r/blackcats • u/TrinixDMorrison • 11h ago
🖤 How do you guys summon your babies?
If I can’t find Shushu I just go to the bathroom and turn on the lights/fan. He’ll immediately come running but I don’t know why; not like I regularly give him baths or anything 😆
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u/ProverbialNoose 10h ago
Mine tend to follow me around the house, so I usually don't need to
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u/_Febreezy 9h ago
I don’t think I’ve ever once had to look for my cat. He’s always just there lol
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u/TrinixDMorrison 9h ago
Shushu is usually super friendly and won’t leave my side…for about an hour after I come home from work lol Then he just fucks off to one of his several spots but then comes back out around 11pm to sleep next to me lol
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u/wishypoos 7h ago
Mine is like my literal shadow. Can't do anything without him near xD
He is a momma's boy and was bottle fed. So there might be some seperation anxiety going on :(. He's always so needy when I get home from anywhere. On one side it's sweet, but I do hope that he feels safe when I'm gone. (I kinda think he does, as he often storms down the stair, looking like he just woke up xD )
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u/Lietenantdan 10h ago
Sacrifice a goat, draw a pentagram with its blood, put the corpse in the middle, light a candle at each point, then chant a long phrase in Latin repeatedly until he appears.
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u/shelizabeth93 5h ago
Wait. We summon them? I thought they summon us
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u/shaker8 3h ago
absolutely true facts 😤 if I’ve been at work late, I get this itchy feeling that she misses me, and she’s always at the top of the stairs when I get home
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u/Fit_Stress_7209 3h ago
no matter what, my cat will always be at the door when I come home from work after midnight after my spouse goes to sleep. Even when he’s half asleep.
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u/SuzIsCool 5h ago
Crap, I'm running out of candles...
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u/Lietenantdan 5h ago
You’re running out of candles before you ran out of goats??
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u/SuzIsCool 5h ago
Goats galore, do you need some?
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u/Lietenantdan 5h ago
Just curious, do these goats come from the severed floor of Lumon?
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u/SuzIsCool 5h ago
But of course, only the best for Kier
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u/Booboononcents 10h ago
Pour milk into cereal
Patting the bed while saying “ up up”
Opening up his cat food
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u/TrinixDMorrison 10h ago
That used to be our routine with my old cat back in high school; I’d lie on my back and pat my stomach and she’d jump up and curl up. She’s not with us anymore but man she was a cool cat :)
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u/Good-Adhesiveness868 8h ago
The fond memories sustain us and make it worthwhile. They are definitely a gift while we have them.
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u/Historical_Plant315 10h ago
I say “where’s my kitty!” And she comes running hahaha idk why, works everytime.
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u/kaytronika 10h ago
I make pss pss pss noises and none of my three cats appear.
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u/fenikz13 10h ago
I flop down loudly on my bed, even if she is hiding she will always come out for bed snuggles
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u/AgathaWoosmoss 9h ago
My husband calls "nap time!" and our senior boy immediately trots up the stairs to crawl under the covers with him.
And then his (giant) adolescent little brother comes barreling in a minute later to join in the cuddles.
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u/The_Spyre 9h ago
I keep 30 oz Temptations cat treats in various places of the house. Every time I shake them, a cat teleports to my location.
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u/FancyNefariousness94 9h ago
Open a string cheese
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u/Midnight_Marshmallo 5h ago
Mine teleports in from wherever she was when she hears me open a string cheese. Just appears out of thin air, stg.
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u/Nice-Chair-2748 10h ago
Get up and walk to the kitchen,and my void is right behind me, in hopes of a treat.
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u/Flat-Limit5595 8h ago
So for me it’s accidental, when i call over strays i pitter patter a step or something made of wood with two fingers to get them to look at me. Mostly to let them know i have food or an open lap. With my former stray Theo it became the equivalent saying get over here. We caught his son and had him in the garage to socialize him/ recover from getting snipped. I tried to call him over with the fingers on the steps in front of the closed door. Out of nowhere i felt/heard a thud behind me. Poor Theo heard me call him and he slammed into the door going mach 2. Thankfully his face recovered
The rest of the cats only come over for the sound of kibble or kisses.
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u/HelloKristi37 8h ago
If I flick the end of a Churu tube, I swear she just re-spawns right in front of me!
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u/tryH4rdCookie 9h ago
If I’m not mistaken you have to go to the bathroom, turn off the light, light a candle and say their name 3 times while looking into the mirror
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u/Faithful_hummingbird 8h ago
Both of our cats know their names, so usually I just call them by name. Or I’ll say in a loud sing-songy voice “oh boyyyyys!” and they come running. But shaking a bag of Tillamook shredded cheese will also have them sprinting into the room.
