zandperl and Mr. Roomba BFF!!!!!

[asterroc]

Mr. Roomba did the bathroom in around 15 minutes, and did a better job on the corners than I had. He's been going for close to an hour on the hallway outside the bathroom and the half of the kitchen that's empty enough for him to do - doesn't seem quite as good w/ the corners here. A Virtual Wall is keeping him away from the other half of the kitchen and the dining room - he has no problem going over door sills, which is more-or-less equivalent to the rise between the kitchen and dining room. The bird room / front foyer is ready and prepped for Mr. Roomba to go there after he's done where he is now. The noise is just below the level of irritating, but it does drown out my stereo in another room --

Ooh! He just finished the half-kitchen/hall! Time to see how Gabe likes him. :-P

ETA: She *hates* him. When she isn't freaking out and flying around or running around the inside of her cage screaming, she's sitting with her crest straight up and even her wings straight out! She can hold them out for minutes at a time... She's currently on my shoulder in the office while Mr. Roomba works on "her" room. Oh, and her cage stand isn't that solid - Mr. Roomba's "love taps" push the whole thing around, so the cage is in the living room for now.

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[rumorofrain.livejournal.com]

Yep, my two hated the Roomba at first too. They would scream and flap frantically around their cage.

They've gotten fairly used to it, since we run it every day, so if they're in their cage they'll just eye it suspiciously, as if it were a potential predator. If they're out of their cage, they'll tolerate it running around until it gets near their cage, then fly into another room. If I carry it by their cage it's extra-terrifying, and they'll do their alarm screams and get as far away from it as they can.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

She was ok w/ it when in her cage and it in another room, even talking to it a bit like she used to the microwave and stove timer. I think I'll try to more slowly get her used to it in her room. So far we still ahve too much crap on the floor for me to just let it loose over the whole house every day. I think I'll end up running it once a week, or in a different room every afternoon, or something like that.