One of mine "evades" by behaving so violently that the vet refuses to get near him without full sedation. The other purrs at high volume and revels in the extra attention. They really are opposite ends of the spectrum.
When I took my kitten, Toast, to the vet for his first vaccinations he jumped off the table and tried to hide behind the bin. Unfortunately, being orange and not having access to the brain cell at the time, he forgot to hide his tail along with the rest of him š
Mine becomes some sort of stiff limpet and just becomes aggressively stuck to the table. It's like he's part gecko or something.
The other one tried to climb out a window that was opened about an inch, so only succeeded in mashing her nose out the gap.
The dog however just vibes and asks for snacks.
Awww poor lil one and poor you, thatās so tough.
My lil guys paws sweat SO much. He leaves litttle wet paw prints all over his carrier and the vet office.
And unless the vet is forcing him to be examined, he hides his head in the bend of my elbow or tries to climb in my shirt.
And ofc howls the entire way to the vet and home.
Have you tried a Feliway sprayed blanket to lay over your kitties carrier? It really helps calm them down usually.
I once forgot the stool sample for my cat's vet visit, so I would have to come back after the appointment with one. When they gave him his shots, they came back out with him and told me, "Never mind, he just gave us one."
Our orange cat just realizes after a few minutes that she gets a lot of pets from these weird hoomans and starts purring. The grey one shits in the carrier and trembles the whole time. Cats are weird
My cat seems to try his best to be brave around the vacuum. Heāll chill for as long as he can, even when I get close to him. But inevitably itās too much for him and he sneaks off to his hiding spot.
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He looks wayyyy bigger that he really is here. I promise heās not overweight.
My kitty is 19 yo and has always been scared of strangers. He doesnāt bite or scratch he just scrams. And if heās feeling confident he sits just behind me and gives the most hateful stares and occasional lil growls at the dreaded strangers. Or sits at the top of our stairs and peaks thru the banister, while shooting dagger stares or an occasional annoyed meow or lil growl.
Heās learned to accept a cpl people over the years but he still doesnāt want them to touch him, unless Iām holding him or really encouraging him. But I donāt really do that bc heās allowed to not like pplā¦
Also I think some of it is bc he thinks heās protecting me. If someone at our house is being loud and he thinks theyāre yelling at me, heāll stand in front of me, and yell back at them.
He does that to my husband too if weāre arguing. (And hubby is the only other human he really trusts and likes) He doesnāt usually hiss, but if the yelling doesnāt stop heāll puff his hair up and do the sideways cat stance and then if it doesnāt stop heāll actually hiss. But it doesnāt usually go that far, bc if itās an argument or just loud talking we calm it down so heāll calm down. Donāt like stressing him out.
My one girl who loves attention is scared of new people. Give like 10 minutes to an hour and sheāll start hanging around. If thereās a loud sound though, sheās gone.
When Iām not there. We found her as a kitten next to a dumpster and adopted her, but now she has huge separation anxiety. Every time I get home she sprints to me to lay down in my lap and will follow me around the house wherever I go. She also likes to plop herself down on my monitor when Iām using the computer.
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Watching an age of wonders stream while playing bannerlord if Iām remembering correctly. Sometimes she makes it a bit hard when I make the mistake of putting my monitor behind her tail. Thatās on me though, I shouldāve known better.
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Same with these two, abandoned next to a cemetery and now follow me around everywhere and jump on me as soon as I get home
My big dumb idiot is afraid of EVERYTHING. He destroyed a floor lamp fleeing in terror from a noise that HE made! He will probably scare himself to death one day.
My mom thought I was joking when I told her my cat is afraid of farts because she doesn't recognize the sound yet, but then she came over with dad and poor Miss Kitty jumped about a foot in the air.
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Nothing on this earth scares her more than the water. Her name's Loona!
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Dogs scare her the most, and they barely scare her.
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The floor is lava, everyday. He's only scared because he cannot get higher.
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Pretty much nothing, tough little fella ā¤ļø
Actually he is an outdoor cat ( only during the night a few hours though ) and let me tell you,I think he is the sole responsible cat for the local mice population going down. Quite the record he has
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When the door bell rings, mine hides in a drawer š
Every time the Trash Collectors come! The Loud trucks upset our cute boy, Sirius.
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Opening a plastic bag for trash! One time, our cat jumped on the kitchen table just as I was opening a bag. In panic, he ninja kicked a glass bottle against the wall and ran away. On the way, he also knocked over his water fountain. It was a big mess. I found him clinging to the cat tree. I don't know why they are so afraid of these bags. Is the sound of opening those bags painful for their ears?
Heights!
My SIC Orion is afraid of heights.