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u/UltraRoboNinja 6h ago
My cat knows her name, as evidenced by her hears perking up whenever it’s said. That’s how I know that when I call her, she’s just ignoring me… 🥲
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u/Faithful_hummingbird 4h ago
Lol. Cats, right? 😹 We trained our boys to come to their names because we used to live in CA and wanted to make sure we could get them to come to us if we ever had to evacuate. My mom had a scary situation where she could only find 1 cat out of 3, and I didn’t ever want that to be us.
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u/BakerMobile 9h ago
I have a whistle for them only. Otherwise I call their names and they come for both.
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u/plantsproud-laura 9h ago
My Void (may her soul rest in peace until we meet again one day💜) was figuratively speaking glued to me. As soon as I got home, she would hop onto my back/shoulders when I bowed down to get rid of my shoes. She would be on my shoulders, lying there like a little 4kg stole, snoozing as I brush my teeth or do the dishes or cook food, sometimes watching me do the things and then slowly falling asleep (I always noticed by her changed breathing pattern when it became a little more snore/whistle-ish). She would be on my chest, neck, stomach or legs whenever and wherever I laid down.
But if I had to actually summon her, it would be me putting up the toilet seat (which meant "yay, hostage lap time", no matter how short it would be 😂). Other than that it definitely was me making three short kissy sounds – then a little "mmrrp" could be heard from somewhere in my apartment and soon be followed by tiny paws tapping as she came to me.
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u/Artistic_Salt_4302 9h ago
Mine ONLY and ALWAYS comes when I’m going to the bathroom. He will stop eating, sleeping whatever he’s doing to join me in the bathroom. 😂
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u/420kittybooboo 6h ago
I yell my cat’s name in a scared tone, she comes running thinking there’s a moth she needs to save me from. Works every time.
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u/thecoldfuzz 7h ago
Summon my babies?! They're the ones summoning us, and it's usually for more food. They don't come to us unless it's their idea.
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u/Opposite-Painter7543 8h ago
I just call her name! Celeste! Or say “Where’s my kitty girl?” I get a chirp and a little void pops out from wherever she was hiding!
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u/Opposite-Painter7543 7h ago
She also without fail MUST. Follow me to the bathroom. Anytime I go she is either at my feet or on the shower ledge, or in the litter box going with me. Us girls gotta go together!
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u/Hot_Pomegranate6164 7h ago
I don’t summon my baby. She will appear when she feels like allowing me to bask in her presence. Then she will leave when she’s done. Usually, to go harass my partners Siamese.
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u/rtkane 9h ago
I shake a whipped cream container. if that doesn't work, I squirt a little out. This cat is the only cat I've ever had that won't eat most cat treats (but she loves whipped cream!)
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u/Elise-0511 9h ago
If I call out “Shulamit” in a singsong cadence she runs into my bedroom and up onto my bed for a round of skritches.
Alef looks in my direction if I call his name, then goes back to waiting for his turn with the ginger brain cell.
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u/bizarrekitties 4h ago
While my cat isn't a void, I can either shake their treats or go ”where’s my bobooooo”
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u/BloodiedBlues 4h ago
HERE KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY
All in one breath, kinda high pitched.
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u/Despises_the_dishes 9h ago
Newly opened Amazon box on the floor is an immediate cat trap.
When we shake the cat nip storage container, he seems to appear out of nowhere….
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u/Chandra_Nalaar 8h ago
I have little sing-song melodies for two of my cats (Tashi Bear Princess mozzarella sung like a nursery rhyme and Jibba Jabba Joey Joe sung like I'm scatting to a 1940's jazz song). The third one responds to a can of food opening. She knows her name, but doesn't come when called unless there is something in it for her.
I used to have a cat who would come running when he heard my husband turn onto his left side in bed. It was little spoon time! I don't know how he distinguished that sound from any other bed creak, but he sure did.
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u/Practicalhocuspocus 8h ago
Shaking treats or just sweetly calling their names USUALLY works. But if I make eye contact with Artemis and slow-blink at her, she gives me a chirp chirp and comes waddlin'!
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u/Accurate_Diamond1093 8h ago
I usually call his name but if he ignores me I pour food into his food bowl. I also shake my bag of treats.
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u/DaScrumMistress 8h ago
I sound the oven timer and he instantly runs meowing to me as to alert dinner is done or perhaps the sky is falling. He will not stop meowing until the beeping stops and I thank him for letting me know!
