oh poo...

[suzi1780]

So my beloved vacuum (yes I LOVE my vacuum) had been attacking up recently, the hose wasn't sucking very hard, it was making a funny noise and the hose wasn't sliding back down into the wand part correctly and I have been fiddling with it here and there and haven't been able to fix the problem... well last night I decided enough was enough and I was going to take the dern thing apart until I figured out what was wrong... well I took off a piece that comes from the hose to the canister and found a rather large apple stick wedged in there (when did I suck that up!?) so after some work I got the apple stick out and I tell you chin poo came raining down from the hose after that! It was all clogged with poo!! It was like a poo shower all over my floor! And of course, I had to stick my finger up in the poo filled hose and wiggle it around to release all of the poo *sigh* the joys of owning chins... but hey, at least my vacuum is better now!

Just thought I would share with some people that could relate

 

[alli713]

Haha, oh I've gotten the hose on my vacuum clogged with poo and shavings before when a twig gets stuck. Not fun!

 

[Jenn]

I can't seem to vacuum without clogging up my vacuum hose. Happens less frequently now that I've changed to fleece liners instead of bedding. With the bedding, it got clogged frequently and I had to figure out how to take the vacuum apart so I could unclog it. Grrrrr! But it is kind of interesting to see how much comes spewing back out of the hose!

 

[tunes]

I've given up on a regular vacuum. It there are shavings and poop involved - the shop vac makes an appearance. I got tired of taking my vacuum apart every time I went 2 feet!

 

[Ashley]

I've had that happen before! A shop vac is a chin owners best friend!

 

[Essentia]

I've had the poo shower before. Fun stuff.

 

[Jenn]

I have found a way to even clog a shop vac! The only answer for me was getting rid of the bedding! Vacuuming 3 times longer than I should totally irritated me and I do not miss bedding at all! Poop, without the bedding, sucks up without a problem!

 

[equus_peduus]

However, when there's stray bits of hay in there...

 

[Sandi]

Ha, I love the title on this thread! I thought it was only me that this has happend to.

 

[ABBY W.]

That's why I love my shop vac. Whenever it gets clogged I just take it outside, plug the hose into the air outtake, and watch everything blow out into the backyard. My neighbors always look at me like I'm nuts!

 

[BooBoo*TheKiddo*]

Yeah been there done that too. I stopped using the regular vacuum cause daddy didn't want me clogging it up anymore hehe
Now i just the a different one since I use liners in all my cages except one now.
I'm thinking about using the shop vac to clean my trios cage since they use shavings but I dont know yet. It's the cage my and daddy built for them so I might find an easier way to get the shavings out.