Is there such a thing as "cat whistle"?

"RPSinha" wrote:
>
> 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.)

Tuna can being opened at 250 yards?
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There might be such a device. (Dog whistles probably can be heard by them,
their eardrums are small enough they may pick up that frequency.)

Whether or not your cat actually responds to it on the other hand... it may
require you to train the cat that whistle means treat time or something.

"RPSinha" wrote in message

>I have been asking a lot of questions, but please bear with me!
>
> 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.
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"Mark G." wrote in message

> "RPSinha" wrote:
>>
>> 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.)
>
> Tuna can being opened at 250 yards?
>
>

<LOL>
But I don't think it has to be opening tuna. Opening the drawer where the
can opener is, works just as well
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"Mark G." wrote in message

> "RPSinha" wrote:
>>
>> 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.)
>
> Tuna can being opened at 250 yards?
>
>
That'll do it....A spoon banging on the side of the cat dish works well,
too........
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:44:00 -0400, AMUN wrote:

>
> "Mark G." wrote in message
>
>> "RPSinha" wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.)
>>
>> Tuna can being opened at 250 yards?
>>
>>
>>
> <LOL>
> But I don't think it has to be opening tuna. Opening the drawer where the
> can opener is, works just as well

Just deciding to open a can of tuna brings the first round of cats here.
Getting the can out of the pantry brings the second round. Popping the
lid with the can opener (it lives on top of the microwave so I don't have
to open anything to get it) brings the third. Most of the rest show up
when I get out a bowl. In fact, many of them show up when I get out a
bowl for any reason.

--
T.E.D. (tdavis@umr.edu)
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"Ted Davis" wrote in message


[snip]

: : Just deciding to open a can of tuna brings the first
: : round of cats here. Getting the can out of the pantry
: : brings the second round. Popping the lid with the can
: : opener (it lives on top of the microwave so I don't
: : have to open anything to get it) brings the third.
: : Most of the rest show up when I get out a bowl. In
: : fact, many of them show up when I get out a bowl for
: : any reason.

My Missy is telepathic. I've only got to *think* of going to the kitchen
for a cup of coffee or whatever and she's invariably sitting at the door
waiting for me. Whether she was in the room or not. I think she can
teleport as well..!

Ivor
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:40:58 +0100, Ivor Jones wrote:

> My Missy is telepathic. I've only got to *think* of going to the kitchen
> for a cup of coffee or whatever and she's invariably sitting at the door
> waiting for me. Whether she was in the room or not. I think she can
> teleport as well..!

I'm beginning to wonder (I thought of this while scooping the litter pans)
if maybe our scent, or maybe our life sounds, doesn't reflect our thoughts
in some way. There is a delay between the time I think about opening a
can of tuna and when Millie, Fluffy, and maybe one or two others first
show up in the kitchen. That delay is about as long as it takes the
forced air system to move an odor from the kitchen to the bedroom.

--
T.E.D. (tdavis@umr.edu)
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Response from RPSinha :

> I have been asking a lot of questions, but please bear with me!
>
> 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.

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

Now I can literally call his name once and he comes to see what I
want? If I use the "dinner bell," he blasts off from wherever he is
and heads straight to his bowl.

So calling them DOES work. You just have to put in 10x the effort
as you do with a dog it seems.

--
-Lost
Remove the extra words to reply by e-mail. Don't e-mail me. I am
kidding. No I am not.
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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.
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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

> 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.
>
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Ted Davis wrote in


> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:40:58 +0100, Ivor Jones wrote:
>
>> My Missy is telepathic. I've only got to *think* of going to the
>> kitchen for a cup of coffee or whatever and she's invariably sitting
>> at the door waiting for me. Whether she was in the room or not. I
>> think she can teleport as well..!
>
> I'm beginning to wonder (I thought of this while scooping the litter
> pans) if maybe our scent, or maybe our life sounds, doesn't reflect
> our thoughts in some way. There is a delay between the time I think
> about opening a can of tuna and when Millie, Fluffy, and maybe one or
> two others first show up in the kitchen. That delay is about as long
> as it takes the forced air system to move an odor from the kitchen to
> the bedroom.
>

We've all heard the "they can smell fear" line in reference to various
predators. We know they live in a world of smells and sounds that are
unknown to us, so why not?

I have a ballpoint pen with a laser pointer in it I use to play with my
female cat. The button to turn the laser on is a little loose and makes
a very very faint tick when I pick it up (I'd need to hold it right up to
within a foot of my ear to hear it). When I pick it, she'll appear from
ANY room in the house in about 5-10 seconds.
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"OceanView" wrote in message

> Ted Davis wrote in
>
>
>> On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:40:58 +0100, Ivor Jones wrote:
>>
>>> My Missy is telepathic. I've only got to *think* of going to the
>>> kitchen for a cup of coffee or whatever and she's invariably sitting
>>> at the door waiting for me. Whether she was in the room or not. I
>>> think she can teleport as well..!
>>
>> I'm beginning to wonder (I thought of this while scooping the litter
>> pans) if maybe our scent, or maybe our life sounds, doesn't reflect
>> our thoughts in some way. There is a delay between the time I think
>> about opening a can of tuna and when Millie, Fluffy, and maybe one or
>> two others first show up in the kitchen. That delay is about as long
>> as it takes the forced air system to move an odor from the kitchen to
>> the bedroom.
>>
>
> We've all heard the "they can smell fear" line in reference to various
> predators. We know they live in a world of smells and sounds that are
> unknown to us, so why not?
>
> I have a ballpoint pen with a laser pointer in it I use to play with my
> female cat. The button to turn the laser on is a little loose and makes
> a very very faint tick when I pick it up (I'd need to hold it right up to
> within a foot of my ear to hear it). When I pick it, she'll appear from
> ANY room in the house in about 5-10 seconds.

Cats not only have great hearing for minute sounds, but they also make
minute sounds when talking to one another.....When my bitchy 10 year old
female, Juney, is on the bed, and the young male (B-K) jumps up there, he
can tell in an instant whether or not he's welcome.....If Juney doesn't want
him up there, she will make a sound that I can't even hear that will tell BK
immediately that he isn't welcome, and he will jump down. On the other hand,
If Juney is in a mellow mood, she will let BK know, and he will stay......
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On Oct 19, 6:41 am, RPSinha wrote:
> I have been asking a lot of questions, but please bear with me!
>
> 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.

olah

cat whistle? I guess

I call mine like dogs

one night, I stuck my head out the door and hollered big and loud,
JUPITER get your black ass in here!

here she come

they lay in wait, their god is their belly

their territory is as large as their stomach
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