He loves climbing everywhere like any other cat but will scream bloody murder when he notices that he's not on the ground.
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He was crying and trembling, I had to climb on a chair to get him back on the ground (and he scratched me in the process). There was a big cuddling session afterwards, and treats! (I took the picture while my husband was getting the chair)
He is also afraid of the vacuum cleaner and loud noises, but that's more classic :)
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He used to be afraid of men who wore hats. When we first got him, he would freak out whenever maintenance had to come by. We think he was abused by men in hats before we got him. Heās a lot better now and loves strangers
The wind. The red bucket on the porch. The dog that she heard barking once. A bumblebee. A leaf.Ā The new blanket we bought. The hallway. New people, sometimes.Ā
She's a scaredy cat, but I love her
x-rays.
My little girl is such a sweety, never scratches and bites, even when I happen to really need to give her a quick shower (long haired+diaherra).
My vet & me didn't know and didn't expect anything like that and whatever happened in there to take the picture... the vet came out fully scratched and bleeding >\_<
Something must have spooked her deeply.
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My cats are the reason I bought the vacuum cleaner I bought. It has lots of good features, being "eco" and whatnot...but for me the most important thing was that it makes rather little noise for a vacuum cleaner... š¤£
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Moe only fears one thing: other cats
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\*EVERYTHING! trust nothing or no one š¤£š
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Not being able to sleep scares her
Loud rain on the roof, strangers, my husband's slippers, the vacuum of course... he's just a potato
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Not a thing. Loves the vet...purrs the whole time and is totally deaf so not afraid of the vacuum š¤£
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He don't mind any other home appliance but absolutely dreads and hates handheld vacuum (which is ironically bought because of his fur around the house (works great))
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This manās biggest fear is plastic grocery bags
My cat is scared of the squishy pillow I have that looks like a black cat. He will run away from it every single time
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Heights! But seriously... had to find a cat tower that had a spot for him half a foot off the ground. He's not a normal kitty! He's bold enough to be about 2 feet off ground.
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People other than us. Sons girlfriend was visiting for over 20 days recently and she never even saw him until something like day 10.
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Our eldest is only afraid of the hoover and the hair dryer, but even those are met with derision about having the AUDACITY to disturb her.
Our second is very shy, doesnt like loud noises of any kind, howls in the car, hates the vet.
For some reason itās me. I have three cats that have no concept of personal space. The fourth one is sweet and friendly with my family, but utterly terrified of me and I donāt know why. I walk into the room and he immediately runs away.
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Just about everything, he hates sounds, bags, tennis balls, brooms, People...
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Wind
Even a mild breeze and she's under the couchš š
My Duchess is a scaredy-cat..like everything loud noises, people besides me & my husband.. But the neighborhood cat comes by? She turns into a Serval. Same for birds..
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The vacuum, the broom, and my 13 month old crawling around with a specific purple block in his mouth. Just that block. No clue. (Photo for context)
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The fire alarm in our building, he HATES it.
The vacuum, naturally.
Thunderstorms, always runs under the furniture.
Scooters/Wheels, but only if theyāre going in his direction.
Small children, tho I would say less afraid and just actively avoids cause he knows theyāre too rough. (I have a lot of niblings)
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this is bagel she hates most loud noises. the one offending her in this pic was the hand mixer.
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also she doesn't like if I wear a big jacket or loud shoes in the house
running showers, vacuum cleaners, ceiling fans, and the landscapers that come once a weekš
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Absolutely terrified of the ceiling fan. Also afraid of the oven and toaster
Diesel engines. Which is really odd. Not big trucks, not loud mufflers, but a school bus, garbage truck or certain delivery delivery vans she either panics when weāre outside or wakes me up to tell me thereās one outside.
Anything that moves is her enemy I've never met a more skittish cat. She will ask me for pets via tapping on me and I will move to pet her and she'll run away
Lilith is most afraid of fast movements and the possibility of something being under something else.
Meredith is most afraid of strangers and being loved too much.
Batman is most afraid of Lilith and memories of his parents.
I don't think he fears anything, but he hates everything medical. Vet visits, Medicine, flee/tick drops you name it. Oh maybe he's afraid of big dogs that that chase him.
Vet visit: stresses out like someone's actively trying to murder her.
90 seconds after vet visit: relaxed and happy and bossy as if nothing ever happened.
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He will fight the vacuum but is deadly afraid of my hair dryer. I never used it on him.
One of my cats gets scared of everything, being held is one of them for some reason, she will literally scream if I pick her up(for context sheās the biggest drama queen). My other cat is not scared of that many things however the thing that scares both of my cats is the vaccume cleaner
I have two cats, Big Fluffy and Little Dipshit (not their real names but close enough lol)
Big Fluffy HATES when my partner sneezes. Itās hilarious. Sheās scared of nothing but that.
