Discussion
ADVERSE EFFECTS, EVENT
Scratching plays a key role in social communication between cats as a marking behaviour by delivering visual and chemical messages that have an immediate and/or long-lasting impact on emotional states and behaviours [Most of caregivers (88.9%, pooling “improvement” and “scratching stopped” in Studies to date have demonstrated that cat scratching behaviour can be redirected to appropriate scratching posts provided in home environments [Interestingly, the Frequency reported by the caregivers during the selection phase, based on what they could remember, was similar to the value declared at D0 after having the possibility to observe the cat more closely knowing more about the study. This observation is interesting since this may show that having a long baseline period allowing dedicated observation before starting an intervention might not be important. This also informs that undesirable scratching is a relatively stable behaviour.Another interesting result of this study is that the majority of cat caregivers stated that their cat was unfriendly and hesitant about approaching strangers (see On the 28In this study, any weekly change detected by the owner were reported without determining the possible link or not with the product. Any change in cat routine or behavior were reported event positive change for owner like the cat is calmer or cuddlier. For cats, the percentages of adverse effects for the Pheromone group were seemingly low (7.4%) and a higher percentage was observed for the Placebo Group (12.6%). These findings show that FELIWAYIn addition, it has been reported that the majority of the cat owners (73.1%) indicated that they would recommend this product to individuals who were experiencing similar problems with their cats.The fact that behaviours such as elimination outside of the litter tray, vocalization and other general behaviour changes were more frequently reported as adverse effects in the Placebo Group, this may be due to a global calming effect of the F3 fraction of FFP that helped decrease the Frequency of other disturbing behaviours, although a baseline comparison would be needed to confirm if these behaviours were already present before the study to better support a conclusion about this.