i just bought this and cats seem to laugh in my face lol. Any idea what frequency and sens. is recommended for cats ? Thank you
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Make sure it's charged. I set mine on the most sensitive setting and on #6. My cat ran and hid! Works for me!
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They say frequency 3.. I just got mine a week ago and still putting it in different places in my yard to figure out best spot to keep neighbor cats out. My garden has become their litter box.
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My cats also laughed at this, and I tried ALL over the frequency and sensitivity ranges - sent them back as useless for us.
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Freq setting on 3 and sensitivity at little more than medium works great keeping my neighbor's cat off from my yard. Sensitivity may vary according to each individual situation. please read all the reviews on the product page along with comments. It is discussed there several times about frequency and sensitivity. However, I can guarantee you it works unless you got a defective piece.
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Not near as noisy as my corded models. However, on high speed, my cats always leave the room. When I turn down the RPM to around 7 - 8, the frequency is such that they hang around.So I suspect that it is not so much the noise as the higher frequency that drives them crazy. These spin at very high RPM, 10,000 at top end. Also, the fact that your hand cradles the whole tool much more than the straight models, this helps also.
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I tried this on my cat, and it works real well. Never any problems at all. Thanks frostbyte45
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Cats cannot hear it, but I have wondered about their delicate sensitive nerves though. I don't know if I am imagining it or not, but they do seem to be obsessively cleaning. I use Revolution so they don't have fleas. I need further study.
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Mine did that for several days when we first set up the unit. We adjusted the unit to be less sensitive but it didn't help much. The cat finally lost interest..no further prob. Hope the same happens for you.
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It doesn't make any noise by itself. HOWEVER, if you kind of jiggle it quickly it ends up looking and *sounding* like a medium to large insect having trouble flying, as if it's wings are flailing around and hitting things. That got my cats (all three of them--5 month kitten, 3 years old, and 7 years old) going crazy. They loved it even before I did that though.
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Hmmm - Now I do hear a sound - but it is a high-pitched 'swish' to me and may not be audible to everyone. For cats, the sound is in the 'ultra-sonic range' (above human audibility but audible to cats) and it's obvious they can hear it because this thing has been doing its job for me for the past year against some very, very stubborn neighbor cat(s). The red indicator light flashes at the same time its ultrasonic audio triggers. It seems to flash again in less than 60 seconds - maybe 30 seconds since it seems to trigger with every grocery bag I carry past it from the car! That is one reason I ordered the plug-in power supply (batteries only lasted a few weeks in my situation). Hmmm - Now I do hear a sound - but it is a high-pitched 'swish' to me and may not be audible to everyone. For cats, the sound is in the 'ultra-sonic range' (above human audibility but audible to cats) and it's obvious they can hear it because this thing has been doing its job for me for the past year against some very, very stubborn neighbor cat(s). The red indicator light flashes at the same time its ultrasonic audio triggers. It seems to flash again in less than 60 seconds - maybe 30 seconds since it seems to trigger with every grocery bag I carry past it from the car! That is one reason... » Read More Hmmm - Now I do hear a sound - but it is a high-pitched 'swish' to me and may not be audible to everyone. For cats, the sound is in the 'ultra-sonic range' (above human audibility but audible to cats) and it's obvious they can hear it because this thing has been doing its job for me for the past year against some very, very stubborn neighbor cat(s). The red indicator light flashes at the same time its ultrasonic audio triggers. It seems to flash again in less than 60 seconds - maybe 30 seconds since it seems to trigger with every grocery bag I carry past it from the car! That is one reason I ordered the plug-in power supply (batteries only lasted a few weeks in my situation). « Show Less
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Well, my cat likes the "krinkly" noise. But I wouldn't say its noisy enough to scare a cat away. My cat is 7 yrs old and sleeps in it now. I think it's a friendly noise and intrigues them.
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I have no idea. Cats don't bark, do they? I use it on a small dog at work and it DOES work. Just curious why you'd need it for a cat..
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Not really the sounds are repetitive with a sound loop, the videos are enticing though with miscelaneous rats, birds, etc. but I am so sorry about yor cat being blind, none the less you still don't love him/her less. Maybe you can make your own compilation of sounds on your own with exciting sounds to interact with him/her?? best of luck with this...
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The reviews I had read vary with cats. But mine HATES it! Even more than the dog! lol
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Either you have an open cat or your meter lacks sensitivityAlfred Bunge answered on June 11, 2014Edit this answer
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I have used this on two of my cats. One is a jealous bully and was terrorizing the other. I also had some inappropriate "peeing" but never knew which one it was. I put a collar on each cat and saw some improvement, though the problem did not abate completely. I can definitely tell when its time to change the collar. I have also had luck with the plug-in pheremones, but discontinued them when I learned that the plug-in air devices have a tendency to fail and can be a fire hazard.
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I never used on a cat. I would think that a cat would be scared of it because of the noise.
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the catscram works by a little "electric eye", like the red laser beams you see in movies like Ocean's 11. i placed it on the floor so that when my cat tried to walk into the bathroom, the "eye" saw her and emitted a sound. it does the same thing when i walk into the bathroom, anything that crosses in front of the catscram will turn it on. Humans can't hear the sound, but the cat can. So i don't know where you intend to place it so that it will go off when you cat jumps on the couch. Keep in mind it will also sense YOU on the couch, and it might continuously emit the sound and drive you cat nuts.
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Kind of - when they REALLY start playing with it, it crackles quite a bit. But, its certainly less annoying than many other cat toys I've experienced.
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It has a frequency for birds.I have not used it on anything but cats and it works very well on them