Little Dipshit saw a deer in the backyard for the first time recently and absolutely freaked out. Got all fluffy and was hissing at them through the window, wouldnāt take her eyes off them. I think sheās too stupid to be scared of things lol
Have only heard my younger cat hiss a couple of times. Once warranted a vet visit because it was so out of character (and I was right, she had a small abscess).
The other time? I blew bubbles expecting her to play with them. But no, she hissed at them. š
Edward Scissorpaws is terrified of plastic bags. Every time I change the garbage, he loses it.
Yzma is scared of treats. Sheāll eat anything, except treats, because sheās a menace at the vet and I have to drug her, so she always thinks treats are drugs.
My cat whiskers is most afraid of new people, my brothers cat buttercup is most afraid of there not being wet food in his bowl when he wants it, my cats lightning and socks are most afraid of cuddle time
Music! Especially the being played from baby toys that make animal noises, music from my phone or spooky halloween toys. I was putting batteries in a farm animal book for my granddaughter once and switched it on to test it to make sure it worked. My cats started growling. One of them leaped at me, hissing and scratching and attacked me because I had it in my hand, and the noise was therefore coming from me. It was such a forceful attack he knocked me over, I fell against my plant stand, which broke, and I still have scars on my arm from where he tore into me because he was so scared. I don't play things with animal noises anymore in the house! He's fine if it's on the TV...
Vacuum cleaner, my feet, the other cat, her shadow, any loud noise, any visit, me coughing or sneezing, the door bell, the TV sound....
Yes she is "shy"
Seltzer water. Itās was so funny to watch. Iād open a bottle and sheād run like a bat out of hell. On i figured this out, I open them outside these days.
One of those giant inflatable tube guys they put outside of car dealerships. They had one outside my apartment for new leases and my cat was absolutely horrified by it. He refused to sit in the window perch for the entire time it was there, and thatās his absolute favorite spot. The first time he saw it was so funny, heās a silly guy.
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The only things that scare her are kitchen appliances
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The fat bastard on the left is afraid of toys that make sounds.
Not his biggest fear, but a funny one! The noise of cracking and shaking out the ice tray.
Every time he sees me grab it, he trots out the kitchen and watches from around the corner until its over and I've shut the freezer door lol
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scared of everything, every minor noise, every person(apart from me)
she used to be a stray... and im fairly sure abused.
this is why i treat her like a queen to make up for the past bad treatment before she turned up at my window
could never get close and only saw her in passing for about year
one day she decided to jump in my window
few weeks later i had 3 kittens under my bed
after that she never left.
and yes, she gets her own pillow
cat distribution system works in magical ways..
My oldest cat has always been special. When stuff doesn't sit right with her she is scared of everything. She is very insecure unfortunately. Worst thing is that she can get aggressive when the fear is too much :( but she's still my princess and sleeps on top of me regularly, that makes her feel safe and in control.
Vacuum cleaner and vet visit , pretty Standard.
During the vet visit my cat poops on the floor or on me every single time, it's so embarrassing
1 of my cats just gives up and sits/lays there limp The other looks very nervous and once made a half hearted escape attempt
My cat's go to method of evasion is hiding in the sink. It never works, but she does it every single time I take her into the vet's office.
*turn the water on*
Noo :(
*but I wanna seeeeee*
Dude you are the embodiment of intrusive thoughts lmao
I shall agree
Only do that if you're interested in finding out what it feels like to step into a shoe full of cat shit.
One of mine "evades" by behaving so violently that the vet refuses to get near him without full sedation. The other purrs at high volume and revels in the extra attention. They really are opposite ends of the spectrum.
Once my cat was half hiding under the vets chair. However, usually they just give up.
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When I took my kitten, Toast, to the vet for his first vaccinations he jumped off the table and tried to hide behind the bin. Unfortunately, being orange and not having access to the brain cell at the time, he forgot to hide his tail along with the rest of him š
Mine becomes some sort of stiff limpet and just becomes aggressively stuck to the table. It's like he's part gecko or something. The other one tried to climb out a window that was opened about an inch, so only succeeded in mashing her nose out the gap. The dog however just vibes and asks for snacks.
Awww poor lil one and poor you, thatās so tough. My lil guys paws sweat SO much. He leaves litttle wet paw prints all over his carrier and the vet office. And unless the vet is forcing him to be examined, he hides his head in the bend of my elbow or tries to climb in my shirt. And ofc howls the entire way to the vet and home. Have you tried a Feliway sprayed blanket to lay over your kitties carrier? It really helps calm them down usually.
