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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Cats, idiocy and a guilt that haunts me to this dayI know there are really bright cats out there, but all the ones I've had have just been dim. Here are some of the cruelties, near misses and the like inflicted on them over the years:
Django - liked to climb into things. My sisters had an inflatable tent, and having camped out in the garden, tried to deflate it, but it was still full of pockets of air. My Dad was called in to help, whereupon he started jumping on the pockets to get them out. One of them moved...
Smiff - I was little, and convinced by this 'nine lives' thing so Smiff found herself often taking trips out of the window (which never seemed to do her any harm whatsoever) and once down the loo... In my later years I have decided that children should either be raised with pets from the off, or shouldn't have them until they're a bit older... She must have had nine lives though as she died of old age, and never seemed too fussed by any of this behaviour.
Vlad - the dumbest and lovliest cat we ever had. Did I help when he got his head stuck in a tin of cat food and wandered round the kitchen crashing into things? No, I laughed. Did I help when he climbed down the back of the sofa and got stuck, his arse poking out the top? No, I laughed. When he fell into the pond trying to catch fish? Yup, I laughed at that too... And my favourite game - whenever you entered the room he was in, he'd look up and miaow, as if to say hello. If you then ducked behind the door and did it again, "miaow", again "miaow" and so on for hours.
Peggy and Kim - the current cats, belonging to myself and Mrs. Doom. We found out the hard way that Peg hates being picked up - to the point that she'll go completely apeshit if you try, thus forcing you to drop her onto a hard tiled floor at an awkward angle. Fool. Kim on the other hand tries to lick your face when you're in bed, and is frequently flung off into a wall in the middle of the night, only to come back and try again.
None of this is intentional, they're all just really, really dumb cats. And they're the best cats ever.
Length? Between 10-20 years usually.
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Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Thu 6 Dec 2007, 18:34,
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The one thing I love about cats........their natural ability to be being abused and put on Youtube.
Oh and I'd love to put toilet roll tubes on cats legs and shout "Look out, STRIIIDER!!!!" as if re-enacting a great level from Half-life 2 :D
soz, off my tits on redbull at the mo
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 19:00,
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Haha, Strider!*wants a cat so he can try this*
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I am SO trying this tonight...If I remember before this QOTW closes I'll post the results...
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Sonic James Doom forgetting the date since... umm..., Fri 7 Dec 2007, 10:18,
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Best cats ever?Sir, I beg to differ. Metis, my current mog, is the best cat ever. Ludwig, my first, is a close second. Yours come further down the list.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 13:40,
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