Lady Gets Into A Huge Fight With Her Mom For Spraying Her Cat, Mom Accuses The Cat Of Abusing Her

Why is it still acceptable to sprinkle water on cats? You'll notice when searching online and interacting with individuals that squirt bottles are frequently used to correct or punish cats for undesirable behavior.

Even shelters and those who ought to know better continue to advise against using spray bottles or squirt guns. We need to modernize this archaic method of trying to educate cats to change their behavior in light of everything we now know about cats, learning, and behavior.

People who advocate for spray bottle use are correct in one respect: using a spray bottle may alter your cat's behavior, though not in the direction you intend. When you're not present, your cat may stop scratching the couch but resume the behavior on another piece of furniture.

Alternatively, your cat might cease gnawing on the plants once you leave the room. Or, until you're not around, your cat might cease jumping up on the kitchen counters.

Do you see what we're saying? In all honesty, spray or squirt bottles might not even be that efficient, and the OP of today's story knew that.

The problem here is that her mom decided she was going to spray her cat with a squirt bottle for asking for food in the middle of the night. The OP told her to just close the cat out of her room or take her to her own room, but the mom didn't listen as she kept spraying the cat.