How afraid are your cats?? (of your vacuum)

As those of you know who read the Fur Pictures, Bijou loves being vacuumed. I was doing my chores yesterday and had to put the dust brush on and vacuum Bijou for a good 3-4 minutes while he stretched and rolled around so I wouldn't miss any spots. He particularly loves when I do the top of his head and around under his chin. Mika sits a safer distance away and just watches his bizarre behaviour.

With the large vacuum Reeses hides. She used to get up as high as she possibly could, which meant the entertainment center. But since she knocked her only way up (DVD Tower) down a few times, she's afraid to get on it and go up there now. With the dust buster she is afraid of it, and used to hide, but now she actually will follow me from room to room, slinky cautiously against a wall just in case

Diesel doesn't mind the vaccum, mostly just watches it. Tucker on the other hand is scared to death of it and hides under the bed for hours. Today he had a breakthrough and only hid for 20 minutes

well Duke will casually jump off the sofa and saunter out the door into the kitchen.
Sibohan on the other hand takes off like a jet and hides under the bed until I turn it off and put it away.

Um... Tobie chases the vacuum. Godiva ignores it. Bandit ignores it. Ziggy looks slightly scared. Sneakers and Sofia run far far away.

Paris darts as far away from the thing when I first turn it on, but then she sneaks slowly to it, very careful to stay at least 2 rooms from where it is working. She likes to watch what it's gonna do to Cairo. When it's off, she doesn't notice it at all.

Cairo on the other hand has a huge bone to pick with the thing. When it's on she arches her back, but doesn't flinch. She watches it no more than 3 foot from where it's working at any time. She often perches up somewhere hissing at it. When it's off, she swats it several times to make sure she killed it.

Moscow is so terrified of the thing. He will run as far away from it as he can and he'll even cry for me as I use it. It's one of the only things he's really afraid of.

When Sphinx was alive, he would sit and watch the vacuum without any fear. Of course this same cat would try to stare down a pit bull (we know, he did this to our former neighbors pit bull).

Kuce used to hide from the vacuum but now she watches with some annoyance from a safe perch.

Lil' Jag hides from the vacuum but will come out from a hiding spot within 15 minutes.

Luvbug though (yes our big MCC mix) hides from the vacuum as though it is going to eat him and hide under the bed for hours.

Mine scatter like the wind! Stormy only has to see it being brought out, it doesn't even have to be on and she's gone!

I don't think they're really scared of it at all. Almost every time the house gets vacuumed, they're either in my room or my parent's. Both rooms have lino flooring so that doesn't get vacuumed.
Although today my cousins and their two dogs (Bichon Friese/Shih Tzu and Japanese Chin/Shih Tzu) came over. Squee about had a heart attack and was poofed up all day, sitting on my dresser while Scratch hid under my bed.

Missy is the only one afraid of it, I wish the others were it would make my job a lot easier

mine is terrified and angry with the hoover.One day I left it on the floor after hoovering.Now turned off,I came in to the room to hear nasty rasping noises(someth like that) anyway more to the point,she was hitting the nozzle violently and aggresively,in a way that came across as-this is pay back im getting revenge n you by beating you up...??

Lily runs under the bed as soon as i get it out alfie just sits there and watches!

I can't say that they're "scared", but they do watch closely from a safe distance, preferably above the floor...

Each one of my cats react differently to the vacuum, Sassy sees it as a good play toy and will actually chase the hose around, Linus, sees it as a huge monster that wants to eat him and hides as soon as I get it out of the closet.

My cat Flip whom I lost recently actually like to sit on the cannister and ride around the house while I vacuumed.

Sassy's very favorite household chore is helping me dust mop the hardwood floors in my living room, he actually stalks the dust mop and it's cute to seeing him peeking around the furniture waiting for it to get close enough to pounce on. Linus has participated in the hunting activity a couple of times to so I am sure it will become part of his play routine as well.

Both of my run as soon as they see the vacuum. They each have their own hiding place. Alice goes under the bed and Patches found a cubby hole under the kitchen cabinets the first day in this apartment.

Ha ha, reading this thread almost made me afraid of the vacuum!! Actually I do get kind of nervous when using it because I can't hear anything else.

Sammi isn't terrified of it, but if he isn't expecting it to be turned on, he can freak. In any case he gets up off the floor and keeps his distance from it. If it gets close to the base of whatever piece of furniture he's on, he'll make a long jump and run into another room.

Chloe is afraid of it, but we encouraged that so it's not a surprise. We used Hissy's suggestion to use the vacuum to discourage inappropriate carpet scratching.

Iris isn't afraid of it. In fact, she usually follows me around as I vacuum.

isnt it funny how cats all have different personalities and reactions to stufff

Lucky gets a little freaked but usually stays in the room but on a chair or the arm of the couch.

Ben used to chase the vacuum but now he runs.
Molly is a little chicken and will hide for hours.

Tavia hides when any vacuming is done I have to put Macy the boxer outside because she tries to attack the vacum. And Lilly and Tiny simply go get in bed while I vacum