Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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My very first hamsterWhen I was little both my brothers had hamsters as pets, and as I started to grow up I wanted my own one, to call Hamlet.
Eventually I got my Hamlet and he was lovely.
I was probably about 7 at this time, and loved nothing more than to pick him up and cuddle him from time to time, though he probably hated nothing more.
Anyway, hamsters are known to...run about a bit, y'know...and as I was only small, my instinct told me to hold him tighter as he tried to escape. Eventually I must have held him so tight that poor Hammies eye popped out of it's socket.
He had it stitched up and was alright though, he lived for another three years, the longest any hamster of ours has lived, eventually though his fur began to turn grey (who knew that happened to hamsters too!?) and he broke his little leg being pulled out his cage to he had to be put down.
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Lollylegs lite, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 15:49,
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*clicks* for the nameBTW: does anyone else remember the Ladybird books about the adventures of Hannibal the hamster?
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 15:53,
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I had two russian hamsters.I seem to recall they lived a long time too. They were called Moscow and Gorbi (dreadful, I know).
Gorbi died in his sleep and Moscow died sprawled out in his food dish, cheeks STUFFED with food. Wonderful hamsters...died doing what they loved most; sleeping and eating, lazy gluttons.
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