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Where do your kitties go when there's a vacuum?
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Pepper likes the vaccum. She follows me around.
I don't know. She's also scared of the doorbell and both my landline and my cell phone ringing. With that though I think she's picked up on my behaviour. I.e I always react and run to answer the phones/doorbell so she's come to the conclusion it's something scary to watch out for since I always react and run around.
I've gotten my worst wounds from her through that. I.e holding her when the doorbell rings and she freaked out and turned into blender!cat for a tiny bit and I dropped her immediately. I have a scar along my wrist from her back claws digging in as she jumped off that looks pretty much exactly like a failed suicide attempt. It wasn't deep but still rather scary when it happened.
She's always been in a safe environment and the most traumatic thing that has happened to her is probably just being spayed so I don't know where the vacuum cleaner phobia came from
Pixel, Cable & Chip all make themselves scarce... Firefox isn't sure about the vacuum monster yet. Java seems to find it interesting, & watches from a safe perch.
I have a computer desk that has those tall shelves built about 3-3.5 feet above the desk surface. That top shelf is where Sammie waits - in my office. Unless, of course, I am vacuuming the office.
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Yeah, that's what I mean, I think some cats have phobias or either like you had said before, they watch our reactions to things and well, take it the wrong way.
Glamorous run's off outside or behind the sofa! Sparkle used to do the same, now she just sit's there & watche's it! Izzy's never seen it as yet, as she doesn't stay out with the other kitty's all the time!
All 3 of mine run off in separate directions when the vacuum cleaner comes out...Shark jumps on her radiator bed out of the way, whilst the other two head for either the back door or an open window downstairs. They will do anything to avoid the 'monster'
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martini stands about a foot away from the vacuum cleaner with her back arched. she follows me around like that the entire time i vacuum. then when i turn it off, she attacks it. i've actually seen her trying to bite it.
Beauty runs upstairs and hides under my bed
All except Flowerbelle retreat to the top of one of the many cat trees. Flowerbelle is deaf and missing an eye, so she doesn't usually even see them fleeing - but when she notices, she clearly wonders what the fuss is about!
Laurie
Laurie
Rocky hides as soon as the "vacuum monster" starts up. Oliver sits and watches till it gets close to him, and then he hides.
I caught Oliver stalking, pouncing on, and swatting the vacuum cleaner once.
The opposite direction....... quickly
Mia isn't usually around to begin with when I vacuum so I couldn't tell you, but Marble on the other hand is always around bc she's so darn nosy! She'll sit there and watch it go back and forth, if it comes at her, she'll move back a little and watch it go. She's not really afraid of anything.
I don't really know where mine gone when the vacuum is out. I'm never able to find them until I put it away, and then they come out from; wherever!
The exceptions are Trace (just too stubborn to give in to a vacuum) and Peanut (she's deaf, and seems to be interested in the vibrations it makes)
The exceptions are Trace (just too stubborn to give in to a vacuum) and Peanut (she's deaf, and seems to be interested in the vibrations it makes)
Mine are usually nowhere to be found, or scurrying to a new hiding place when you get too close to where they are hidden!
Today, hubby was vacuuming, and when he went by one of our closets, all of a sudden a kitty came shooting out and scared the dickens out of him! Tehehehe...
Today, hubby was vacuuming, and when he went by one of our closets, all of a sudden a kitty came shooting out and scared the dickens out of him! Tehehehe...
