That’s on you. You should store your cocaine somewhere your cats won’t be able to reach it.
Lol I recognize that container. It’s not entirely the cats fault.
They look so sweet!
Furry up lol.
Beach day for the boys.
I’ve been told it’s acceptable to flick a cat’s ears (gently, obviously) because that’s what a mama cat does to her kittens when they do something dumb. Any opinions on this?
But cats can’t flick things.
Yeah, they more like swat at their ears. I’ve seen an adult cat do this to another when they did something they didn’t like.
I personally don’t use violence as a punishment, but a gentle ear flick is fine because it’s not causing pain and, as you say, it’ll communicate “don’t” in a way they get without being likely to make them afraid of you.
I opt for a “tsst” sound instead.
Mine are trained to understand that hissing = wrong, the kind you do when inhaling with your teeth clenched. Can recommend, you’re very unlikely to make that sound by accident and afaik cats are great at picking up similar sounds (so it gets their attention better)
One of mine hisses all the time. She’ll hiss and then slow blink. We say that she’s swearing and has a potty mouth, because she grew up in the streets. If I hiss at her she doesn’t flinch, so I have to physically move her from doing something I don’t like.
Mine are also trained this way, although I do feel bad sometimes when two of them are quietly chilling on the couch while the third is climbing on my keyboard and when I hiss they all flinch and look at me
If it’s something serious I take them to the scene of the crime, pinch the neck folds (do not ever carry them by that btw) and speak in an angry voice. Works best with cats that have more than 2 braincells lol
edit: mine would ignore the ear flicks, it’s not even an annoyance to them
You know what I do?! I sigh angrily and clean everything up. 🤷🏻♀️ that’s on me for adoptiong cats
