CALMING AGENTS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
CANINE
CANINE CALMING AGENTS
Name
How they Work
Good For
Don’t Use in
Price
Duration of Action
Thunder
Shirt
Pressure points
and pheromone
Already stressed
animal, thunder
storms, car
rides, walks,
fireworks
Animal with
wounds on body,
skin infections,
skin lesions, hot
situations
$45.50
As long as shirt is on,
don’t leave on
unsupervised or periods
over 4 hours
Thera
Bites
Valerian Root
Extract, calming
proteins
Nail trims, vet
apt, car rides,
grooming
Allergies,
bleeding
disorders, on
anticoagulants
$20.75 per bag
1-2 hours, give chew 3060 mins before event
Adaptil
Collar
Pheromone
Training, travel, Aggressive dogs,
boarding, recent dogs swimming
move, new pet
$41.43
4 weeks
Adaptil
Spray
Pheromone
Car for travel,
kennel, bedding
Can’t be sprayed
on the dog
$16.45
4 hours, spray 15 mins
before exposure
Adaptil
Diffuser
Pheromone
Ongoing and
anticipated
stress
Dogs undergoing
chemotherapy
$13.93(diffuser) Refill lasts 30 days
Zylkene
Powder
Calming protein
Ongoing and
anticipated
stress
Dogs with milk
allergies
$24.55-$58.07
$23.70 (30 day
refill)
Bottles last from 2 weeks
to 2 months, can be used
continuously or short
term. Start 1-2 days
before anticipated stress.
SIGNS OF STRESS IN DOGS:
-
Panting when not hot
Drooling
Eliminating indoors
Shaking
Barking
-
Whining
Pawing at doors
Running away
Hiding
Chewing
-
Bolting
Licking themselves or objects
Destruction
Not eating
Not Drinking
WHAT IS ADAPTIL?
Adaptil is a pheromone that is secreted by mother dogs that puppies are exposed to as
newborns. This pheromone as a puppy is what comforts puppies when they are with their
mother and now a synthetic version has been created to help comfort adult and puppy dogs
when they have stressful situations.
CALMING AGENTS QUICK REFERENCE
GUIDE FELINE
FELINE CALMING AGENTS
Name
How they
Work
Good For
Don’t Use in
Price
Duration of
Action
Feliway
Spray
pheromone
Cats about to
undergo stress.
Kennels, car rides,
vet appts, nail
trims
Respiratory
compromised.
Don’t spray on
animal
$16.45
4 hours. Spray
15 mins
before
exposure,
approx. 128
sprays
Feliway
Diffuser
and Refill
Pheromone
Multipet houses,
cats who show
chronic indoor
stress behaviors
(see below list),
recent move or
change to home
House with a cat
undergoing
chemotherapy
$13.93(diffu
ser)
30 days
Zylkene
powder
Calming
protein
Cats undergoing
ongoing stress or
anticipated
stressful event
Milk allergies
$24.55
$23.73 (30
day supply)
30 day supply,
can give
shorter term
as well. Start
1-2 days
before
stressful
event.
SIGNS OF STRESS IN CATS
-
Scratching
Urine Marking
Urination/Defecation outside of litter box
Aggression to other cats
WHAT’S A PHEROMONE?
Pheromones are a natural secretion from a body that results in a specific emotional response. Feliway is
a synthetic version of feline facial pheromone (cats secrete it when they rub their face on something
and triggers a comfort response).