Detering my cat from walking the kitchen countertop when I’m away

[Crease]

@carverofchoice

What we really need is for Wyze to develop a camera that has a squirt gun in it and can aim and shoot a small squirt of water toward a pet that’s in a no pet zone.

@peepeep

Then they become jaded.

This is what happened to me.

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@carverofchoice

I do wonder if you could set up your own type of squirt bottle that connects up to a smart plug

I’d be inclined to try air.

@Crease

When my cat moved in but began misbehaving, I read about using water pistols as a deterrent, but I didn’t want to be splashing furniture and have to wipe that up. I also read that if a cat starts biting you during play, then what you’re supposed to do is blow in the cat’s face and immediately cease play. I put 2+2 together and started using compressed-gas electronics dusters—not directly in his face but definitely aimed toward him if he was several feet away and scratching on furniture, for instance. That’s so effective that sometimes he’d stop just at my making a tsst! sound with my mouth, or he’d freeze and then run the other way if he saw a duster can in my hand. I wouldn’t even have to press the trigger.

If you have a camera that is capturing an area of concern, then what if you set up a Device & Service Trigger Automation so that when that camera detects a “Pet”, it turns on a Wyze Plug connected to a fan that blows at that area? With a single Trigger, your minimum time for the fan would be 1 minute on. If you add a second Automation, you could shorten the “on” time (e.g., IF Fan Plug “Has been on for 00:00:05” DO Fan Plug “Turn off”). That’s something I’d consider trying.