The evil hoover!

[tuxluvr]

What is it about vacuum cleaners that so terrifies most kitties?

I just bought a Hoover Wind Tunnel (highly recommend - it really sucks the dirt) Ritzy just thinks it s&^!s!!! Well let's just say that she runs and hides even if I open the door to the room where we keep the offending appliance.

Today, I pulled it out to sweep up after her most recent bout of "olympic kitty litter flinging" and she actually HISSED at it before it was even turned on!! For the next hour I was treated to the kitty "stink eye stare down".

"Mom, is that thing REALLY necessary!!??!!"

I have other noise making appliances that seem to create no concern. The coffee grinder noise, in fact, seems to attract her - and by contrast when I get the old fashioned straw broom out, she is right there to play with it.

Is it the vibration?

[Former User]

Don't know what is it, maybe the noise? Casper and Kitty don't like hoover either, whenever we take it out, they dissapear.
Lately though, they have become more daring, and they come and see what is that horrible machine making that noise. I'm sure one day, they won't care about the hoover anymore. Won't be too soon though...

[tuxluvr]

I remember seeing one of those TV funnies home videos where the person was actually SWEEPING the cat and the cat was in heaven....must have been are REALLY docile kitty or a very quiet hoover!

[Randi]

Oh yes, the hoover is the worst monster of them all! Fister has become very brave though - he dosen't escape under the bed until I come very close to him. Personally, I think it's the noise and because it's so huge, but my husband also has this therory: it's the air coming out, which resembles another cat hissing!

Once, I used it for another purpose. We had to put Fister in a transport box - he absolutely hates that and it's almost impossible to get hold of him! - so out came the hoover, aiming for the bed, which resulted in him running to the kitchen, where John was waiting for him with the box - and in he went!

[zippy-kat]

Our cats HATE the hoover but love the hair dryer

[Pam]

Ha!Ha! I just finished vacuuming and it's a great way to clear out a room around here! Even the dog leaves!

[lynnestankard]

Yep - turn on th Evacuum and - NO CATS!!!! .

tHEY DISAPPEAR LIKE MAGIC!!!

We always find Ketchum about 6 hours later - under our bed! Oh poor frightened furboy!

Lynne.

[LoudLou]

Bonzo does the run, hide, disappear for "hours" thing when I run the vac.... "Princess" Mocha on the other hand follows me around to "Point Out" what I might have missed!

[yorkster]

Tuxluver........how do you like your Hoover Wind Tunnel? Is that the one with no bags? I am praying our vac. goes out soon, so we can get one!

Both my cats are very terrified of the vacuum- speaking of which, it is time to go vacume their room.

I had a black and white kitty, Liza (RB), who did not mind it at all. I would have to pick her up and move her when I got near her with the vac. so I could continue................My other two cats on the other hand, are under the bed and MAD for at least an hour afterwards.

[Logan]

Lizbud,
I HATE my windtunnel. I thought I would love it, but the cat and dog hair has clogged the hose twice, plus with so many animals, I have to hose the filter every time I use it, and I only have 3 rugs in my whole house, no carpet!! I would much prefer to have a bag, I think. Much less trouble.
Just my two cents worth.
Logan

[yorkster]

Hmmmm.......something to think about ( the wind-tunnel vac. I mean)
We are discussing getting hardwoods or the nicer Pergo when our carpet is worn.

I love the look of wood floors, and they seem like they are cleaner.
Also Pet hair seems like it would be easier to manage. I use the Swifter mop/broom thing in my kitchen, and it works great on my pet hair 'problem'

[NoahsMommy]

It's wierd, Noah could care less about the vacume, but Noel runs and hides under the bed for an hour.

The bunnies HATE it!! Thomas cant seem to get far enough in the corner of the cage, UNDER Faith..he is terrified of it! The vacume is actually how we got them to bond...

[BigCharles]

Yorkster,

We pulled up most of the carpet in the house on advice of doctor. Well, he actually recomended replacing the carpets and getting rid of the cats. Modified treatment plan is keep cats, yank carpet.

You just can't vacuum carpet well enough. We have had them all. We currently use a Fairfax. It's a canister that uses three filters and a bag. Best "sucker" ever made. The lights dim and the thing makes a noise like a jet. Yes, it makes our cats vanish like teenagers confronted with house work.

[tuxluvr]

. Yes, it makes our cats vanish like teenagers confronted with house work.

Big Charles, too funny!

Yorkster, Ritz lives in a one-pet-one-cat home and since she never goes outside she doesn't seem to shed as much as others we have had - but she does do her fair share at times.


As such, we may not have the amount of fur. One thing I will say is that while it sucks up a storm, the dust cup does fill quickly (or maybe I should have changed my bags more often)

It did seem to do a better job filtering the air, but I'm not completely enamored with the task of cleaning out the filter - word to the wise, do it outside!

The first time I used it I was shocked at the dirt that came out of what Ithought was a clean carpet - enough for a respectable layer of topsoil in a small garden

[C.C.'s Mom]

I don't know anything about the Hoover Wind Tunnel, but I'm happy to share my story.

Rudie will freak out the minute I get ours out of the cupboard and I won't see him for the next few hours. After that I'm usually not very wanted around him. I use it every day and sometimes twice as we have wooden floors and Cookie is shedding very badly after we had her neutered.

Eddy doesn't mind it at all. She even sits on it when I leave it in the livingroom and starts to wash herself. Or she won't go out of the way when I need to do the couch.

My mom had a cat who liked being hoovered when it wasn't on full power.

I agree on the Swifter. I use it too every now and then, just that the dog recently started biting it, so I'm back to the vac.