What's the weirdest thing your pet is scared of?

[PawsAndCuppa]

My friend's dog is terrified of cardboard boxes but completely ignores thunderstorms 😅

Pets can be so strange sometimes.

What's the weirdest thing your dog or cat is scared of?

Vacuum cleaners? Bananas? Plastic bags? Random household objects?

I'd love to hear some funny stories.

Buoys. Red ones in particular!

My dog-

Ladders. Up against a wall, on the back of a van, being carried by somebody. He goes mad.

The hose pipe. He loves water and will swim anywhere but as soon as I touch the hosepipe he is off indoors and hiding.

Sneezing, but only mine! The rest of the family can sneeze but if I do all hell lets loose.

That was another thing one cat was scared of you had to be very quiet when using it.

Prosecco bottles and tea towels. He gives massive side eye and leaves the room in disgust (lurcher).

My now departed Doberman was terrified of the Brittany Spears song toxic and would try to get on my lap. Unfortunately it was constantly played on the radio. When I twigged the connection I rushed to turn off the radio.

Toasty Boy Cat is scared of our internal garage door from the kitchen and bin bags.
He is not scared of fireworks.

I think I have a faulty Cat.

My old cat loved a good thunderstorm and fireworks but spent the entirety of my young cousins visit under my brothers bed. There are four of them and as children they were fairly loud and boisterous. In our household I was the youngest at 16 so he was used to a quieter life. I think he understood with storms and fireworks they were outside and he was safe inside but when the noise came insude he didn't like it. My other cat was scared of suitcases, bin bags and sacks, probably reminiscent of his alleged abandonment. Poor thing was a gibbering wreck when i left home.

I recently bought a wheeled washing basket after throwing my back out carrying heavy wet washing out to the garden. The cat is terrified of it and runs a mile when she sees it coming.

Balloons and the clothes maiden...we have 3 but he's only scared of one

Well the usual things like fireworks and thunderstorms (bangs). But she’s also scared of my nephews 2.5 and 7 and if they come round she has to be locked in a room away from them. She uses to like the older one when he was young. Also hairdryer, vacuum cleaner.

And the vet. She wets herself or defecates in her cat carrier when she’s taken there (rarely).

My tiny green cheeked conure loathes an empty drink can. He will attack and toss it around, his crest up, bristling with fury.

My old dog was terrified of the theme tune to Casualty

@DoAWheelie my cat is also terrified of fizzy bottles/cans being opened. When he's being bad and beating up his sister I just need to show him a bottle and he's offksi!

The wind. And accompanying noise and fluttering leaves etc.
traffic cones are fine standing up but on their side clearly very dangerous and scary

My cat, the saucepan drawer when I'm getting out saucepans. He just bolts.

Neighbours he has known for nearly 7 years, he doesn't hide from them as much now but he won't go up to them.

The doorbell, but he's got to know the back doorbell means it's one of 3 neighbours that he knows, see above.

Tradesmen. We have to carry him on a tour around the house just to prove they are not hiding and have indeed gone home.

He chases foxes or keeps and eye on them when they come into the garden though.

Flies/spiders! If he sees any in the house he takes off and won’t come back in until you make a big scene showing him that you have removed it!

My cat likes to chew and lick plastic bags/bin liners, the bit that overhangs the top of the bin. But if you take the bin bag out, or get a fresh bag out to put into the bin, he doesn’t like it at all and runs off.

My dear departed Goldie was scared of tapemeasures. I put it down to when we measured her neck for her first collar.

My dog doesn’t like
Windows being opened or shut
Shutting or opening curtains or blinds
Lorries
Lawnmower
Hoover
Leaf blower

Sneezing but not when one of us Sneeze in bed bed and she's on it. So random. The minute anyone even starts to sneeze she off up the stairs.

Oooh my dog is like this too. He objects to certain types of flooring- wood or wood effect usually. He also doesn’t like wooden bridges or decking and sometimes has to be carried across such surfaces 🙄 He’s 18kg, which I know is not large, but large enough to look ungainly and a bit embarrassing having to be carried in public 😂

Is this a cat?! If so my cat is the same. She hates skin and won’t sit on my lap if I’m wearing shorts

16 year old girl is terrified of outdoors and never goes out unless I am right by her side.
4 year old is girl is afraid of nothing.

My 30kg beast is terrified of kittens. Also frightened of the microwave when it beeps, but loves the beep from the airfryer.

My old dog was bombproof, nothing phased him except snowmen! He was terrified of them and wouldn’t go anywhere near!