In article <JtA0LF.48A@kithrup.com> djheydt@kithrup.com "Dorothy
J Heydt" writes:

> Awwwww. Now if one can only get the cat to submit to the vacuum.
> Sebastian probably would have --- he was always fascinated by it,
> and would follow it around at a cautious distance trying to
> figure it out. And Promethea, who appears to be going deaf,
> might not mind. But none of them have fleas anyway, because
> they're strictly indoor cats.

My Cassidy used to love being vacuumed. He became accustomed to
the noise early on: I wasn't alarmed, so he wasn't. (The router
I turned on one day, as he walked by, was another matter: shriek
of 16,000rpm motor; orange blur as cat vacates room.) He'd stay
still, while I ran the thin nozzle along his spine, with a silly
expression on his face. (He also liked to flop down on his side
and let me stroke his back with my slipper toe. Very trusting.)

Fleas, if/when they appeared, were dealt with by products of the
military-industrial complex.
--
Andrew Stephenson

Some of our cats liked being vacuumed, others hated it. As for fleas,
the best stuff we ever used was a sort of coconut scented cream dosed
with rotenone. We got it from our vet. We used a toothbrush to apply
it and comb it through the cats; fur. They loved the treatment. This
was in south Florida, where if we didn't get a cold snap during each
winter, the fleas in the grass outside weren't killed and the next
summer was hell.

WaltBJ <waltbj01@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Some of our cats liked being vacuumed, others hated it.

Hi, welcome to rasfc!

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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:47:51 +1300, zeborah@gmail.com (Zeborah) wrote:

>WaltBJ <waltbj01@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Some of our cats liked being vacuumed, others hated it.
>
>Hi, welcome to rasfc!
>
>The custom here is to first quote what you're replying to, then post
>your response after or interspersed with the stuff you're quoting, and
>to snip the parts that aren't relevant to your own message. (A good
>rule of thumb btw is to make sure at least some of your original text is
>visible in the first screenful - people don't like scrolling down
>through several screens only to see a "Me too!")

It's not his first post, although you can still welcome him.
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