Is there such a thing as "cat whistle"?

[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.

[.._..]

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.

Post by 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.

[William Graham]

Post by 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.)

A dog whistle works fine....My B-K comes a runnun' in the evening when I go
out on the front porch and blow mine.....(He knows he's going to get a
goodie).

[Mark G.]

Post by 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.)

Tuna can being opened at 250 yards?

[AMUN]

Post by Mark G.

Post by 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.)

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

[Ted Davis]

Post by AMUN

Post by Mark G.

Post by 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.)

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.

[Ivor Jones]

"Ted Davis" <***@umr.edu> wrote in message news:***@umr.edu

[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

[Ted Davis]

Post by Ivor Jones
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.

[OceanView]

Post by Ted Davis

Post by Ivor Jones
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.

[William Graham]

Post by OceanView

Post by Ted Davis

Post by Ivor Jones
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......

[AMUN]

Post by William Graham

Post by OceanView

Post by Ted Davis

Post by Ivor Jones
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......

We have one that makes a very subtle noise if you disturb her when she
doesn't want to be disturbed.
It's the faint sound of her teeth piercing your flesh.

As for them hearing laser pointers, we have one with a keychain and it's
hung with all the other keys on a board.
Rattle all the keys you want, and nothing happens. But just reach for the
pointer and, the meowing starts.

I'm even half convinced they can actually hear the laser light-beam itself.

[William Graham]

Post by Mark G.

Post by 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.)

Tuna can being opened at 250 yards?

That'll do it....A spoon banging on the side of the cat dish works well,
too........

[-Lost]

Post by 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.

[studio]

Post by -Lost

Post by 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.

Post by -Lost
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.

[Mike]

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

Post by studio

Post by -Lost

Post by 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.

Post by -Lost
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.

[RPSinha]

The OP here. Great suggestions. However, my concern is not simply how
to make the cat hear me. It is doing so without making a nuisance of
myself all over the neighborhood. Maybe I am self-conscious, but I
would like to be as discreet towards other humans as possible.

I am taking care of a neighbor's cat for about 6 months while they are
out of the country. She spends the days outside. I would like to ring
the whistle in my backyard and have her come, without bothering the
neighbors everyday. Even more so if I have to walk the block blowing my
whistle. :)

[Upscale]

Post by RPSinha
The OP here. Great suggestions. However, my concern is not simply how
to make the cat hear me. It is doing so without making a nuisance of
myself all over the neighborhood. Maybe I am self-conscious, but I
would like to be as discreet towards other humans as possible.

I have a high pitched dog whistle I bought a few years ago in a futile
attempt to eliminate pigeons from my balcony. When I blow it, my cat gets
irritated so I know she can hear it. But, getting a cat to respond to one
might be very problematic unless you can associate the high pitched noise
with the knowledge that there's food or some special treat ready and
waiting. The only thing I can think of is to blow it absolutely every time
just before you put out some food or treats. The hard part will be
remembering to blow it unless you attach it to wherever you keep the cat
food.

[studio]

Post by RPSinha
The OP here. Great suggestions. However, my concern is not simply how
to make the cat hear me. It is doing so without making a nuisance of
myself all over the neighborhood. Maybe I am self-conscious, but I
would like to be as discreet towards other humans as possible.

Understood.
That's why I use a "ssssssp"...the intensity of the volume is not
like someone yelling or whistling...and cats can hear it from quite
a distance depending on how forceful you apply it.
I associated it by doing it lightly right before I fed her when she
was
younger, but now she just knows it to mean "come".

It's a common call for cats by humans...I've heard it done inversely
(psss, psss)
by many folks trying to get a cat to come to them.
I just reversed it and made it a bit longer.

[spannerswirlyflow]

The suggestion of using a 'dog's-whistle' is a good one, I have used the
same type of whistle for nearly 20 years and it has never failed to bring
back my feline from wherever it is that he happens to be hiding and the
advice to associate the sound of the whistle with a nice treat of some
description is spot-on.
(I did notice however that the so-called 'silent' whistles are not that
silent at all and you would be berated for blowing it at 1.00am but I
unscrewed my whistle and removed the 'barrel' and just blow through the
'reed-end' and all we hear is a slight rush of air - a bit like blowing out
forcefully yet the cat hears it as a very loud noise - even up to 500 yards
or more).
DS N7

[William Graham]

Post by spannerswirlyflow
The suggestion of using a 'dog's-whistle' is a good one, I have used the
same type of whistle for nearly 20 years and it has never failed to bring
back my feline from wherever it is that he happens to be hiding and the
advice to associate the sound of the whistle with a nice treat of some
description is spot-on.
(I did notice however that the so-called 'silent' whistles are not that
silent at all and you would be berated for blowing it at 1.00am but I
unscrewed my whistle and removed the 'barrel' and just blow through the
'reed-end' and all we hear is a slight rush of air - a bit like blowing
out forcefully yet the cat hears it as a very loud noise - even up to 500
yards or more).
DS N7

Yes. Mine it tunable.....It only sounds like an air rush to me, but my cat
comes a runnin' from way up the block when I blow it.

[RPSinha]

William Graham <***@comcast.net> wrote:

: Yes. Mine it tunable.....It only sounds like an air rush to me, but my cat
: comes a runnin' from way up the block when I blow it.

Thanks. I get the idea. I'll look for a "dog" whistle that produces as
little human-audible sound as possible. A few hundred yards is plenty
of range.

[Upscale]

Post by RPSinha
: Yes. Mine it tunable.....It only sounds like an air rush to me, but my cat
: comes a runnin' from way up the block when I blow it.
Thanks. I get the idea. I'll look for a "dog" whistle that produces as
little human-audible sound as possible. A few hundred yards is plenty
of range.

Yes, my dog whistle is tuneable too by screwing or unscrewing the mouthpiece
into the body. I did notice when watching my cat that certain settings had
more of an effect on her than others, so I'd guess that certain frequencies
of sound would work better than others when trying to train your cat to come
when a whistle is blown.

[bartlet]

Post by 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.

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