The Evil Vacuum

Well Scratch is odd and doesn't really have a problem with it. 8-Bit and Dr. Claw however hate it with a passion and run and hide.

Chloe runs from it, while Iris follows it around.

O, so embarrased!

Puff should have been in that video! I watched it again (till the very very ending) and saw the credits.

That's what I get for always being in a hurry.

I had to answer other because:

Levi, Isaac & Maggie are terrified of the vacuum monster.
Jordan could care less. Sometimes I actually have to pick him up & move him out of my way (he's smart and fearless, a bad combination)

Mika is OK as long as it doesn't get too close. Bijou just rolls around so I can vacuum all sides evenly and he particularly loves to be vacuumed under his chin and around the back of his ears.

This is one thing my three boys are united it...their hatred of the evil, vile, cat-eating vacuum cleaning monster. All of the will run from it. I have to be very careful to make sure it doesn't sneak up on Forest...if it takes him by surprise, he'll jump up and go racing away, but with his coordination problem he slams himself into walls and furniture and doors in the process. (Once I didn't realize he was sleeping under the bed and I turned it on right near him...I almost scared the poor guy to death!)

yup, Louie will run to the bedroom and LuckyGirl goes on top of the back of the couch & gives it dirty looks while I'm vaccuuming...

I pull the vaccum out and you'd swear I didn't own even one cat! lol.

Surprisingly, Bagheera, the oh-so-skittish one... is unaffected by the sweeper. Mighty Kahn runs and trembles. Noel looks at it with disdain and then meanders away when it gets really close.. depending on where she's sitting sometimes she won't even move. And the Marbled Menace hides and we don't see her for quite some time. We haven't run the vacuum for Pogue yet... he just arrived and bless his little trembling heart.. I don't want to give him a heart attack. He didn't seem to mind the blender too much, though.

Mine hate the vaccum. They usually go and hide somewhere until I am finished. Jasmine is the only one brave enough to come out and chek it out and she gets p*ssed at it and trys to beat it up.

I hope no real cats were chased by vacuums in the making of that!

I have one of each. Wickett runs and hides as soon as I get it out. Frankie only runs (and not very far) if it gets too close. I swept this weekend and she was on the end of the couch on the top cushion. When I started bumping that end w/ the sweeper she got up and moved... to the middle!

I voted yes & no - because Harley doesn't care at all, and then there's Bayley - who runs from it! Harley lets me vacuum AROUND him!

Oh yes, Trout is terrified of the vacuum

Ophelia sees it come out, goes (quickly) into another room and gets up as high as possible. She's figured out that the Vacuum Monster can't climb.

Trent HATES it, and freaks out when he sees it. But he figures that the evil you know is better than the evil you don't, so he tries to keep an eye on it - usually from the doorway of whatever room is being vacuumed until it gets close. Then he'll give a warning hiss to it and run away.

I don't actually have firsthand knowledge of Ginger and Mojo with the Vacuum Monster. Since it kicks up dust and my allergies are bad enough as it is, Earl tries to vacuum when I'm not around.

The funniest thing I think I've ever seen in my life was when our last vacuum died. It literally came apart in Earl's hands. So it was sitting there in the living room, in pieces, and Trent decided that he had an advantage. The vacuum monster hadn't growled in a while, and it wasn't looking right. So he came up to it very cautiously, sniffed it, ran away. Sniffed it again, hissed, ran away. Came back, hissed, and BAP.....BAP BAP! He smacked it good! Satisfied that he had finally defeated the Vacuum Monster once and for all, he proudly came up to me on the couch and got his reward of snuggles and loves. He was SO proud of himself!

Originally Posted by Kai Bengals

The kittens think the vacuum cleaner is a monster but the adults aren't afraid at all. They have all gotten used to it, they just think it's a loud visitor.

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There was a cat show documentary on TV once, and one breeder/handler was talking about finding how which cats would be best suited to the show ring by how they responded to the vacuum cleaner. If they ran, they might not handle the noise and chaos of a show arena that well, but if they just sat there dozing off, they'd be fine. I thought it was interesting, and it made a whole lot of sense, lol


My 3 girls don't like the vacuum cleaner, but Buffy will actually stay in the room. Molly runs, Willow runs, even 60lb Jake runs. But Buffy will continue lying in her spot and may watch me warily, but she won't move. If I move the vacuum closer to the couch where she's lying, she'll get up and take off, but otherwise she's totally fine with it. If she runs off when I accidently move the vacuum too close to her, she'll even eventually come back into the room.

I have/had 2 cats (Kuce and my RB cat Sphinx) that could care less if you vacuumed right under them and 2 cats (Lil' Jag and Luvbug) that freak out and hide under the farthest furniture in the farthest room possible.

My cats run from the vacuum before I even turn it on. I wish they would let me vacuum the cat hair off of them!