VetriScience Calm & Confident Chews, Composure Calming and Anxiety Supplement for Cats, Reduce Stress and Fear, Ideal for Travel, Vet, Grooming and Routine Changes, Chicken, 30 Count

Our cat was a feral rescue we got as a kitten. She has spent the last 8 years indoors and spends a majority of her day sleeping, hiding, and running when you want to snuggle, pet, or just show any small amount of affection. We typically see her twice a day when she demands to be fed. Typically an hour or two before it's her designated feeding time. She has had a couple of big moves and suffers from terrible anxiety. When she was a kitten she endured a 17 hour drive without eating or drinking anything and cried the entire time. It was heartbreaking. She hid for a week straight. Then a few years later we had a very short distance move and the stress from that made her even more nervous and less trusting. She was finally getting comfortable being out during the day and about that time we found out we were going to be moving to Hawaii. Instantly memories of her distressed crying for the majority of a 17 hour drive came flashing back and I talked to the Veterinarian about our options to make the flight possible. She was going to be flying in the cabin and I knew if she was under severe distress there was a possibility she couldn't fly. Plus I didn't want to subject others to the awful sounds of those throaty cries. The Vet said that we could use an antihistamine to make her sleepy as airlines don't allow animals to be "drugged" and seemingly out of it. I really didn't like the sound of attempting to give our family pet a medication designated for humans but heard it was quite successful for many in long distance moves and flights. Well it didn't work. I tried every recommendation the Vet and internet had to offer on getting our cat to eat a small amount of the antihistamine and all it resulted in was our cat being under so much stress she was literally foaming at the mouth. Then she didn't trust me and if I fed her at meal times she wouldn't eat. It was very sad and I felt terrible. It was then that I began researching homeopathic remedies to ease some of cat's tension and make her less jumpy and more trusting. She isn't a vicious cat, and many who have ever came over often forget we even have a cat until she makes a cameo appearance in a social media photo. We've had people stay for a week and never saw her. We used to make her wear a collar with a bell just so we knew she was still around. I ended up with these and a couple other items in the shopping cart in an attempt to make the upcoming move more tolerable for our fluffy feline. I began giving her the recommended 1-2 per day with her daily feeding schedule a couple weeks prior to our move. We noticed a change almost immediately. She was no longer rushing around trying to hide if someone acknowledged her fluffy presence, and was sleeping right in the middle of the entire family. Usually she only trusts my husband and myself and our child are shunned. The Vet said we could likely give her more than the recommended dose on highly stressful days and she would be okay. She is 17+lbs so the morning of the move I gave her two treats right away, then one prior to boarding and one every 2-4 hours depending how much she was moving around. She was easy to take out of the carrier for TSA (Using a leash and harness in case she panicked and fled) and easy to put back in. She didn't meow the entire day, and moved around a few times on the flight. I gave her another treat prior to her being taken to be checked at the animal quarantine station after getting off our flight and they said she was very calm. A little nervous but didn't try to run or hide. Big life events are often stressful for pets. I wish I would have found these much earlier in her life because I feel like she has spent so much time hiding away. These have given her new life and she can often be found snuggling up with our 6 year old or making sure she's right in the line of activity so she can get all the pets! These were a life saver during our move and we still give them to her because she likes them and it makes her more at ease. They make her a little sleepier than usual but she now prefers to cuddle up instead of slinking off under a bed or in some dark corner hidden away from sight. We no longer have the collar on her as she makes sure she is seen at all times of the day. I highly recommend these treats! Our cat hears the sound of the bag and will come running up purring for a treat! These do have a bit of a vitamin like smell to them, but our cat doesn't seem to mind that at all. When we purchased a larger bag of treats some of them were harder than others and we just broke them into smaller pieces. They are a bit larger in size than typical cat treats so if you have an older cat or a cat who has a hard time chewing I recommend breaking the treats into smaller bits and you could even try mixing with wet food. These have changed the dynamic in our house so much as we all are able to provide lots of pets and loves to our fluffy feline now that she's more relaxed. Definitely give these a try! I know that these may not be ideal for all cats, but they're at least worth a try!

