Is your cat scared of deodorant?

Cats just naturally hate the hissing sound of spray cans. It can make them think another animal is hissing at them. It might also hurt their ears if they are close to you when you spray it. And if you have kids they may spray the cat when you are not around. Also sometimes its just the sudden blast that scares them. Try to make sure the cat is in another room when you get the can out or start using a different type of deoderant.

It might have to do with the first few times you picked up a can of deodorant---she might not have run at first, but as soon as she heard that hissing sound it scared her..and now associates just the mere grab of a can..is it just deodorant or is it also say a room freshener spray as well??

No not at the site of me picking up a can of deodorant. They know what the spray water bottle of water is and that's what they run from. Also if they're clawing at the bedroom door to get in a night, the closest thing I have to spray them with is a can of hairspray. We close the bedroom door to keep the cats out at night. (nothing like be woke up at 2am to a cat doing a tap dance on your head?!) So they do run at the site of a can of hairspray!

I like cat. I have one and his name is Pelludo. Its spanish for hairy. Thats really funny. My cat is not afraid of deodorant. He afraid of my mother and sister:) Whenever he sees my mom or my sister he ran away or hiding under the dining table. Maybe he felt guilty because he always scratch my mother's sofa.

Not deoderant but throughout her long life, she's been afraid of many things, including tuna, a red pillow, a brush that I had for my hair, and occasional she gets afraid of plastic bags if they move in the wind.

Yep, the hissing sound is a cat's natural noise for fear and to warn off other animals. Has your cat never hissed at you before? Okay, if you want a demo, just shoo your cat in a corner and gesture wildly. Insta-hiss! Cats hiss as well as show their teeth in an aggressive way to scare off would-be-predators. So that hiss coming out as you spray on your deodorant is some invisibly angry cat, telling your cat to back off and go away. Try hissing at your cat when he or she makes a booboo. It's much more effective than yelling at them. In fact, yelling does...nothing. So I hiss a growl at them when they do a nono. I get instant attention from everybody! ;)

Well I only ever use roll-on deodorant so it doesn't apply, but it's true that most cats are scared of the noise from an aerosol can. Basically it's because it emanates a hissing sound which is not unlike the sound cats make when they are about to fight each other. They hiss, and spit, and "swear" and growl at each other, to try and scare each other off!!! therefore, when they hear the "hiss" sound, they think there is another cat arouns about to attack them - so they will either try and "attack" it first, or run away and hide to protect themselves. So your cat is really not mad - just totally normal.

Um, i'm not sure actually! I don't think she's ever in the bedroom when i apply it, though i use roll on anyway. She doesn't seem to mind when i use normal body sprays though so i don't think she'd be scaredof a srpay deodorant.

my cats loves when i am spraying them with water ..what they don't like is when i'm peeling oranges