Pet Naturals Calming Chews for Cats, 30 Chews – Behavioral Support and Anxiety Relief for Travel, Boarding, Vet Visits and High Stress Situations

Takes a bit of edge off, without drugging the cat. UPDATE: things went bad after a few months.
Our young adult cat sometimes has an excess of kitten energy, to the point of being a problem. These chews take a bit of the edge off her behavior, without making her seem drugged. She’s just a tad calmer, but with her alertness and playfulness intact. Unfortunately, she will not eat them (she just never eats treats of any kind), but we grind them to powder in a mortar and pestle and mix it into her wet food.UPDATE: When we first adopted our cat, she had gone through stress at the shelter and before, and they were giving her prescription calming aids. We didn’t want to drug her, but started giving her these chews, which seemed to take the edge off, so we continued. Recently she started acting more anxious, a bit aggressive, restless, and perhaps even hallucinating. We gave her a double dose of the chew and it seemed worse, so we stopped it completely. Now she is so much calmer, getting on our laps again, just generally back to the sweet cat she had been. I don’t know why, but it’s pretty clear she started having a paradoxical reaction to the chews. After looking into it, people can react that way to l-theanine, with anxiety rather than being calmer, so it may be the l-theanine. It doesn’t seem like colostrum or thiamine would do that. We dealt with a paradoxical reaction in another cat, but it was to Xanax, which literally (and I’m using “literally” in the correct way) had her climbing the walls all night.

Has helped a very tense cat!
A friend of mine adopted a cat about a year or so ago. This poor kitty looked to have come from a pretty dire situation. It was a purebred cat that had obviously been used as part of a breeding mill. She was extremely frightened of nearly everyone and everything. She didn’t even know how to play with toys and would only chase her tail, a sign that she spent much of her time cooped up in a cage. (She now knows how to play with toys!) My friend, who has had a lot of experience with various cats, wasn’t even initially able to pet her. Over time she’s opened up and can be pet, but even now you have to be careful with how you pet her or she will freak out. Picking her up isn’t even an option, which makes any sort of medical or preventative care truly difficult.Now while my friend has been helping this beautiful cat adapt to a normal, loving household, the cat still has issues with stress and anxiety. She will often over-groom, leading to scabs and bald patches in her coat. Fleas have contributed to this some, but the main issue with her has been and still is anxiety and stress. We have some calming diffusers and those have helped, but more was needed.I got these just under a week ago and they’ve made a marked difference, particularly when paired with the Bayer II flea treatment. There’s a marked improvement in her coat and demeanor, plus she’s easier to approach. She doesn’t really even react as much when you pass by her, something that’s really nice as cats should be able to fully relax in their homes.I can’t vouch for the taste myself, obviously, but I can say that the cat absolutely loves them. My friend has another cat that doesn’t need these, but also loves how they taste so he has to be kept away or he’ll try to figure out ways to steal her morning treat – not that she gives up these treats willingly! It’s already become a daily morning ritual that she looks forward to. I’m absolutely buying more of these, particularly since they’re so reasonably priced! I purchased some pricier ones at PetSmart that neither cat would even touch (CatMX), so it’s nice that I can get good, helpful treats at a reasonable price!

It says that all cats will love it but this doesn’t happen with my cats

I started giving 1 biscuit to my cat a day, she is so chilled usually jumping nervously as a slight sound. She loves them practically taking the packet off me. So far do good.