Vicki Mayo thought Bailey was the toughest of the kittens she rescued from a Texas shelter earlier this year.
Mayo told The Dodo, “Bailey has always been quite interested.” “When the rest of the litter was asleep, he was the one that would always find a way out of the bed.” He is very fearless. He’ll jump right in the center of all of my large dogs and act as if he’s one of them.”
When it came time to put the kittens up for adoption, Mayo’s family decided they could not part with Bailey. They were about to become what rescue groups so fondly call a foster fail.
“It was actually my spouse who developed feelings for her. Bailey would follow him around as though he were a friend.” Mayo remarked. “Slowly but steadily, he made his way into our room and began sleeping with us.” “The rest is history,” she says.
Bailey began to explore as he became more used to the Mayo home — and numerous Halloween costumes — and this is how he encountered the robotic vacuum.
Little side-spinning brushes on the vacuum assist capture dust and grime. Bailey grew enamored with them in the manner that only a little kitten can. Mayo explained, “He was attempting to capture them with his paw.”
Bailey was so motivated to try to get those brushes, one day he fearlessly jumped on top of the robotic vacuum, and just started riding along. “I don’t even know if he realized he was actually moving across the floor, he was so obsessed with catching those brushes,” Mayo said.
Bailey was hiding, leaping on the robotic vacuum every time Mayo operated it from that day forward, thinking today would be the day he caught the “evil side brushes,” she claimed.
Not just for Bailey, who couldn’t get the brushes to stop moving, but also for Mayo, the situation became more frustrating.
Mayo added, “He kept sitting on the power button and turning the vacuum off.” “When Bailey is in our room, I have to run the vacuum.” My house would never be cleaned if I ran it when he was gone.”
Mayo said she does still let Bailey ride along on the vacuum occasionally. It’s kind of win-win: The kitten gets tired and the floor gets cleaned. The process is just a little slower than normal.
