There are many other things in our houses that make a racket, and the dogs and kitties are alright with them, but, drag out the Hoover, and, wow!, it's as if you were coming after them with a chainsaw.Why is this?
It makes alot of noise, they just want to get out of the way so they do not get vacuumed up.
Probably because... well... it makes a big noise. I don't know why but all I know is that when I turn on my vacuum, my dog runs like his life is at stake... Ah the joy of having pets...
Probably because the vacuum is bigger than them, it's close to the floor, and they feel the loud noise is something trying to attack them. My cat is scared of my vacuum too. I play a little chasing him, but I don't really bother him with it. Sometimes, animals aren't scared, because they know you control the vacuum, and you won't hurt them. Krazy Libra
Cats listen at a larger scale then people benefit this he probably hears stuff that you may't (like, nerve wrecking stuff). My cats have adjusted to having issues vaccumed considering they have been residing with it for 12 years now--they basically upward push up on some thing severe (the position we do not vacuum) or a minimum of off the floor like a chair or mattress and sit down up there truly comfortable. We under no circumstances tease them with the vaccum, we basically get the flooring performed as rapidly as a chance. you've basically had your guy for 2 weeks so that is possibly some thing truly new (and noisy) for him. he receives used to it yet do not tease him with the vacuum ever, and basically reassure him quietly as you vacuum. Even our skiddish male has grown so blase about the vacuum.
I think it depends on the individual animal, but most are indeed afraid of the vacuum. As others have already said, it's loud and close to the floor. It's strange, though, that I've had a couple of ferrets who only cared about one particular vacuum, but when we got a new vacuum, just ignored it. It seemed to be that only a certain frequency of sound would freak them out -- any other frequency was okay. Strange. Generally speaking, though, I have had many animals who were terrified on the thing, but I've also had animals, ferrets and dogs specifically, who would attack it. So it's fight or flight. Either way, they seem to view the big noise as a threat.