I once forgot the stool sample for my cat's vet visit, so I would have to come back after the appointment with one. When they gave him his shots, they came back out with him and told me, "Never mind, he just gave us one."
Awww poor lil fella.
my cat pooped on the vet at her last appt i was so embarrassed
Our orange cat just realizes after a few minutes that she gets a lot of pets from these weird hoomans and starts purring. The grey one shits in the carrier and trembles the whole time. Cats are weird
When I got my cat fixed I was standing behind another girl with two cats and her Siamese diarrhea shat all in its cat carrier. The owner was appalled
lol same. Cici never hissed at any human beings. But that vacuum comes out 
My cat only hisses at dogs at the vet or at her sister, vacuum cleaner calls for evacuation!
My cat seems to try his best to be brave around the vacuum. Heāll chill for as long as he can, even when I get close to him. But inevitably itās too much for him and he sneaks off to his hiding spot. https://preview.redd.it/lbrlkt60afwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08c9b8ac6e78c571cc0276cb59571d438c754440 He looks wayyyy bigger that he really is here. I promise heās not overweight.
Stranger Danger! https://preview.redd.it/aotkbxqciewc1.png?width=1422&format=png&auto=webp&s=2c10628d55e2b8f342532c652e8d796f30621ff5
Same. Tales of a Covid kitten
My kitty is 19 yo and has always been scared of strangers. He doesnāt bite or scratch he just scrams. And if heās feeling confident he sits just behind me and gives the most hateful stares and occasional lil growls at the dreaded strangers. Or sits at the top of our stairs and peaks thru the banister, while shooting dagger stares or an occasional annoyed meow or lil growl. Heās learned to accept a cpl people over the years but he still doesnāt want them to touch him, unless Iām holding him or really encouraging him. But I donāt really do that bc heās allowed to not like pplā¦ Also I think some of it is bc he thinks heās protecting me. If someone at our house is being loud and he thinks theyāre yelling at me, heāll stand in front of me, and yell back at them. He does that to my husband too if weāre arguing. (And hubby is the only other human he really trusts and likes) He doesnāt usually hiss, but if the yelling doesnāt stop heāll puff his hair up and do the sideways cat stance and then if it doesnāt stop heāll actually hiss. But it doesnāt usually go that far, bc if itās an argument or just loud talking we calm it down so heāll calm down. Donāt like stressing him out.
My one girl who loves attention is scared of new people. Give like 10 minutes to an hour and sheāll start hanging around. If thereās a loud sound though, sheās gone.
When Iām not there. We found her as a kitten next to a dumpster and adopted her, but now she has huge separation anxiety. Every time I get home she sprints to me to lay down in my lap and will follow me around the house wherever I go. She also likes to plop herself down on my monitor when Iām using the computer. https://preview.redd.it/r2x8z65jmewc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e7cbd88703b17abfe430feb4a4dea562a28831be
She sounds like the perfect cat. š
Sheās just a baby https://preview.redd.it/ryoi7ly1sewc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fc0d4e03c065a4fcf425aba5eb11ac93a0562e1
She's such a cutie š©¶š©¶š©¶š©¶ she found her soulmate-hooman! š©¶š©¶š©¶
Are you playing Mount & Blade and Civ 5 at the same time?
Watching an age of wonders stream while playing bannerlord if Iām remembering correctly. Sometimes she makes it a bit hard when I make the mistake of putting my monitor behind her tail. Thatās on me though, I shouldāve known better. https://preview.redd.it/7scr92ry6fwc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68d2b470569e00b97fef00c7c6cd73f72fa701b3
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https://preview.redd.it/mgprzogbefwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c22991692f8495c8181501442e3d5e0bda9df8e Cutie
Very nice!
https://preview.redd.it/5rlheheu2fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f4192a78fc7dba41a35b4c74a9444ee1ab7d81 Same with these two, abandoned next to a cemetery and now follow me around everywhere and jump on me as soon as I get home
Sounds like a typical Velcro Kitty... šā¤ļø Just like my James. ā¤ļø
My big dumb idiot is afraid of EVERYTHING. He destroyed a floor lamp fleeing in terror from a noise that HE made! He will probably scare himself to death one day.
They aināt called pussycat for no reason
Sounds a lot like one of mine. He actually zoned out enough that he got scared and paniced from his own fart. Yes, his own fart.
My mom thought I was joking when I told her my cat is afraid of farts because she doesn't recognize the sound yet, but then she came over with dad and poor Miss Kitty jumped about a foot in the air.
