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Check their hearing. Deaf cats often like being vacuumed; it's the 
noise of the vacuum that freaks cats out, and deaf ones can't hear it.

One of the signs that a cat of mine had gone deaf was that she stopped 
avoiding the vacuum.

As cats are very good at sensing vibrations through other means (for 
one thing, the whiskers hook to cells that sense air movement), it's 
often not obvious to humans when the ears aren't working. Walk very 
softly up to the cat when it's asleep; check to be sure the eyes are 
closed (the vibration of your footsteps might have been enough to wake 
it); and clap your hands behind its head.

(There may of course be an occasional hearing cat who likes to be 
vacuumed. Every cat will do at least one thing not characteristic of 
cats in general. That's a characteristic of cats in general . . . )

-- Rivka


On May 21, 2009, at 2:17 AM, fuwa fuwa usagi wrote:

> It was written:
>
> (This cat actually enjoys being vacuumed! I've never seen anything 
> like it.)
>
> My reply:
>
> For what it is worth one of mine does also.  Put on the upholstery 
> brush and he is in heaven.
>
> tfb