FELIWAY Friends - Refill

FELIWAY® Friends works by transmitting special "harmony messages" that help to restore harmony between cats living in the same household. These “harmony messages” replicate the natural messages that mother cats send to their kittens, known as pheromones. When these messages are released in a cat’s mammary glands, they help to ensure that kittens are able to bond together.

Many cat owners start to see results within the first seven days of using FELIWAY® Friends. However, all cats are unique, and the first signs of improvement may come later depending on the duration and severity of the conflict between your cats. We recommend that you use FELIWAY® Friends for at least one month to see the best results.For more information on how long all our FELIWAY® diffusers take to work, view our full guide here.

Cats living together will benefit most from FELIWAY® Friends when it is used continuously in the home. This will allow harmony in your home and help to reduce tension, conflicts, and fights. The minimum recommended use for FELIWAY® Friends is one month.

FELIWAY® Friends should be used when:
• You have two or more cats living together who show signs of tension, such as chasing, blocking, or staring.
• You have two or more cats living together who are fighting, even if this has been going on for some time.

FELIWAY® Friends should be used in the room where your cats spend the most time. If this is different for each cat, you may need to use multiple diffusers. For the best results, plug the FELIWAY® Friends diffuser into a properly functioning electrical socket that has clear space above it of at least 4ft (1.2m).

FELIWAY® Friends is not the correct solution if:
• Your cats do not have access to an individual food bowl and litter tray, as competition will not resolve and tensions may increase (it’s recommended, however, that each cat has their own space, including their own food bowl and litter tray).
• There is tension or even aggression towards a cat’s humans. In these situations, we recommend that you consult your vet or an animal behaviorist.
• The conflict between your cats is accompanied by urine spraying or scratching inside your home. If your cat is showing these signs of discomfort, we recommend using FELIWAY® Optimum.

FELIWAY® Friends is designed to reduce common signs of tension and conflict between multiple cats at home, rather than to support individual cats. To provide enhanced serenity for a single cat, we recommend using a FELIWAY® Optimum diffuser instead. This also uses pheromones, a natural form of communication for cats, and can help to reduce signs of stress such as scratching, urine spraying, and hiding.

FELIWAY® Classic and FELIWAY® Friends have key differences and should be used in different situations. FELIWAY® Classic mimics the natural messages that cats use to communicate and mark territory as safe and secure, known as pheromones. FELIWAY® Friends also mimics natural pheromones, but the ones that mother cats send to their kittens to help them bond together.
FELIWAY® Classic is a great option for helping cats who are showing signs of stress, such as scratching, urine spraying, or hiding. FELIWAY® Friends is suitable for reducing common signs of tension and conflict between cats at home, such as fighting, chasing, or blocking.

Yes, you can use FELIWAY® Classic and FELIWAY® Friends together at the same time. Using both FELIWAY® diffusers simultaneously can be beneficial in homes with multiple cats who are showing signs of conflict, or where an individual cat may also need extra support. For example, this might be if they’re also showing signs of stress including hiding, urine spraying, or scratching.