I purposely adopted an "almost feral" young cat from the shelter because when there is room for someone in my small household, I now get someone in need. We just lost our older kitty who was also adopted when she was under distress and abandoned at age ten at a shelter - she had four wonderful years here and when she died, I knew we'd get another someone in need. I don't even go to meet them first - I just see the photo and I kind of know ... Well, so, we now have a three-year-old who was rescued a year ago from a devastating hoarding situation. I imagine that she was born into this house of over 70 cats, and had so little to none interaction with the human that she just basically survived on her own. That's how the shelter described it after they rescued these cats. She was noted to be playful (yes!) and to be very intolerant to touch (yes!). She's adorable. She is ... yes ... mostly feral. She looks at me as if she KNOWS that something better is possible, but she just cannot figure out the how and what and why of it all. I am here to help her, and that starts by accepting her exactly as she is and how SHE needs to be, not how I wish her to be. I only wish for her what will make her feel comfortable, however that unrolls. Sooooo ... after eight months, she's at the point where she has chosen the back room of the house, and she stays in there all the time, door wide open. She shows small signs of relaxing - I often find her near the door in there, looking out into the hall. She seems to like it when I enter (often) but will scamper away. She likes me to toss treats and toys to her. She is extremely sensitive to touch. Very occasionally I will lightly stroke her back when she is in a sleepy woozy state, and she "lets" me for all of one second. And that's okay too. I am not here to stress her. I do think she will come closer to us in her own time. I have zero idea how and when that will play out. I went in search of a natural way to help her feel calmer and so I got these treats. I only give her half of one, twice a day, crushed and blended into her wet food. It has made a small difference. I see that it calms her a tiny bit, enough to take the edge off. And so, I went and got three more bags of this to have on hand. We use it almost daily but do have runs of days where we don't use it, and her incrementally improving trust behaviors are building up over time. So, no dramatic "recovery" moments here, but, a lot of any love journey is really done with patience, infinite patience, and acceptance, infinite acceptance. We give that here, and we love her wholly for who she is, and she is cherished.

I'm sure this is a great product, but neither of my cats will eat these, and they eat ANYTHING! They turn their noses up and walk away.

I couldn’t be happier with the results I’ve seen in my young cat. My kitty is a former feral who decided to become a house cat. After the first few weeks happily settling in, he began to develop extremely hyperactive and disruptive habits - constant roaming, vocalizing, breaking into cabinets & drawers, food obsession, and just could never settle. Even the slightest noise would wake him from a nap and he’d come running to investigate. His nervous system was so hyperactive after moving out of survival mode and into the chill, quiet house cat life. I saw results after the first chew. Now over a week in (with 2 chews per day), he’s a completely different cat. Quiet, calm, purring, and finally enjoying long naps. No longer phased by typical household noises, and his rather raccoon-like habits of ransacking the kitchen and constantly seeking food has significantly diminished. His calmness has also allowed him to bond so much more closely with my other kitty - they now cuddle, groom each other, play together, and sleep together. Like others, the edibility of the chew is questionable on its own. With how food motivated he is, he did gobble it down for the first few days without issue. But he soon lost interest. This really isn’t an issue for us, because it’s easy to crumble the chew and mix it into his wet food at meal times. I’m not yet sure if this will be a longterm supplement for him or only a supportive aid for a few months while his nervous system continues calibrating into the chill kitty lifestyle. Either way, I’m so glad I researched these ingredients and trusted the process. He’s so much happier, and so am I. 😻

Well, this SOUNDS like a great product. We recently moved, and now live in an apartment below the Sasquatch family. It sounds like the ceiling will crack when these behemoths walk heavily and let their offspring run all the time. It was stressful for us, but especially stressful on our two cats. My most sensitive boy was regularly flattening out, hiding under my bedspread or hiding in my closet (which I left open for him). I was looking for something to help him transition and get used to this much noisier place. Feliway did not work on our cats. These were recommended to us by someone in a cat group on a social media site. I found the price to be too high for the small amount of treats you get, but was willing to pay it to help calm our fur babies down. Well, they might help, IF you can get your cat to eat them. First off, they are large, not a bite size for a cat. Secondly, they are rock hard. Not sure if I got an old, stale package, or if this is the norm for these. I tried breaking them into tiny pieces, tried soaking them to make them easier to eat, but nothing worked. The broken bits have been on the floor and their cat tree for about four days now. Neither cat will touch them. These can't help if you can't get them into your cat! So, save your money. Look into other alternatives. We finally found a calming spray you use in the areas where they hang out that has taken the edge off. Meanwhile, I'd love to get my $7 for a handful of rocks back, but I already opened the package. NOT worth it. Just an observation...there are a lot of mixed reviews about these either being chewy or being rock hard. Many of us got the rock-hard version. They must be either a really old batch or overcooked, or some other problem. What I noticed is that the manufacturer has not responded at all to those of us who received inedible rocks. I don't think I'll ever buy anything by this company again. They don't seem concerned at all about such a huge quality variance. Not good.