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u/longtr52 7h ago
"Chaaaarlie! Come see Daddy!"
Multiple chirps from another part of the house and then he's in front of me. 😻🥰
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u/EternalGuardian84 5h ago
My friend’s black cat had a fun quirk. She had a favorite pillow on the couch. If she could not be found, we had to pat the pillow really hard and call: “WEE BABY KITTY! SLEEPOVER!!!!”
And the void baby would materialize with a loud squeaky meow and jump on the pillow with her little tail straight up and fluttering. It was honestly the cutest thing.
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u/jessiewhereru 5h ago
I draw a pentagram in blood, offer a sacrifice, and chant. Or sometimes I shake the treat bin.
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u/Helios_Sungod 5h ago
I usually just yell "Squeeeeaaaaaak" and he comes after a few minutes
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u/Believe_to_believe 5h ago
Unwrap whatever food item I'm about to eat, and she'll appear out of thin air.
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u/genbuggy 5h ago
I say "treats for Baby Leo" and he comes running. He also plays fetch.
My dog on the other hand doesn't come when I call and doesn't play fetch!
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u/Beauknits 5h ago
Thomaaaaaaas! And if he doesn't come, I open and close the door like I just left, wait 3 seconds, "come home" again. And tell "Thomaaaaas!" And then he'll come running up.
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u/Brokelike 4h ago
Kissy noises, but she only comes over if she feels like it or she thinks I have food
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u/Natural-Wrangler-653 4h ago
My cat listens to his name I just have to call him and he comes running he listens amazing
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u/toes_hoe 4h ago
My two know the sound of the individual cupboard always houses the treats. It sticks closed a bit so it makes a noise when I open it.
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u/BlackCatWitch29 10h ago
Loki can't be summoned due to his contrariness. However, I can usually find him on my sofa, in his bed, or on my radiator.
He only has a few favourite spots.
My tabby Luna, on the other hand, is easier as she's food motivated and curious so will come running to see what's going on.
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u/scipio79 9h ago
Rattle my pills. For whatever reason she has to supervise whenever I take my meds, but sporadically responds to her own name or her own treats
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u/KetoLurkerHereAgain 9h ago
Two things would always bring my girl running - opening a bag of white cheddar popcorn and opening up the Costco rotisserie chicken container.
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u/Druterium 9h ago
My void doesn't respond to words, however...
- Tap on a window (he thinks there's birds)
- Shake his treat jar (self-explanatory)
- Walk down the basement stairs (he thinks it's play time)
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u/gerbilminion 9h ago
My old void, Socrates (so-crates), would always come to you if you whistled Eponas song from loz. The cat dispenser we have let's you record a short clip, and it's still set as my husband whistling it, though he's been gone for years, though the other cats do come running when it goes off.
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u/Professional_Pace544 9h ago
I tell him what a baby he is, produce and give snackies, and offer scritches.
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u/professor_tappensac 9h ago
I trained them when they were kittens to associate a certain whistle with treats, so now I just have to make the "cat whistle."
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u/Big-Inflation-6280 9h ago
I open the pantry door, which summons the tuxedo who wails until her void brother is aroused from his slumber.
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u/Silvyrish 9h ago
My girl is easy to find because she is intensely food motivated. Shake treats, open a bag of pop corn, the bottle of milk, crinkle the butter wrapper 😂 Her brother is far more finicky. The best you can do is lay out a bag as a trap and wait lol
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u/BestAce1215 9h ago
If he's not already around me for some reason, I just say his name a couple of times until he comes to me.
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u/CloudRecessesBestFan 9h ago
I rattle the laser pointer or open a can. I’ve never given him canned food but his previous owners must’ve.
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u/BewareOfTheFeathers 8h ago
I got two voids and a tortie, they all listen to their names. If i want to summon all of them, i just say sipi-sipi. The static S and slightly high I sound is enough to make them curious. I also use that as the calling sound for their meals. (+In hungarian, the common calling for cats is cicc!)
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u/annepersannd 8h ago
I just sing around the house “where’s my mister pister???” And for some reason he comes calling. His name is Vega but only responds to “booger butt” or “mister pister” and i have zero clue why
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u/eric2341 8h ago
Shaking container of treats usually works (as long as they aren’t reeeally knocked out).
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u/MySweetThreeDog 8h ago
Shaking the ice in the tray in the freezer. They are fascinated by the pieces I drop.
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u/IwantaSandwhich 7h ago
if i open the window/ doing cleaning / sunflower seeds and sometimes if i call her when she is meowing she will come
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u/Present_Cucumber2120 7h ago
Sometimes i whistle other times call for her. My boy comes when he feels like it.
