Also a winner is "get the fuck out of here, cat" never fails to encourage the cat to stay
Hot tip for farm cat owners, putting masking tape on the back of a cat will not harm it but will prevent it from jumping up temporarily. This should be long enough to put the valve cover back on an engine without trapping the cat inside.
my cat only answers to a whistle that is
a rising tone from about 1800hz to about 2300hz. that works every time and there is no other way to call my cat.
You may appreciate a song by The Weakerthans called Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure. It's part of a saga of sorts they released over time, sung from the perspective of the songwriter's pet cat named Virtute. They're arguably depressing—and also arguably positive—but this one specifically is about Virtute not ever knowing her name or anything, just "the sound you found for me" which was her connection to the songwriter.
imagine my delight when I started to notice every time I whistled a song, my cat would appear. And then I did it on purpose to test my theory, and indeed my cat who loves being alone & hiding, would come to me every time I whistled.
I have a cat that startles easily, so I started to click my tongue to warn her of my incoming pets if she's not looking. Now I can mace that noise and she perks up in excitement for the incoming love
There's a stray cat around my apartment that doesn't even need the special sound. Dude comes outta nowhere as soon as he knows I'm around and climbs up my leg to get pets.