This weekend was pretty exciting for kitties, because we vacuumed their area for the first time.
I’ve been doing low-key sweeping up and spot cleaning in the cats’ room, because I didn’t know how – coming from a farm – the kitties would react to the vacuum cleaner. All the foster kitties we’ve had have found it quite scary. They need to get used to it, but when you’re working to develop trust it can be a setback. Tex and Sylvie don’t have trust issues at all, but I still didn’t want to freak them out.
I knew the kittens would find the noise frightening – they go into panic mode at loud noised, so we moved them out in a carrier to a different room, where they would be able to hear the vacuum but not be right up close. Sylvie came to make sure they were ok.
Then we brought the big monster into the office. It’s an upright, and for a cat it’s pretty big and loud. Tex and Sylvie were quite curious, and stood their ground to investigate. I took it a little away from them and flicked it on and off. No reaction at all! So I turned it on and started vacuuming. Sylvie went up and lounged on the cat tree having a bath! Nothing seems to faze these guys! Tex was quite excited and ran around, obviously excited at this new entertainment.