My Löki turned into a tasmanian devil on the weekend. We are having our kitchen cabinets replaced, and DH decided that he and son-in-law would do the work themselves. Needless to say, my kitchen has been in a state of upheaval for a month now and Lord only knows when they will be finished. We are living out of boxes right now!
Anyway, son-in-law, who sometimes isn't the brightest bulb in the bunch, has a cell phone. The tone is set for a siren. Need I say more? The cell phone rang on Saturday while they were in the kitchen working. I was down in the basement sorting stuff out (I'm doing a "Clean Sweep" down there). All of a sudden I heard great big loud bangs and crashes, a siren going off (VERY LOUD) and a lot of loud hissing and growling. Apparently, when the phone rang, Löki, who was sitting in the dining room "supervising" went berserk, lunged for the cell phone and attacked. SIL had to throw the phone on the floor because Löki was attacking him to get at the phone.
Anyway, he kept saying - you're going to have to get that cat put down someday. He'll attack the wrong person and that'll be that. I was really mad and told him over his dead body. Löki doesn't like him to start off with and he was frightened when the "siren" went off. Anyway, I got Löki calmed down and he was fine after that. SIL came the next day and I had to remove Löki from the room because he kept hissing at him.
I think any cat would have been frightened by that. Add to that the fact that Löki doesn't like him. I asked him why the heck he had his stupid cell set to a siren. I said it frightened me and I was down in the basement at the time.
What do you think? Do your cats react this way to loud sudden noises?
Anyway, son-in-law, who sometimes isn't the brightest bulb in the bunch, has a cell phone. The tone is set for a siren. Need I say more? The cell phone rang on Saturday while they were in the kitchen working. I was down in the basement sorting stuff out (I'm doing a "Clean Sweep" down there). All of a sudden I heard great big loud bangs and crashes, a siren going off (VERY LOUD) and a lot of loud hissing and growling. Apparently, when the phone rang, Löki, who was sitting in the dining room "supervising" went berserk, lunged for the cell phone and attacked. SIL had to throw the phone on the floor because Löki was attacking him to get at the phone.
Anyway, he kept saying - you're going to have to get that cat put down someday. He'll attack the wrong person and that'll be that. I was really mad and told him over his dead body. Löki doesn't like him to start off with and he was frightened when the "siren" went off. Anyway, I got Löki calmed down and he was fine after that. SIL came the next day and I had to remove Löki from the room because he kept hissing at him.
I think any cat would have been frightened by that. Add to that the fact that Löki doesn't like him. I asked him why the heck he had his stupid cell set to a siren. I said it frightened me and I was down in the basement at the time.
What do you think? Do your cats react this way to loud sudden noises?
