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Hi there everyone. Firstly, may I say a big thank you to all the kind souls who helped me with the loss of our dear darling Cleo three months ago. It really touched my heart with all your wonderful loving responses. Bless you.
We've now come to the point where I can't bear to be in a petless home any more, so will be bringing home a beautiful boy cat called Sonny from the RSPCA at the beginning of November. He's come from an awful home and has suffered great stress, causing him to pull all his hair out if he has any changes in his routine. He's therefore been overlooked for homing previously and been sat there since April 2012. We've fallen in love with him, and he is pleased to see us when we visit, climbing all over us. I'll be replenishing the feliwell diffuser, and trying to make the transition as painless as I can. However, we've been warned that he's not used to cat baskets, cars etc and that he will probably be traumatised by the time we get him home. Now, I saw a fascinating programme some time back about cats and it featured a "Cat symphony" that had been written by an american guy that specifically calms down cats. It showed a roomful of cats, some of them very much not getting on, followed by the music playing in the same room and the cats totally chilled. I've googled and searched online and can find loads of different albums, but not this specific one. Does anyone know or heard of it or has personal experience of an alternative I could use? I know some classical music is helpful, which I have, and I also have some nice chilled "new age" stuff, but all suggestions would be very welcome.

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Hi Anne,

Sorry that no one has posted here; I know a couple of people offered some words on the Facebook page. I am sure it is just that they don't recognise the piece of music to which you are referring. I am very pleased for Sonny anyway, glad he has found a loving forever home after having a difficult time previously. Hope you have many happy years together!

Take care.

Thanks Shailen for your reply. Thought someone would have a few suggestions for soothing music that they use, but not to worry, another forum had a better response.

I have ordered a thundershirt and some feliwell spray, so fingers crossed they will help him. The video on the thundershirt looks very promising......

Well folks, after being delayed by a day, we eventually picked up Sonny yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, the thunder shirt was too small for him so left it at the RSPCA for other smaller cats. However, we'd sprayed the cat carrier with feliwell and although bewildered (first time for him in a carrier and car) he remained pretty calm. Had a selection of classical music mixed with chill out and music for pets with harp for the journey and at home. His favourite (and one of mine) is Clair de Lune by Debussy. I'd taken one of our soft cat baskets to the RSPCA previously for him to use, so that when we returned he could walk out of the carrier straight into something that was familiar to him and had his smells. This was like a comfort blanket to which he repeatedly returned whenever he got the jitters. Also, the diffuser helped, and he crouched by that a good few times. It was pretty overwhelming for the poor boy and he seemed stunned by all the space he had, and that was only in our very small front room! However, we made him very welcome, continually reassured him in a quiet and calm environment and he ended up visiting both our laps for prolonged and relaxed snoozes. He slept alone happily last night, although he had the option to join us. He only pulled a little of his hair out, whereas before he had been denuding himself on a regular basis and still has a lot of hair to grow back on his lumbar region. Today he's been looking out of all available windows, mostly the french windows, and has been fascinated. Yesterday he saw another cat in the garden and panicked. Today he's seen a fox, magpie, another cat etc and was simply alert. He's now stretched out on my lap whilst I'm typing and we're very optimistic for the future.

All sounds very promising Anne, fingers crossed for Sonny. I always love hearing about animals being given a safe and secure home. And as they say, we can't change the world for all of them but you have changed Sonny's world for the better that's for sure. Take care.

Thanks Shailen, he's bringing us so much joy already and changing our world for the better.

Best wishes.

Anne