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A Twitter post by Dana Schwartz @DanaSchwartzzz that reads Whenever I scold my cat, I use the royal we" so she doesn't feel so ashamed. “We don't eat that. We don't chew on electrical cords," I say. It's as if I, too, have a problem with eating wires or plastic I found on the floor and she and I are working on that problem together.
I just say no in a firm voice and flick my hand at them like it's a paw.
They find the flick very offensive for some reason, so it seems like an effective scolding technique.
Of course if there's an alternative they should be doing I try redirecting them to that, but sometimes there isn't (like climbing on the top of the kitchen cabinets and staring down from the ceiling).