Somewhere in history a secret kitty code

[Highway61]

got passed down through the ages that when a vacuum cleaner gets turned on (or even reached for), cats run for the hills....something bad must have happened a LONG time ago and it remains deeply embedded within their little kitty brains. Now I know how lion tamers do it....they keep a vacuum within reach. Just a thought....as I finally found my kitty. (Yes, I just got done cleaning.)

[Sanity Claws]

1. That tail needs vacuuming.

Better get your vacuum out again.

[Highway61]

2. Right?

She does a great job "hiding".

[stuntcat]

16. HAH

:rofl: she's totally asking for it

[krispos42]

3. Are cats aware that they have tails?

They often seem to forget this little factoid...

[Godhumor]

14. Actually, they do forget

I can't remember where I read it, but apparently cats do not associate their tail as being part of their trunk, so to speak. As a result, when they hide they don't remember that their tail is attached to them, and that it sticks out from behind furniture.

[suninvited]

4. I had a cat for 21 years

who didnt mind a vaccuum cleaner. In fact she would nap on my upright when it was off, and if I turned it on while she was sleeping on it, she would just give me a nasty look because I woke her up.

She was a very odd cat, however, and she would hop in my car hoping to go for a ride whenever she got the chance and follow me if I took a walk even for a couple of miles. She often chased dogs or just teased them.

Her name was Genghis Khan. She must have missed the secret vaccuum kitty code.

[RebelOne]

5. Not just kitties.

My 110-lb. Rottweiler runs when she sees me take out the vacuum.

[Highway61]

10. No kidding

that's a first for me...although I am a tad sheltered than most (in the dog area) Bet she has a really sweet disposition.

[montanto]

6. I call the thing "the cat sucker."

But I know a guy who owns a vacuum shop and he's got a long haired cat that loves to get sucked! (w/the vac).

[texas1928]

7. See, when ours hide like that...

I like to reach down and get their tail. It is hilarious how fast it disappears.

[Highway61]

15. Right???

[MissMillie]

8. the code doesn't work

on deaf cats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvWGnXkcaKI

[Highway61]

9. Wow...what a tubber

But really, How cute is that? I wish I could do that to mine....her hair is so long...but she is worth all the trouble.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Nature abhors a vacuum.

But not always. My cat Leonard (RIP) loved to have his belly vacuumed. In fact, it would get him, um, excited. I am not making this up.

:rofl:

[Highway61]

13. I believe you

What a riot!

[Critters2]

12. When I'm vacuuming, the beagle stands between me and the vacuum.

Very alert, tail up. She comes running when I turn it on. I'm pretty sure she's protecting me from it.