Question
Whenever we say "no" to our cat he gets hyper and starts running around the house knocking things over. What are some techniques to calm down a cat?
Answer
The most effective way for you to calm a cat down in a situation where they have been shouted at is to use the pinch technique. If it wasn't after being told "no", you could have used food/treats, but not in this scenario as he'll think he's being rewarded for something bad.
Basically, the process is actually called:
Pinch-induced behavioural inhibition (PIBI).
For a YouTube video on how exactly to do it, see here.
You're effectively going to emulate him being picked up by his neck that his mother will have once done, like so:
But with a clip/peg of some sort, something like the two below:
Answered By - mattytommo