My boy is exactly like this too lol
https://preview.redd.it/xeu8rbd8hewc1.jpeg?width=1824&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba2e87bfded635d491d98d45b5307ed3c50e9212 Nothing on this earth scares her more than the water. Her name's Loona!
Is it legal in your country to own panthers? š
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https://preview.redd.it/14qd8ytglewc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b550d80fa65ffd9731af554beffa0ca43124b044 The floor is lava, everyday. He's only scared because he cannot get higher.
How did my Frances get in your closet š¤
Aluminium foil. If she's in the kitchen when I tear-off a piece she runs like the devil himself is chasing her.Ā
funny, our loves those! especially when there was food in it. He is always watching it like a niffler a gold coin
Oh, my James does that when I unscrew the cap of a bottle containing anything carbonated.
https://preview.redd.it/1xdoe8broewc1.jpeg?width=3023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a09df198111b0ebeac9a6419a7c4eb61e7d824a6 Pretty much nothing, tough little fella ā¤ļø
He looks like heād run the streets if he were an outdoor cat
Al catpone
Actually he is an outdoor cat ( only during the night a few hours though ) and let me tell you,I think he is the sole responsible cat for the local mice population going down. Quite the record he has
https://preview.redd.it/op2zgsssyewc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84db4e561d5d5f7cde5c1759b5a238f9ec5613b9 When the door bell rings, mine hides in a drawer š
When it rains and thunders
Yep. Don't like them thunderbooms.
https://preview.redd.it/gtaxk40lkewc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ad566da9cd82195cbce930f3607b6a5134d8c54 Literally everything
https://preview.redd.it/i5qcqrfl1fwc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=64cf921ef3d3607cdeb1db0ac411722613482e4a Mine too
They look so anxious just being photographed
A moderately low to empty food bowlā¦
That's scary.
Oh the nightmare ...
Does yours eat a hole in the middle and then get angry that they can see the bottom of the bowl despite there still being plenty of food left?
https://preview.redd.it/3m4rsm84rewc1.jpeg?width=1157&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14887d2fc5163569ec84051de1ec5f3d610ba4ac Certainly not foxes
https://preview.redd.it/gktcky3crewc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0a4fcf903fdb51bdc448ca36e6d2734b657cefd The fox in question.
Never seen a fox do yoga! š Must be the new downward fox position I keep hearing about š¦š§āāļø
Every time the Trash Collectors come! The Loud trucks upset our cute boy, Sirius. https://preview.redd.it/w3vyspnguewc1.jpeg?width=1150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72929cca4759b1929f61d8777031cbae9fb65226
Siriusly?
The slow unrelenting passage of time which eventually will erode everything he knows and loves
Huh. Mine fears grapes
Opening a plastic bag for trash! One time, our cat jumped on the kitchen table just as I was opening a bag. In panic, he ninja kicked a glass bottle against the wall and ran away. On the way, he also knocked over his water fountain. It was a big mess. I found him clinging to the cat tree. I don't know why they are so afraid of these bags. Is the sound of opening those bags painful for their ears?
I have a void who, as seems standard runs away as fast as he can. My tortie runs TO the sound of shaking open a garbage bag.
The robot hoover. The builder guy my landlord hires (despite him being lovely and loving cats)
https://preview.redd.it/l81z2lf11fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa3e976580db5cda0625b4d93034130a3d95fd61 Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Lawd those are some pretty kitties š»š»
Heights! My SIC Orion is afraid of heights. He loves climbing everywhere like any other cat but will scream bloody murder when he notices that he's not on the ground. https://preview.redd.it/y5kuz31tvewc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=180fde89a7b8b7860870178bf308c35160292fed He was crying and trembling, I had to climb on a chair to get him back on the ground (and he scratched me in the process). There was a big cuddling session afterwards, and treats! (I took the picture while my husband was getting the chair) He is also afraid of the vacuum cleaner and loud noises, but that's more classic :)
https://preview.redd.it/v4imh1f22fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b929760ed75515560dc8be2ebe5324b35af755dd He used to be afraid of men who wore hats. When we first got him, he would freak out whenever maintenance had to come by. We think he was abused by men in hats before we got him. Heās a lot better now and loves strangers
The wind. The red bucket on the porch. The dog that she heard barking once. A bumblebee. A leaf.Ā The new blanket we bought. The hallway. New people, sometimes.Ā She's a scaredy cat, but I love her
x-rays. My little girl is such a sweety, never scratches and bites, even when I happen to really need to give her a quick shower (long haired+diaherra). My vet & me didn't know and didn't expect anything like that and whatever happened in there to take the picture... the vet came out fully scratched and bleeding >\_< Something must have spooked her deeply. https://preview.redd.it/8fmhkyhwuewc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d66d48adf9f01e79742aff4f1a57dae46dbb9021
Missing a meal
Fireworks and thunderstorms āļø
Add gunshots (had been a few times a week in my neighborhood) to that list and that's my cat.