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u/cleavergrill 7h ago
I just call his name or if he's playing hard to get, open the patio door or shake the treat bag
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u/jaynepierce 7h ago
I call them both “kitters” as a nickname and if I say it in a specific goofy singsongy voice they both come running lmao
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u/kyracantfindmehaha 7h ago
Turn on the sinks in my bathroom, open any type of can, and if that fails, shake treat bag
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u/Odd-Development-7289 7h ago
I sing a song I made up with his name in it. Every time he hears it, he comes running. It’s goes a little like this - ahem- 🎶 “AaaaaabRham, he’s my liiiiitle ham, he’s name is AaaaabRHAaaam” 🎶
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u/monsterlynn 7h ago
I have a call for him where I trill the R in his name in the soft palate French style, then draw out the nouns with a heavy vibrato.
"RrrrrrrUUUUde-e-e-e-e! Rrrruuudy c-a-a-at!"
He'll come trotting over to me, jingle jangling his nametag and bell every time.
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u/Atillion 7h ago
I walk within three feet of the cabinet door that hides their Tempations Catnip Fever treaties.
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u/Mind_on_Idle 7h ago
Exist, actually. Or just say her name, which usually works. Sometimes I get two cats, lol
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u/Kellysmodernlife 7h ago
Randy - I have to open a can of wet food and he will appear.
Louise - I yell her name like a farmer would yell to a pig and she comes running.
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u/stphngrnr 🖤 7h ago
Open the voids refridgerator.
(it was once a human's refridgerator, but we've come to accept it's now our voids)
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u/MeNoPickle 7h ago
She comes to her name usually, or if she hears my voice really
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u/Sad_March_7993 6h ago
Opening a window or asking if he wants a treat works like a charm. He usually does come if I call unless he's tooooooo eeepy
Or sometimes he's avoiding me bc he doesn't always want the 3000 smooches I give his lil head every day. Offering treats overrides that tho this man would sell his soul, or leave me, in a heartbeat for a treat
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u/Cheap_Tour4036 6h ago
For my void, there are several ways.
- Concentrate on anything that isn’t her
- Use the toilet
- Open a can of any type
- Make coffee
- Run the sink
- Shake anything that sounds like her treats
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u/horrorwhoores 6h ago
I call mine by her name! But usually she follows me around the house. She knows I’m needy.
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u/dabhought 6h ago
One loud ass whistle and they come running from every part of the house. Or I just simply open the fridge door and they come darting around the corner bc they know that means food
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u/ohglory7 6h ago
When she was younger, I would just say “Poobear!” or shake some treats. Now that she’s almost deaf, I tap the furniture she’s on and she comes yelling. She’s a cutie!
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u/karshyga 6h ago
I get into bed and say comebemyqua. Qua will jump or climb onto the bed, join me under the covers to be the little spoon, and purr really loud. He's a cuddly motherfucker.
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u/PirateJonesy559 6h ago
I just opened my freezer and shake the ice tray. My void, Psycho, absolutely LOVES ice cubes.
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u/rach1874 6h ago
If I ever decide to shut a door in my house invariably my void will be sleeping in that room 🤣 this just happened to me and my husband. we never shut our bedroom door and needed to keep the dogs out for some reason. I go back in half an hour later and there she was, middle of the bed waiting for her full body rub down 🤣
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u/jnnyromanov 6h ago
normally when i come home from work i say "where's AJ?" or "AJ i cant see you" a few times and she comes trotting to me
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u/subjectfemale 6h ago
He appears when he wants to lol. He found out how to get outside and now comes and goes as he pleases. Will be chipped soon Can’t stand not being in the same room at me. And will almost yank my door off the hinges from the bottom trying to get in 😂
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u/fawkthisguy 6h ago
Open a can of wet foot. Or just turn the lights on in the laundry room where they feed.
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u/Wtfisafosty 6h ago
If I just look at the guy the wrong way he makes a little cry noise and starts trotting my way
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u/Poufsouffle4SPN 6h ago
Usually by yelling “KITTEH!!” like Eric Cartman, but it depends on the cat.
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u/AdditionChemical890 6h ago
I wander through the house shouting his name, occasionally he appears 🤷♀️
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u/Intrepid_Bearz 6h ago
Annie follows me everywhere. Dolly I either make a peeping noise (she says “Peep!” Instead of meowing, or. If shes being particularly stubborn, I make an elekekeke noise and she runs to see where the bird is.
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u/MarloweDay 10h ago
For my void, I shake the greenies bag and he runs to me 😄 😸