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Has anyone ever used 'Botanical Animal Flower Essences'? and if so, how well did it work for you?
I'm at my wits end (and that's not a far journey ) trying to build up Hannah's 'nerve'. She's just so constantly scared of Canute that she's wary of the other cats, even though she knows them and likes them. I picked up a bottle of Ego Builder today. It says it's for lack of confidence, timidity & low self esteem (works on cats, dogs & horses apparently).
I hope it works. She's got to stop acting like a mouse. I've even tried giving her freeze dried salmon any time Canute is around. Hasn't really made much difference. she's not building up a good association to him.
Crossed fingers this works! I'e tried rescue remedy in the past and it did nothing.
yeah, I know. I'm skeptical as well on homeopathic stuff., but she doesn't know much either way
I've had her separated for about 3 months now! well, separated from Canute - the others do go back all the time for visiting. On rare occasions Canute comes in and I use the opportunity to give Hannah bits of dried salmon (and Canute for behaving well and not attacking her). But it isn't making any difference. She wants out of the back room, Canute will still beat her up given a chance, and so she doesn't trust him and hides. and the more she acts like a mouse, the more Canute treats her like one - even on 10mg of prozac!
I've got to do something to build up Hannah's confidence. I can't let her go back to running for her life from safe spot to safe spot being too terrified to even drink water. That's why I'm trying the flower essences. I mean, 3 months: how much slower re-introducing can I do?!
When my husband and I were introducing our broods to one another before we were married (he had 11 and I had 8 fur children) I found the essences in Cat Fancy magazine and ordered a bunch of them with varying names (new kitty, etc). Anyway, they were designed to be put into the water source. We had a couple of the pet water fountains (still do - they are wonderful!). They all smelled like vinegar to me but supposedly the cats were going to drink this and magically become friendly toward each other and stop peeing everywhere. All that happened to us was virtually all the cats stopped drinking the water and heading towards the bathrooms to drink from the toilets. I found out pretty quickly and after thoroughly cleaning out the water fountains, returned to life as normal. I don't know what was in them, or if we just had too many cats for it to work properly, but in my opinion, for us anyway, it was a colossal waste of money. I have had better luck with Feliway.
Personally, I think homeopathic stuff is a wonderful idea, but it doesn't work for me. Good luck!!!
I tried the feliway.. didn't help. Canute jumped up right in front of one of the diffusers to smack her! I'm not putting it in her water, I'm putting drops on crunchy treats that she eats (or maybe straight in her mouth).
I just checked: the first ingredient is distilled water, the last is distilled vinegar - no alcohol in this mix, which I agree wouldn't be good for the cats.
You could also try herbs, there's a formula I want to try for one of my dogs (it's for both dogs and cats) called "Quiet Tea" by a company called the Honest Kitchen. Here's a link... Quiet Tea | The Honest Kitchen
I've had good results with their "Perfect Form" supplement, very effective stuff, so am hoping the quiet tea is just as effective!
I just checked: the first ingredient is distilled water, the last is distilled vinegar - no alcohol in this mix, which I agree wouldn't be good for the cats.
the vinegar is added as a preservative in place of the alcohol...so this one is safe for kitties.
I've always been very skeptical of homeopathic remedies myself, I've tried a few out of desperation with a spraying cat and found 'sunflower' worked amazingly well. btw I see it can also be useful for 'timid' cats. it does have a brandy infusion so would need to be boiled down....ie: boil some water add 2 tablespoons of the boiled water to a dropper bottle than a few drops of the flower essence, I add just one drop of apple cider vinegar to this also, if Im not going to use it quickly.
yeah, I know. I'm skeptical as well on homeopathic stuff., but she doesn't know much either way
I've got to do something to build up Hannah's confidence. I can't let her go back to running for her life from safe spot to safe spot being too terrified to even drink water. That's why I'm trying the flower essences. I mean, 3 months: how much slower re-introducing can I do?!
I has to be horrible for her to live in constant fear and dread of being attacked. Wouldn't it be for you? I seldom suggest this, but in this case I will, you may want to think about re-homing her where she will be the only cat. Where she can live in peace and comfort instead of fear and dread. Either that, or find Canute a new home. Sometimes, when the problem persists as it is with your two cats, it's the only answer.
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) trying to build up Hannah's 'nerve'. She's just so constantly scared of Canute that she's wary of the other cats, even though she knows them and likes them. I picked up a bottle of Ego Builder today. It says it's for lack of confidence, timidity & low self esteem (works on cats, dogs & horses apparently).
