the one thing that never fails to freak out your cat....

[flowomo]

no surprise here: the vacuum cleaner. No matter how many times they hear it, they still leap immediately onto the ceiling.

[madinmaryland]

1. Vacuum cleaner definately,

but have you noticed that a can opener has the totally opposite effect?

[flowomo]

2. LOL -- yes, I have.

or the opening of any door from behind which any food ever appeared.

[madinmaryland]

3. Its amazing how they know whenever you open "that" door!!

[snooper2]

4. This works better, found out last night

Sam and Flake went for the bed...

[Beaverhausen]

5. Ok- what is that?

a new sex toy?

[skygazer]

7. That's a powershot

Drives a nail into concrete with a shot of gunpowder - generally .22 caliber, I believe. Much fun to use, makes a rather loud noise. Like a small caliber rifle discharging.

[NV Whino]

6. I had a cat who liked to be vacuumed

Go figure. She loved it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. This guy did, too.

Leonard (RIP) would roll over on his back so I could vacuum his belly. I never could figure that out.

[skygazer]

8. Two things

Any small change in the furniture arrangement will send Oops into a complete panic attack. He's sure we've moved him to a new location without his knowledge. When we remodeled the bathroom, I thought he was going to expire, poor kid. Especially since he likes to drink out of the sink and we put a new vanity in. *gasp* We made idiots of ourselves for weeks standing in there trying to entice him to drink...

The other thing is packing. If a suitcase or overnight bag comes out, he gets quite panicky. He generally drapes himself on or in it in an attempt to sabotage our packing.

He doesn't care for the vacuum but it doesn't totally freak him out.

[flowomo]

19. what a name... Ooops

where did that come from?

[MarsThe Cat]

9. laser pointer

when i make the red dot disappear into a vase, Mars goes nuts trying to find it.

[Canadian Socialist]

10. My babies are gone now

However, when they were with me, I had a pair of bunny slippers - big old fuzzy bunny slippers. They had floppy ears, little pink eyes, the whole magilla. I'd take them off at the side of the bed and the two cats would hiss at them! Then, to get on the bed, they'd do this amazing leap from the doorway to the bed - to avoid ... dum dum dum... the BUNNY SLIPPERS! It was the funniest thing I had seen in quite a while. Sometimes? When I was feeling especially mean? I would chase them with BUNNY SLIPPERS!

[flowomo]

16. that's hilarious!

sorry you don't have their wonderful antics to enjoy any more.

[Megahurtz]

11. How about when you crumple a plastic grocery bag?

That freaks my cat out!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. My mom

She hates cats, and they know it. Whenever she comes over, they make a b-line through the cat door to the basement.

[flowomo]

20. LOL... does she look like a vacuum cleaner?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Well my cats think she sucks...

;-)

13. vacuum cleaner, buses and garbage trucks, dogs,

passing strangers.

He absolutely stands up to any and all other giant cats though and even is blaze about raccoons.

[hickman1937]

14. The birds outside the windows.

Spiders on the wall, and flies in the house. I've lost a lot of breakables to their frenzy.

[flowomo]

15. yes, the birds make my cats twitch uncontrollably...

and make little weird noises.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Merlin doesn't even move. He's not easily freaked out. the only

time I saw him really get upset was the day he got a plastic bag looped around his head. It was a stitch. :hi:

[hibbing]

22. lightening fast

My darn Sophie got a plastic bag looped around her neck once and talk about a freak out, running around like crazy, poor thing. I don't leave the bags out normally.

Peace

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. That's what Merlin did. Took us about a half hour to get his little

heart calmed down. He looked for all the world like a super hero with a plastic "cape" flying out behind him. :hi:

[Taverner]

21. The icewater bath

:evilgrin: