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Old October 21st 07, 02:52 AM posted to alt.cats,alt.pets.cats,rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Mike[_3_]
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Default Is there such a thing as "cat whistle"?

I just shake the bag. Not only does a bag of cat food make a nice percussion
instrument, it works well about 60% of the time in getting Her Majesty,
Isis, to leave her hiding place somewhere and come to see what's what.

I would also note that my failure to keep the bowl filled, again, is getting
dangerous for me. I was walking in my stocking feet and one of those little
deadly razor claws was deliberately snagged in one of my socks very very
close to my tender big toe skin. I filled the bowl with less than day old
canned food and things are pretty quiet now.

Mike in Illinois



"studio" wrote in message
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On Oct 20, 11:40 am, "-Lost" wrote:
Response from RPSinha :
My latest is: Is there such a thing as "cat whistle", something
cats can hear and humans can't. (Similar to what's available for
dogs.)


Sometimes we have to go looking for our cat, who may be hiding who
knows where. It is quite a spectacle to go around yelling her
name. If there was a whistle we could teach her to recognize, but
people couldn't hear it, then we could do this discreetly.


Dog and cat whistles emit both frequencies in the audible and non-
audible
range of humans.
Cats and dogs do have sensitive hearing and are able to hear sounds
outside the range of what humans can normally hear.

From the very beginning I used "Gabby" for everything related to the
And I used "gabby-gabby-gabby" in a high-pitched and fast
voice to mean here comes dinner.


OMG...I remember when I was a kid, my mom would yell out the back
door; "hear kitty kitty kitty!"
And Tom the cat would come running.
Quite a spectacle is right.

I use a forceful "ssssssssp, ssssssssp" to get Mama to come to me.
It's mid-high frequency, without the loud volume...no whistle needed.

Whatever you decide to use, stick with it.