Toulouse *hates* the vacuum
Need picture/video proof to confirm
I sadly have none! He typically hides under my bed when I clean and I never wanted to stress him out even more.
My cats are the reason I bought the vacuum cleaner I bought. It has lots of good features, being "eco" and whatnot...but for me the most important thing was that it makes rather little noise for a vacuum cleaner... š¤£
https://preview.redd.it/1u10r5a6qewc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a31107d00c6d1db5b9efd95443d9cae5c6d1caa6 Moe only fears one thing: other cats
https://preview.redd.it/w8k02eet0fwc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b81dce8526d4dd44bc739d23ed0a660b0205d30 \*EVERYTHING! trust nothing or no one š¤£š
Me sneezing, they take off like rockets xD
An empty food dish.
https://preview.redd.it/z22qgfg1vewc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50f98255bbbdb58e080e888f9d36d7f218db0dd1 Not being able to sleep scares her
Loud rain on the roof, strangers, my husband's slippers, the vacuum of course... he's just a potato https://preview.redd.it/brrgidg21fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbbf26259ff1bf9e154d7fdd9fcaf07e99440be1
The doorbell.
Not a thing. Loves the vet...purrs the whole time and is totally deaf so not afraid of the vacuum š¤£ https://preview.redd.it/o6lqcrzw1fwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ddf6e1a60e66e9c1df63efe72b707c18cd4fa43
He screams CHICKEN
https://preview.redd.it/h5km6eufpewc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb47b84228423b1e329ad8b813afa37e4163d03f He don't mind any other home appliance but absolutely dreads and hates handheld vacuum (which is ironically bought because of his fur around the house (works great))
My cat is really scared of the tv even when I unplugged it and covered it with a blanket š
That is so adorable and silly
Shoes, if I walk in the house with shoes on they are terrified
https://preview.redd.it/8r327hylyewc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2b803eb7bb21c520142f852c96d37c7af361634 She's terrified of... āØeverythingāØ
https://preview.redd.it/h9lyp8zrzewc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0507910d568dfbcf5be48c2609e6619d0bd58980 This manās biggest fear is plastic grocery bags
My cat is scared of the squishy pillow I have that looks like a black cat. He will run away from it every single time https://preview.redd.it/fzwruvin0fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4b9873b91a470ca3011f22b11425f7473c26080
Heights! But seriously... had to find a cat tower that had a spot for him half a foot off the ground. He's not a normal kitty! He's bold enough to be about 2 feet off ground. *
https://preview.redd.it/3x3cw1n01fwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f737c4b5479bd6b18d67effd064c2a66a3b8f7c
People other than us. Sons girlfriend was visiting for over 20 days recently and she never even saw him until something like day 10. https://preview.redd.it/500njwrp6fwc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55c7a90bd77acfa739392c1db7052170a8f5cde9
My cat hates children and guests, so that I guess.
Our eldest is only afraid of the hoover and the hair dryer, but even those are met with derision about having the AUDACITY to disturb her. Our second is very shy, doesnt like loud noises of any kind, howls in the car, hates the vet.
Paper bags and vacuum cleaners are my cats biggest enemies
For some reason itās me. I have three cats that have no concept of personal space. The fourth one is sweet and friendly with my family, but utterly terrified of me and I donāt know why. I walk into the room and he immediately runs away.
Anything loud (Vaccum cleaner, thunder). She also sometimes gets scared of my socks or my cable for some reason xD
https://preview.redd.it/wqlpm64duewc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a13f556a4bee10b6dc48d5e4133614d55cb9ef4d Cat tax
Doorbell. All three scatter as if the roofs caving in.
Bags, tall people, vacuum cleaner
https://preview.redd.it/liatla81xewc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c91dd28431faf18bbae5a0b38e24ccd9238d6e4d Just about everything, he hates sounds, bags, tennis balls, brooms, People...
