North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com>]

This particular cat is most certainly not deaf. Aside from enjoying the vacuum (he actually will insist on being vacuumed) he has oposable thumbs which he uses to pick items up occaisionally. He allows the dogs to chew on him without any complaint. He is entirely fearless. Which is why I don't dare let him out of the house. Too many dangerous things out there that could catch him, and he wouldn't try to run until it was far too late.

---

From: Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>
To: fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com; North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 8:54:51 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] vacuuming the cat: offtopic: deaf cat?

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
>
>

_______________________________________________
nafex mailing list
nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed.
This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites.
Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission!

**YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!**
Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded.
No exceptions. 
----
To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options):
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex

File attachments are NOT stripped by this list.
TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Please do not send binary files.
Use plain text ONLY in emails!

NAFEX web site:  http://www.nafex.org/