#cat wisdom

While spraying water as a deterrent often does not work and can make cats unnecessarily averse to water, if you add a little vinegar to it, it becomes like cat repellant and redirects their attention to the smell and getting away from it, they are physically redirected or if sprayed with it redirected to grooming and eventually it reduces the problem behavior by association with the bad smell. Still annoying if you don't want to smell vinegar but better than being attacked or harassed by your cat and it does alter bad behavior over time. Also I feel like everyone knows this but clapping is usually a good way to get their attention quickly and isn't associated with a fear of noise in general, at least in my experiences but my cat is pretty special 😻 anywayz