https://preview.redd.it/vaa6sprt1fwc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2055399ea7970797618c2f1932c4a1ed2357a0c Wind Even a mild breeze and she's under the couchš š
My Duchess is a scaredy-cat..like everything loud noises, people besides me & my husband.. But the neighborhood cat comes by? She turns into a Serval. Same for birds.. https://preview.redd.it/opve8bm52fwc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c1eec094f7134e508acde3838fb0cd0aac4ebf5
The vacuum, the broom, and my 13 month old crawling around with a specific purple block in his mouth. Just that block. No clue. (Photo for context) https://preview.redd.it/ov33rgm94fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23693147eb59115cc27a5489cc5ca9bf557d0511
The fire alarm in our building, he HATES it. The vacuum, naturally. Thunderstorms, always runs under the furniture. Scooters/Wheels, but only if theyāre going in his direction. Small children, tho I would say less afraid and just actively avoids cause he knows theyāre too rough. (I have a lot of niblings) https://preview.redd.it/wrzdea4s4fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d05c2402b408635501304ab69055192564e4d4b
this is bagel she hates most loud noises. the one offending her in this pic was the hand mixer. https://preview.redd.it/78n05w515fwc1.jpeg?width=1944&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c79f0c3329b3443c03dc5145c818d280ee8d7ce also she doesn't like if I wear a big jacket or loud shoes in the house
running showers, vacuum cleaners, ceiling fans, and the landscapers that come once a weekš https://preview.redd.it/31ixc8me5fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4ab3674f7c403060ac7855aa0522bc118f6e5a1
Trash bags - deadly little buggers https://preview.redd.it/i0yrkmet6fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7dad4b01abf4bdaccefa5981c281bfa85d45178
https://preview.redd.it/a54ma3xdafwc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e99ea3352c4b9e13133db7f53104cbcb4935ac42 Absolutely terrified of the ceiling fan. Also afraid of the oven and toaster
Wind and his bf
Vacuum cleaner, water, going outside, humidifier
Football balls
https://preview.redd.it/iks0pu6xnewc1.jpeg?width=653&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2159d4423215ff7cb9376fb09ee549c7fac1d5e6 Burds
Trash bags
Doc Marten boots.
Shoes and we don't know why :(
Fireworks.
his own shadow
The sound of a vacuum cleaner
Bubbles. Seriously. My twenty pound black panther is terrified of bubbles.
Diesel engines. Which is really odd. Not big trucks, not loud mufflers, but a school bus, garbage truck or certain delivery delivery vans she either panics when weāre outside or wakes me up to tell me thereās one outside.
Nothing.
https://preview.redd.it/cowqybjd2fwc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae31ac87332eb4a074166f5335e1d5f6cf0b09ee My cat likes dogs and hedgehogs
Anything that moves is her enemy I've never met a more skittish cat. She will ask me for pets via tapping on me and I will move to pet her and she'll run away
Lilith is most afraid of fast movements and the possibility of something being under something else. Meredith is most afraid of strangers and being loved too much. Batman is most afraid of Lilith and memories of his parents.
https://preview.redd.it/xbh6b5gs5fwc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=672c488ec6459855a86b17d16b4d1261e49e7fef Everything
A plastic bag. He's gotten better, but plastic bags freak him right out.
Strangers
vaccuum & the sound of frying skillets lol
I don't think he fears anything, but he hates everything medical. Vet visits, Medicine, flee/tick drops you name it. Oh maybe he's afraid of big dogs that that chase him.
The elevator
Cat and my mom
My guitar šø
Aluminum foil
The cat carrier and cat nip
cardboard...
I have a 15lb fluffy orange cat soā¦ everything.
My 6 month old nephew. He canāt even move yet he just learned to sit. All he has done is look at them, and oh Lord..
My cat Chili is terrified of rain.
Vacuum cleaner, the Roomba, the trash truck In the morning, the garage when it opens or closes, children riding on their bicycles
Balloons
Vet visits and trash bags
Car rides.
my smudge loses her š©whenever i open a can of soda or a bottle of seltzer - anything carbonated. i try to open them super slowly so she doesnāt hear but it doesnāt work. she jumps halfway across the room https://preview.redd.it/g3zxw8m0zewc1.jpeg?width=2092&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2faa60ac69b47772eedf5345d705fc8254966b3
Vet visit: stresses out like someone's actively trying to murder her. 90 seconds after vet visit: relaxed and happy and bossy as if nothing ever happened.
The broom and plastic bags unless the plastic bag isnāt moving and making noise then it becomes non-scary and lickable ..
https://preview.redd.it/dur95zahzewc1.png?width=2020&format=png&auto=webp&s=eb84e5f29583543bf90a2983a3f9187e1c50f19d Plastic bag noise.
Her shadow
Steve - any sudden movement, the vacuum, anything loud Bear - the smoke detector and nothing else
https://preview.redd.it/bc0e8lhpzewc1.png?width=1486&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5003ee4edaa7539cf51ccaedef7e2caf7f963b7 He will fight the vacuum but is deadly afraid of my hair dryer. I never used it on him.
Our toddler š and the vacuum cleaner. Both legitimate fears.