These treats were on a list that my vet recommended for my male cat who has FLUTD/FIC. Calming ingredients like colostrum, thiamine and l-theanine are good for reducing stress and anxiety but I'm giving them to all of my cats. They arrived in good condition, my cats like them and they seem to work pretty well. Right now two of them are sleeping side by side which doesn't usually happen. They do have a strong smell, but I don't believe human judgement of the smell of cat food or treats is relevant. Most of it smells kinda gross, but it's not for us. Cats can be picky eaters just like people. This is a trial and error situation. They aren't squishy but breaking them up into pieces isn't difficult so it's easy to make them to a chewable size. There haven't been any digestive side effects so far. I will definitely be including these treats in their daily food intake.

My cat ate 2 of the treats the first time I gave them to him. The next day, he would not even touch the treats. The following day, I put the treats in a flavored pill pocket to entice him to eat them. He still wouldn't. I tried another pill masking wrap in a different flavor and he still wouldn't eat them. I don't know if they upset his stomach or he just didn't like the way they made him feel but he has not eaten them since that first day. It's possible he doesn't like the texture (they're kind of hard) or the flavor. He tends to only like fish. Since he only had 1 dose, I can't really say if it worked or not. I had high hopes for this treat because of the colostrum - which I read helps calm pets better than treats without this ingredient. I bought this for a cat who is spraying, hoping that it would help calm his anxiety. He is already neutered and has been for a long time. We have multiple cats, so we're thinking that he is anxious or just trying to mark his territory. We have tried a pheromone diffuser and it has not helped either. This was the last resort before going to medication. I have also tried the VetriScience Hairball treats for my cats and none of them really seemed to like those much either so not sure if it's due to the flavor or texture of this brand. All my cats seem to like fish flavored products and dislike chicken.

I use this and Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Supplements Calming Care Cat Supplements (powder) on my feral cat. It has calmed him down so much. He is much more relaxed. He still has so much energy and has to play hard but is not as aggressive toward my other cat. I do 1/2 pack of powder in the AM and the other 1/2 pack in the evening. I also do 1/2 chew in the AM and 1/2 chew in the PM.

My hyper-vigilant cat, who paces constantly, hisses at neighbours and me, had a vet-prescribed dose of Prozac, to hopefully break the pattern, but at the last minute, I tried these chews. Overnight success! The pacing has stopped, she is now relaxed. She no longer hisses at me and actually comes up to my lap for pets, which she wouldn’t do before. While the chews are big, I use only half a tablet each day, then break that in half for ease of eating.. I’m very happy with this product.

...piu' che altro perché dopo 2 giorni di assunzione gli ha dato problemi intestinali e ho dovuto sospenderlo. Ma il mio gatto e' sensibile di suo ai cibi, quindi di sicuro per altri gatti andra' bene. Posso dire che dopo mezz'ora dalla somministrazione dormiva che era una meraviglia, anche se il problema per cui lo ho acquistato era di smorzare la tensione che lui ha nei confronti dell'altro gatto di casa….lo aggredisce spesso per gelosia...un vero peccato che non abbia avuto la possibilità di testare bene il prodotto. Spedizione perfetta come sempre. Grazie Amazon.

My cats hate them and I can't get a refund. The cats smell them, suspect its medicine, one attempted to bite into the treat but they are too big to chew easily making crumbs everywhere, then they just walk away from the half eaten "treat" leaving me with a mess to clean up and my cat is still anxious. I wouldn't recommend if your cat is fussy with food.

Listing says 4 packages with 120 bite-sized chews but only received 1 pack.

Works very well when my cat is stressed, but it is not quite strong enough for a car ride!