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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long dead miceMy 9 year old son kept mice for a little while. It was his responsibility to feed them and give them water. We'd check up on him at first, but he seemed to have the hang of it, so we slacked off.
Last December, we realised he hadn't fed them for rather a long time (although we'd been asking him we hadn't checked).
One of the mice had died, and the other two in their desperation had eaten its head. They were in a bad way themselves and didn't last much longer.
As it was nearly Christmas and we didn't fancy being asked for more mice, we decided to leave the tank up and hope he wouldn't notice it was empty.
Length? He didn't notice until March.
(, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 22:22, Reply)
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