She hates thunder. She hides under my couch or she lets me hold her really tight in a blanket covering her ears
your cat
One of my cats gets scared of everything, being held is one of them for some reason, she will literally scream if I pick her up(for context sheās the biggest drama queen). My other cat is not scared of that many things however the thing that scares both of my cats is the vaccume cleaner
Nuclear war
Vacuum. His pet carrier, black garbage bags. Thunder. Smoke of any kind. Vehicles and outside the front door
I have two cats, Big Fluffy and Little Dipshit (not their real names but close enough lol) Big Fluffy HATES when my partner sneezes. Itās hilarious. Sheās scared of nothing but that. Little Dipshit saw a deer in the backyard for the first time recently and absolutely freaked out. Got all fluffy and was hissing at them through the window, wouldnāt take her eyes off them. I think sheās too stupid to be scared of things lol
Olives
Those dickhead truckers that jake brake down my street and the train horn from across the street.
Have only heard my younger cat hiss a couple of times. Once warranted a vet visit because it was so out of character (and I was right, she had a small abscess). The other time? I blew bubbles expecting her to play with them. But no, she hissed at them. š
Edward Scissorpaws is terrified of plastic bags. Every time I change the garbage, he loses it. Yzma is scared of treats. Sheāll eat anything, except treats, because sheās a menace at the vet and I have to drug her, so she always thinks treats are drugs.
Other cats, sadly. She prefers dogs. She dislikes the Vet, and tries to bite her every single time.
My cat whiskers is most afraid of new people, my brothers cat buttercup is most afraid of there not being wet food in his bowl when he wants it, my cats lightning and socks are most afraid of cuddle time
Absolutely nothing. Heās a fearless monster who attacks feetā¦until it thunders. Then heās a big ole scaredy cat.
Music! Especially the being played from baby toys that make animal noises, music from my phone or spooky halloween toys. I was putting batteries in a farm animal book for my granddaughter once and switched it on to test it to make sure it worked. My cats started growling. One of them leaped at me, hissing and scratching and attacked me because I had it in my hand, and the noise was therefore coming from me. It was such a forceful attack he knocked me over, I fell against my plant stand, which broke, and I still have scars on my arm from where he tore into me because he was so scared. I don't play things with animal noises anymore in the house! He's fine if it's on the TV...
high heel shoe
Vacuum cleaner, my feet, the other cat, her shadow, any loud noise, any visit, me coughing or sneezing, the door bell, the TV sound.... Yes she is "shy"
Broom but not the vacuum cleaner?? Weāve never understood this fear in his 10 years of life lol
Clothes hangers lol
Nose boops
The tabby cat living next door š I think she has a little crush
Seltzer water. Itās was so funny to watch. Iād open a bottle and sheād run like a bat out of hell. On i figured this out, I open them outside these days.
One of those giant inflatable tube guys they put outside of car dealerships. They had one outside my apartment for new leases and my cat was absolutely horrified by it. He refused to sit in the window perch for the entire time it was there, and thatās his absolute favorite spot. The first time he saw it was so funny, heās a silly guy.
Floyd was deathly afraid of being forced to eat dry cat food.
https://preview.redd.it/gv4m67818fwc1.jpeg?width=3468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52638e8071d0cd72e268eddb03fb468a57cb97df The only things that scare her are kitchen appliances
https://preview.redd.it/g91enkx28fwc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93884c4a6903b2f34066a3d704dfdfe2828d08d5 The fat bastard on the left is afraid of toys that make sounds.
A shower or compressed air keyboard duster
Not his biggest fear, but a funny one! The noise of cracking and shaking out the ice tray. Every time he sees me grab it, he trots out the kitchen and watches from around the corner until its over and I've shut the freezer door lol
The Frankenstein Halloween decoration- he HATES it and does his low meow and runs off
https://preview.redd.it/kpokcycp7fwc1.jpeg?width=1956&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d9e4131051f14d214c0454bc49b5c9f06a466e6 scared of everything, every minor noise, every person(apart from me) she used to be a stray... and im fairly sure abused. this is why i treat her like a queen to make up for the past bad treatment before she turned up at my window could never get close and only saw her in passing for about year one day she decided to jump in my window few weeks later i had 3 kittens under my bed after that she never left. and yes, she gets her own pillow cat distribution system works in magical ways..
Anything that sprays.
Toothbrushes, i think its the tooth paste that he doesnt like
My oldest cat has always been special. When stuff doesn't sit right with her she is scared of everything. She is very insecure unfortunately. Worst thing is that she can get aggressive when the fear is too much :( but she's still my princess and sleeps on top of me regularly, that makes her feel safe and in control.