What does your pet think of your vacuum cleaner?

[Darth_Kitten]

Murphee (my Tiel) goes NUTS over it. It's funny, a grape scares her but the hum of the vacuum cleaner makes her crazy.
She was in her cage and she was contorting her body and flapping her wings and chirping away. :D It's the same reaction when I spritz her with warm water. :D

I love my bird. :D

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The vacuum is evil. It is Satan.

In the Cat world, the vacuum is a demon that will devour you.

Although there are some weird cats who don't fear the Vacuum Demon. This guy:

(Leonard, RIP) would roll on his back and stretch out so we could vacuum his belly.

[Born_A_Truman]

2. I have a Roomba

and had to unplug it from the charger because my cat hits the buttons and rides it like a skateboard.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. ROFL!

Can you get some pictures?

:rofl:

[elshiva]

15. YUP. Vacuum=Satan. MUST RUN AWAY AND HIDE!

meow! :hide:

[skygazer]

4. My Boxer Jake used to love being vacuumed

He'd lean right into it.

His father was afraid of it.

And his mother would attack it - she once managed to bite through the cord while I was vacuuming! Without being electrocuted. I was working away and all of a sudden, the thing just died. And there was Dixie with a smile on her face. She'd killed it. :rofl:

I miss my puppies. :loveya:

[Darth_Kitten]

5. Crafty....I like that....

:D

[arwalden]

6. She knows it moves over the floor, so she hops on the sofa and watches it.

She doesn't seem to be afraid of it at all. Mitzi just knows that if she's on the floor, then sooner or later she'll be in the way and will have to move, so she just moves out of the way and watches it go by.

[gollygee]

7. Fear

the mere sight of a vacuum cleaner makes my cat sprint to the basement.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. Mine too. She can hear it rattle when I get it out of the closet and

she is nowhere to be seen. The first time she heard it after I brought her home was a very traumatic experience for her (she was a feral kitten) and she has never gotten used to the sound.

[Dangerously Amused]

8. Two think it is the Horrid Vacuum Monster of Dreadful Kitty Torture.

They will climb the walls to get away from it.

The other two think it is beneath their dignity to get worked up over a stupid machine. They will look at it with obvious disdain, moving reluctantly only when the vacuum actually nudges them from their spot. Then they walk off acting all insulted.

[qnr]

9. They think it's an alien scout ship, part of the invading killer squirrels

from beyond space.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

10. They don't care. That's why I need a Roomba.

Four cats + one roomba = entertainment.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Hilarious description of cat/roomba encounter:

"I get home from the post office and the Roomba is all charged up and ready to go. I have provisionally named the Roomba "RoomBob," knowing that I will have to pick another name for it eventually because I have already named my plant Bob. (…Shut up.) I carry the Roomba into the bedroom and put it on the floor, but before I turn the power on, I stop and observe the cats, both sleeping, each stretched out peacefully in his own sunbeam, unaware of the horror that awaits.

I turn the power on. The Roomba sings a little song, just a few happy little "ready to work now" notes; Little Joe opens one eye, regards the large, flat, round beetle on the floor, and goes back to sleep, but Hobey is immediately suspicious.

"Sorry, cats," I say to them, although I am not really sorry at all, and hit the "clean" button, and as the Roomba cranks up to full whir and does its little starting pirouette, Hobey gives me a glare that could cut glass and bolts under the bed. Little Joe, still half asleep, scrambles down from his chair and heads for the bedroom door, at which time the Roomba shoots back out from under the dresser in front of Joe and heads for the bookcase at the back of the room. Joe jumps a foot in the air and gallops into the closet and hides in a boot.

Heh."

The adventure continues, here: http://www.earlygirl.com/roombaloo.shtml

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. Yeah, I've seen that before. I think my cats would be even funnier.

CODE NAME: MIDNIGHT
Sex/Age: Female, 14
Description: 8lbs. No fat, just muscle. Pure black. Almost toothless. Wears spiked leather collar.
Personality: Intense hatred for everything, except selected people. Despite being old & almost toothless, beats the shit out of anything within her territory, which apparently encompasses the entire state of NJ.
Special Skills: Winter survival skills (2 weeks missing in blizzard, came back fine but 2lbs lighter), ability to hang off the ass of a jumping, running screaming vet, death ray stare, bipolar personality.
Weakness: Chronic sinus problem-can be heard breathing one room away.
Last known victim: Visiting black lab named Maggie. Trapped in small closet for several hours.

