Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I wanted to give this a while to see how well it worked and I have to say, I just love it. I see your reviews about the break away not working and just decided not to chance it. I used this brands flea and tick collar with no issues but again, this is my baby were talking about here. Upon receiving the product which was expediently, I noticed it was quite large anyhow and with the size of her current collar I didn't really need to use the entirety of the calming collar. The smell of this is delightful, sweetly and soothing even for me! Though I know she can smell the pheromones. I went to the store and got a pack of 150 of these zip ties that are small and cut the collar to match up the inside of my cats pretty purple one and zip tied the collar in three places. It doesn't look on bad and the 3 pack then becomes a 6 pack as I take the other part of the collar and place it in a plastic sealed Baggie. The flakes do come off but I've noticed them mainly in her bed and only after the collar comes fresh from the box. Now as for the calming abilities: I have an anxious skiddish jerk of a feline. She will claw the crap out of you and flee in any direction at the shuffle of a slipper. It was getting out of hand and she also transitioned from outside to inside and we moved 600 miles away. A ton of change and a ditz of a cat? I figured this stuff was worth a shot. I put it on her and while it made no immediate change over the next week she become a TOTALLY different cat. She didn't act like you were going to punch her in the face when you simply stood up from the sofa (she has never in any way ever been abused) and you can hold her and my boyfriend can walk into the room (or most anyone for that matter) and she doesn't claw your chest up running for her life (for what friggen reason I never knew) and she plays like a normal cat. She actually plays and naps and doesn't hide under the sofa all day.. I mean, I've never seen this side of her. She was an extremely anxious cat from the time we took her in from being a stray born in the neighbors trashed out car and had been for 8 years and then.. This. I just watched my roommate walk across the apartment and she hasn't startled into a frenzy and I never thought it would happen. I also had an occasional issue with her peeing on clothes or rugs and I have not had that issue since this collar and that is just more than amazing. I took her collar off to rub her neck and get the good scratches one day and forgot to put it back on and within four or five days she started to get anxious again, and so back to the collar it was, within a day she was totally fine again and all was well in paradise. If you do the collar cutting thing please cut the zip ties close to the start as possible and check for sharp edges. I use finger nail clippers to take them off and trim them up and they do well but a nail file isn't a bad option to keep away the sharps.