rescued cats from the same organization. One is mother to the other, and the third is not related. Several months ago, the daughter, who is like a teen going from passive-aggressive to loving, began chasing her mother in really rough play. There are dustbuster tails and hissing and swatting. It was driving me crazy, especially when one day I found a couple drops of blood. (None since, thankfully.).In desperation, I bought this not knowing if it would work (as some said) or not work (as others said). I received it quickly, added the liquid and plugged them in. I had four for a 1,650 square foot home: one in the master bedroom, one in the guest bedroom, one in the den and one in the living room.It took about two weeks for the effects to show. But I think it did work. I also did calming meditations to help me stay calm whenever the chasing and screaming showed up so maybe it was some of both. I cannot know. But when the liquid ran out at the end of the month I decided to see if I could not renew it–the thing costs money and feeding and housing three cats is already somewhat expensive. So I unplugged them. Lo and behold, while the intensity of their less-than-ideal chasing hasn’t much changed the number of times it happens definitely has. I just let it go now excepting for an occasional soft but firm verbal warning if I am around.I believe this did have an effect (yay!) and that maybe it changed them enough that I do not have to use it regularly. But I am not sure. All I can say is to give this a try for a time–one month or two?–and see what happens. If you need it for a longer time you can always order more.Note: The one thing I definitely did NOT like is the light on it. I like my home dark when I sleep and these dispensers have a blue light that is very strong in dark rooms. I learned to sleep without a problem but I wish the company could find another way to handle the notification that it is plugged in and working. That and the ongoing cost were undoubtedly the reasons I wanted to stop it if possible. So far, so (relatively) good.

All the bad reviews are accurate
So first, the overheating problem. I thought maybe people just weren’t plugging it in correctly and that’s why it would get too hot. I did what another review suggested by buying a surge protector and plugging it into that. It still gets way too hot for my liking. So I only could keep it going for about 8 – 12 hours a day. Basically during daylight hours, when I was home. I thought the level of hot it got would be okay. It seemed to get as hot as my router does for my wifi. Which is hotter than any router I’ve ever had, but it’s never gotten hotter than it does, nor caused any issues. So I thought maybe this would be similar. But after about 3 days of use, you can see the inside plastic starting to warp from how hot it gets. That’s not safe at all! So imagine continued use, 24/7 how hot and melted that plastic will get and cause huge issues.So second, I did not have issues with it dripping like others complained about. I made sure it was completely upright and nothing under it plugged in. I made sure to screw the container in tightly and not tip the system in any way. I made sure to handle it always upright to avoid spilling.So thirdly, if the product works best leaving it on 24/7 and it can’t be left plugged in due to potential over heating, then there’s no point to buy this product until they do something productive about the problem so many are complaining about. I noticed no changes in behaviors of my stray momma cat I’m trying to calm down. She’s flipping out to all the changes of being inside my home. I have 2 senior cats I’m keeping separate in the rest of the house, and keeping the momma in my living room. But they can see each other under the door. Not only is that flipping her out but I was told that neighbors are calling the humane officers on strays and that if I didn’t want my cat taken away I should have her rabies tags on her when she’s out. Welp, I haven’t gotten that far into helping her. So she has no tags and can’t until she’s done feeding the babies. Which are only a month old. So point being, I’ve only been able to let her out at night. Which she saw a racoon and is now flipping out about being inside all the time, but also about going outside now. I really wanted this to work, but it’s basically snake oil. I even tried rubbing it on my hands to let her sniff it since they claim it’s like the pheromones momma cats put out. I thought maybe she’d calm and think I’m her momma cat. But it’s not helping. She’s still sitting meowing a bunch and panting like she’s hyperventilating. I’m hoping once she gets spayed that will help calm her some. But clearly this stuff isn’t going to help me out.Be warned, they don’t allow returns on this. I figure the reason is, they know they are selling a defective product. So unless you have money to waste, just don’t buy this. Believe the bad reviews and try something else if you can.

I’ve had the same experience as the previous reviewer. I’ve tried this twice and the pluggy melted off both times. The first time the fumes from the burnt pluggy were very intense and I’d left the cats alone in a closed room while I answered the door. I must’ve been away for like two minutes and when I came back I could smell the burning outside the door. When I opened the door the whole room was filled with smoke and my poor kitties dashed out of the room. I was horrified I thought the room was on fire.The second time I tried it in a different house in a different city. Thought i’d give it another try cos the previous melt could’ve happened because of faulty wiring or something in my previous apartment.The same thing happened again – it melted and burned. This time I was vigilant though after the previous experience and switched the thing off the moment I started smelling burnt plastic. Even in such a short while part of the refill got burnt as well and is unusable.I see SO many reviews speak about this burning issue on amazon.com. I wonder why the company hasn’t done anything about it.

Plug diffuser is no good for KSA 3-pin (UK compatible) plugs. Cannot use the product and seller does not accept refunds.