Felines and pheromones

By Nomi Berger
From body language to vocalization, cats use several signs and signs to communicate, with other cats and humans. And although we may not be detected, pheromones are higher on that list. What are pheromones?
Feromonas are a form of chemical communication that felines use when they commit each other, with the world around them and with their pet parents. The “messages” they send are released from special glands located in their bodies, and produce a wide variety of pheromones that influence many of their behaviors, emotions and interactions. Different pheromones send different “messages” or signals to other cats, both indoors and outdoor cats, that all cats, young and old, will understand.
Many of the glands that free pheromones are found on the faces of the cats: on their fronts, lower ears, cheeks, chin and around the mouth. They are also located on their leg legs to help them “mark” their territory when they scratch and/or knead, and around the nipples of the females. To share or deposit these messages, your own cat will participate in a variety of behaviors, the most positive of which you are rubbing your head over you, on the surfaces of several domestic objects, even at the doors, in your entire home, and touching the heads with you and, when you apply, with your feline friends. These are clear signs that your kitten is happy, relaxed and happy in your surroundings, and that by putting your aroma on them and on you, she has marked them and you as “safe.”
The pheromones are used, among other things, to help the mother’s cats and kittens to join, identify and be in harmony with each other, themselves, as well as to point out discomfort, stress or fear. All cats use a special organ called vomeronasal organ (vno) that is in an opening in the roof of their mouths to recognize peromonas messages throughout their surroundings. When detecting them, your cat will open your mouth slightly and withdraw your lips, exposing the roof of your mouth. If you witness that your cat stays still with a strange expression on her face, she is clearly detecting and receiving a single “message” or more.
On the other hand, many cats may suffer anxiety or stress caused by changes in their environment, such as adding a new cat to your home, decorating, moving and visiting the veterinarian. Its anxiety will manifest more commonly in behaviors as negative as biting, scratching excessive, hiding, refusing to eat, urinate and defecate outside the sand box, fight with the other kittens and/or spray. If your kitten exhibits any of these behaviors, try to use artificial pheromones products.
The most popular are the diffusers and plug -for aerosols. The diffusers and aerosols that Calman can help with the general anxiety in individual cats and promote harmony in the homes of several caps by emitting a synthetic version of the feline facial pheromones emitted by the mother cats while taking care of their kittens.
In cases where such measures have little or no effect, animal behaviorists encourage parents concerned with pets to contact their veterinarians. With luck, with an appropriate behavior modification program, which includes a positive reinforcement for appropriate behavior and desensitization along with the contraction, these ‘French cats can overcome their fears or anxiety with respect to certain situations and live calmer and more happy lives.