Why does making the pspsps sound scare my cat away?
Using the traditional pspsps sound often startles cats and causes them to flee instead of coming over. This makes it impossible to reliably get their attention when you call them.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1speaking very calmly and softlyDid this help you?
- 2calling them by their namesDid this help you?
- 3using kissy, clicking, or 'kicikici' sounds insteadDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It would definitely get my cats attention and then they’d flee! lol!”source ↗
“My mum came to visit (she lives in another country) and when she did it all 3 of my cats ran away.”source ↗
“when people try to ‘pspsps’ my cat I kind of just look at them with a raised eyebrow, you’re scaring them!”source ↗
Where this came up
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