CODE NAME: CUDDLES
Sex: Male, 10
Description: 17lbs of fur and fat. Seal-point mitted Ragdoll cat.
Personality: Narcoleptic. Species-identity disorder: identifies as dog, most likely root of being raised by a German Shepherd.
Special Skills: Can be used as footwarmer. Rolls over if attacked. Protected by thick layer of fur.
Weakness: Cannot run or jump. Lands on head. Scared of Midnight.
Last known victim: No known victims.

CODE NAME: GINSBERG
Sex: Male, 3
Description: 12lbs. No fat, just muscle. White with orange tabby patches. Allegedly half Siamese.
Personality: Friendly, loves people, cats & dogs. Bounty hunter.
Special Skills: Killing small animals. Loud vocal skills. Bell-silencer. Once walked me home from bar. Jumps 6' onto deck through bars.
Weakness: Scared of Midnight.
Last known victim: Family of moles.

CODE NAME: PEACHES
Sex: Female, 5
Description: 9lbs. Skinny, half of weight is fur. Cream-Point Ragdoll
Personality: Sweet. Scared of everything new. Hyperactive.
Special Skills: Being cute. Begging for jerky treats. Agile. Maternal.
Weakness: Skittish.
Last known victim: Spider.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Please buy a roomba ASAP, then let us know what happens.

Preferably with pictures. My predictions:

Midnight tries to kill it.
Cuddles strangles it with fur, having refused to move when it bumps up against him.
Ginsberg rides on it.
Peaches disappears for days.

[MissMillie]

13. Not much (n/t)

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[RevCheesehead]

16. They think it's one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Armageddon is coming; time to dive under the nearest bed.

[NMMNG]

17. The cat hates it

The cockatiel loves it to no end. I just have to take it out of the closet and he starts whistling and pacing back and forth on his perch. I turn it on and he goes crazy. Of course he likes anything that makes noise--bells, whistles, crinkly bags, machines of all types, etc.

[begin_within]

18. They think it sucks.

Although there was a video on "America's Funniest Home Videos" once that showed someone vacuuming a cat's coat, and the cat was obviously enjoying it as if it were a massage.

[Robeson]

19. Two of our cats are intrigued. One is not.

[u4ic]

20. My late tiel

would try and attack it.

Wings outstretched, cackling, he would charge it. That was one brave little birdie, considering he was about 1/10 the size of it. :rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

21. I don't have any pet, but my 4 y/o thinks it is possessed by demons

She has to be in another room with the door closed and music turned up loud so she can't hear it. She is deathly afraid of it, poor thing!

I have been told that is a sign of giftedness, but who knows?

[RebelOne]

22. My 100-pound Rottie runs into the bedroom and hides

when I bring out the vacuum. She is such a wimp.

[lavenderdiva]

24. I got Libby, a cocker spaniel rescue, first...

when she came to live with me, she had absolutely no problem with my vacuum cleaner, just ignored it. Then, a few months later, sweet Emma, another cocker rescue, joined my family. Emma thought the vacuum was evil and barked continuously at it, whenever I vacuumed. Libby saw that and must have then realized how she had been neglecting her 'watch' duties for her house, and joined in the barking chorus. Sweet Emma has gone to heaven now, but Libby still barks continuously at the darned thing, not remembering how it never bothered her before! She's carrying on for Emma now...

[Mutley]

25. It scares my poor dog half to death.

As soon as I take it out she runs for cover. Ever now and then she gets brave enough to bark at it from across the room. :D

[ironflange]

26. Three cats

Two run and hide, the third follows me around and yowls until I vacuum her. She especially likes the fuzzy upholstery brush.

[unsavedtrash]

27. My 11 year old Keeshond pretends it's not there. She refuses to move from

the room I am working on. My 1 year old Keeshond wants to kill it and eat it. My 2 year old Basset Hound screams because she thinks it is going to kill and eat me. My 11 year old cat sits high above the dogs laughing because she understands what the vacuum is for.

[livetohike]

28. Cindy chases it and bites it and Murphy

is afraid of it and runs away. Cindy (Catahoula Leopard mix) will chase anything that's moving - brooms, mops, you name it. Murphy is an ACD mix and just wants to get out of the vacuum's way.