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Honestly the best thing that has worked for my cat is stern words and a finger in his face. He makes a "how dare you" face but stops doing the thing.
I hiss at mine, works 90% of the time. He just wanders off doesn't seem to upset him and gets the point across
This is what I do too. I speak their language and they understand it perfectly.
꧁༺ 𝓓𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓒𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓮, 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓸𝓼𝓸𝓶 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓼𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼. 𝓢𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓔𝓻𝓻 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓼𝓮 𝓯𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓬𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓾𝓹 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓪 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵. ༻꧂
Oh yeah that too. The issue is he thinks I'm mad at him every time a can of cola is opened lol
Ooh, yeah mine gets confused every time I'm dusting out my computer with compressed air lol
When mine end up beating eachother up because it's raining or idk maybe it's Tuesday, I pick up the one who likes being carried and plonk him down in another room. Otherwise there aren't really any things that they do (in my presence) that warrant stopping.
Staring straight at you whilst shoving something breakable off a ledge is the only sort of thing that typically warrants a spritz, imo. It’s not a good method to change behaviour (hissing is best for that, since that’s how they reprimand one another), but for blatant disrespect, a spritz will work – so long as it’s an in-kind reaction to shock, and so long as good behaviour is a bit over-rewarded afterwards (as if to say let’s do this good thing instead). It can be effective to get their attention, though.
The overwhelming majority of cats aren’t actually dicks, they usually have a reason for acting out, even if it isn’t obvious to us. It’s best not to be adversarial with them unless necessary, because they have a large emotional repertoire, including vindictiveness.