Actually, you have a normal cat. Ivory is reacting in a very normal fashion to something that scares her--she hides. A deaf cat has to be even more cautions than a hearing one, because Ivory doesn’t get any advance warning. Things “sneak up” on her so easily, that she’s very easily startled. The combination of the vibration of the carpet cleaner along with a strange person in the house with a strange-looking appliance that moved in unexpected ways back and forth over the carpet must have been terrifying. I understand how frustrating her fear must be. When you live with a deaf kitty, owners must take extra care to protect them from the unexpected. While you can’t at this point figure out what happened on Christmas Eve, you can anticipate future carpet-cleaning (or similar) events. When a stranger--especially some sort of home services person--must spend time in your home, simply segregate Ivory in a room that the person won’t enter. If you plan to have guests, make them aware that they should not approach the cat (and certainly not try to pet her!) unless she can see them first and welcomes the attention. Just imagine if you couldn’t hear and a stranger suddenly patted you on the head--or started pushing some enormous strange tool toward you! We must put ourselves in our cat’s ‘paws’ sometimes to understand their concerns. Good luck!
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