Over sixty years ago we had a parakeet (I was perhaps 5 or 6 at the time) that would land on the vacuum cleaner bag while the vacuum was being operated. Every pet I’ve been around since then, both dogs and cats, would flee to another part of the house. Even the 2 or 3 parakeets we’ve had since then have just hunkered down at the bottom of the cage.
Our Yorkie hated vacuum cleaners. Now we have a robotic vacuum cleaner. I wish he was still around to see what he would think of the robot…. but mostly just to have the little guy around.
wjones almost 4 years ago
The vacuum sucks up every thing that’s in the way.
eolan59 almost 4 years ago
Nature abhors a vacuum….so do cats
Out of the Past almost 4 years ago
I think i hate them for the same reason the cat does—my ears.
nosirrom almost 4 years ago
Evidently not all cats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_qYwJ94Ja8
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
Aural assault and battery on furred quadrupeds.
Fontessa almost 4 years ago
Our cat wasn’t afraid of anything. You could bump him with the vacuum and he just ignored it.
jeanie5448 almost 4 years ago
Our Cat does the same thing but he is not fond of the broom either.
david_42 almost 4 years ago
Our smallest mutt attacks the handvac, but runs from the big one.
trainnut1956 almost 4 years ago
All I have to do is get the vacuum out of the closet and the cats run away…
i_am_the_jam almost 4 years ago
Vacuum cleaners sound to cats and dogs what jet engines sound to us.
jarvisloop almost 4 years ago
The obvious solution: Someone needs to invent cat ear muffs.
Keeping them on the cat will be the human’s problem, of course.
Kawasaki Cat almost 4 years ago
I have 3 cats . 2 hide from the vacuum. 1 does not.
Snowedin almost 4 years ago
I could vacuum my cat, and he liked it!
rroush Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Unless it’s a Roomba and they can ride around on it.
Bing43 almost 4 years ago
We had a cat we had to vacuum around, she wouldn’t move an inch.
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
Roomba. Cats love it.
caring55 almost 4 years ago
one of my favorite quotes came from the comic Get Fuzzy. Satchel the dog said "there is no shame in fearing that which sucks indiscrimanantly "
Charlie Fogwhistle almost 4 years ago
Over sixty years ago we had a parakeet (I was perhaps 5 or 6 at the time) that would land on the vacuum cleaner bag while the vacuum was being operated. Every pet I’ve been around since then, both dogs and cats, would flee to another part of the house. Even the 2 or 3 parakeets we’ve had since then have just hunkered down at the bottom of the cage.
dpatrickryan Premium Member almost 4 years ago
… so you ACTUALLY beat him with the broom? (Not criticizing, cuz, y’know, cats.)
Marvin Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Luddie is a sensitive kitty.
katzenbooks45 almost 4 years ago
My dogs don’t like the vacuum, either.
Ukko wilko almost 4 years ago
Our Yorkie hated vacuum cleaners. Now we have a robotic vacuum cleaner. I wish he was still around to see what he would think of the robot…. but mostly just to have the little guy around.