PetSafe SSSCAT Motion-Activated Dog & Cat Spray, 3.89-oz bottle

We started with just one of these, but after a few weeks of it effectively keeping our 2 cats out of the kitchen and away from the plants (we tried it several locations), we came back and bought 3 more! These are the sentinels that keep our home in order now. When the cats have gotten blasted they are QUICK to get away and, so far, less likely to try it again! Important to note that some of the sensors are more random and some are more sensitive-- we have noticed they aren't exactly motion activated as much as they are heat activated. We can walk directly in front of them sometimes and if we're covered up it doesn't trigger, but if skin is exposed and it detects the heat change, it will spray We started with just one of these, but after a few weeks of it effectively keeping our 2 cats out of the kitchen and away from the plants (we tried it several locations), we came back and bought 3 more! These are the sentinels that keep our home in order now. When the cats have gotten blasted they are QUICK to get away and, so far, less likely to try it again! Important to note that some of the sensors are more random and some are more sensitive-- we have noticed they aren't exactly motion activated as much as they are heat activated. We can walk directly in front of them sometimes and if we're covered up it doesn't trigger, but if skin is exposed and it detects the heat change, it will spray. Another sensor will register heat up to 5-6 feet away when we cross the path. I don't mind the random bursts though, because that random interval keeps our cats aware. After turning them on for the night, periodically they will spray randomly. We just call this a warning shot. :) The sensor area is easy enough for us to step over, and the cats haven't yet figured out they could probably just leap over it and likely it wouldn't go off. Fingers crossed this is the long term solution-- our poor plants were getting chewed to ribbons. … more

I love my furry friends. I’ve tried everything to minimize their noise output at night when they wake up and have their nightly witching hour followed by meowing for food as the sun rises. I’ve tried deterrent spray, a strict food schedule, automatic feeders, cat nip before bed, ample play time and nothing helped until now!! I have slept 3 nights in a row straight until 6am and I feel amazing. Set this bad boy up by the bedroom door amor wherever your kitties next torturous adventure is (garbage can, couch etc) one of my cats is scared and never attempted to cross its path again, the other made it more of a game and spent hours trying to pass the bottle without it going off and he simply can’ I love my furry friends. I’ve tried everything to minimize their noise output at night when they wake up and have their nightly witching hour followed by meowing for food as the sun rises. I’ve tried deterrent spray, a strict food schedule, automatic feeders, cat nip before bed, ample play time and nothing helped until now!! I have slept 3 nights in a row straight until 6am and I feel amazing. Set this bad boy up by the bedroom door amor wherever your kitties next torturous adventure is (garbage can, couch etc) one of my cats is scared and never attempted to cross its path again, the other made it more of a game and spent hours trying to pass the bottle without it going off and he simply can’t or gives up! I truly recommend this product. It’s not perfect at first, you must find an ideal angle for your needs but with a little trial and error on day one you’ll figure it out. … more

I brought this because my young cat, smoki started jumpin onto counters and sniffing around garbage cans where he aint have no business being. So i got this, hoping it'd deter him from stealing human food AND cat + dog food (hes completely healthy, just greedy.) And it works! It startles him enough to deter him without scarring him for life. 2-3 Puffs of air later, and he doesn't even think about counter surfing or garbage sniffing. The only downside is that this thing is MAD expensive. The funny thing is though, sometimes I forget to turn it off and it puffs air and scares me. Overall it's pretty good, but expensive.

It is only guaranteed to go off when I walk by it, but it's very hit or miss with the cats. I have tried this in a couple locations but it is more a deterrent to me than the cats since it goes off 100% of the time I come within 3 ft of it but seems to only go off when the cats go directly in front of it 50% of the time. As such it's out of air because of me and the cats haven't really learned much. Perhaps this is better when you want to keep cats out of a corner area you don't travel to much but it's not very useful for keeping them out of TV stand shelves (attempt 1) or kitchen counters (attempt 2).

I got this for my cat who makes a dash for the front door every time you open it. The hissing noise did scare her away, but the motion sensor isn't very strong so she managed to get past it by just sticking to the far side of the wall. You also want to make sure that everyone in your house is on board with the idea of having a sprayer like this. My family set it off way more than my cat did, and the cartridge ran out.

I really wanted to love this product, my cat is a counter surfer and I've tried everything to stop him - cans full of pennies, garden mesh, aluminum foil, the works. This was my last stop since it was the most expensive, and I hoped it would solve the problem for good. However, the motion sensor does not seem to pick up my black cat. It picked up everything else, from me walking past it to someone rinsing off something in the sink below. However it does not sense the one thing I need it to, my black cat hopping on the counters. I'm extremely disappointed, and will be looking to return this soon.

My daughter returned my GG GF's chair, which she'd been using. She has 3 cats but they did not damage the upholstery. My ragdoll was immediately drawn to the chair seat and was prepared to do "happy feet" but we chased him off and ordered this spray can. Once he was allowed back in, he made a beeline for the chair, but in mid leap the noise of the can startled him and he bolted. We had a good chuckle! The can is now off, but the cat makes a wide berth around that suspicious chair!

I bought 2 of these and neither one worked. I tried all the troubleshooting and then called the customer support on the insert. They talked me through the troubleshooting again, then said they would mail me 2 replacements. Which was nice, but only 1 of those work - and that, intermittently. If I pay for "technology" I really do expect it to work. Don't waste your money.

It’s set up in an area which the kitty likes to spray, they have walked right in front of it and nothing happens, they even peed in front of it and nothing. BUT it will see your reflection in the metal bread box and will go off until I turn it off. Needless to say the product works great if you want to scare yourself, keeping kitties off the counter not so much. I will be trying aluminum foil to see if that works.

Doesn’t workSo my main coon cat literally is playing with it it’s gone off 17 Times I cannot stop him from scratching at my door to try to wake me up at 3:30 in the morning I have literally tried everything and he basically says screw you I’m gonna wake you up.On that note I do not get up I do not give him food I do not play with him but he literally makes me want to kick his butt