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How to freak out your Cat
Unleash the crazyness with these 7 ideas
3 min readDec 23, 2023
As a cat owner, you likely adore your fur baby more than anything. But lets face it — sometimes cats misbehave driving you bonkers. What better payback than freaking them out in return! Use these 7 tips for hilariously confusing your cat and unleashing retaliation upon them for previous houseplant attacks or 3am zooming fits.

- The Tinfoil Terror: Cats loathe walking on unpredictable slippery surfaces. So lay sheets of crinkly tinfoil across your floor then watch your cat spastically leap off it like popping corn. Their startled reaction never disappoints! Extra points if you yell “LIGHTNING!” at the big reveal.
- Bubble Blitz: What’s more bizarre and annoying than a spontaneous barrage of popping bubbles? Recruit kids or your own bubble wand and let chaos ensue releasing hundreds directly in your cat’s vicinity. Most can’t resist pouncing despite the bubble bursting futility. Capture the confusion on video since internet points likely await you.
- Pickle Surprise: We all know curiosity killed the cat right? Help expedite trips across the rainbow bridge by placing cat treats inside an open pickle jar too narrow for heads to exit once inside lured by delicious temptation. Their sauerkraut scented imprisonment freakout elicits such guilt that rescue must inevitably ensue…one way or another if you catch my drift.
- Mirror Madness: Does your cat suffer narcissistic personality disorder constantly gazing at their reflection? Fight fire with fire by surrounding them overnight with a 360 degree enclosure of mirrors leaving no escape from their own insufferable self image. Their horror seeing infinite reflections drives them straight into the nuthouse!
- The Greeble Gambit:
Greebles are imaginary inter-dimensional creatures cats commonly perceive and react to despite human inability to observe them. Fool your feline into thinking one invaded by suddenly pointing at the wall yelling “its a greeble!”, then watching your cat freak out leaping sideways and backward at nothing. Pure gaslighting genius! - Bad Cop Routine: Wait until your cat misbehaves by clawing furniture or something similarly naughty. Then grab a spray bottle while glaring and aggressively yell “HEY, NO! WHAT DID YOU…