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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Hamstersmany a hamster has come to share its life with me as a child. There have been good ones and bad ones, most notable were 2 russian dwarfe hamsters... evil evil little spunk buckets of hamsters, impossible to handle - so we used to see how far we could bounce them on the bed... well 'til we forgot they existed and although there was food provided every couple of weeks, it didnt take long for them to slip from this mortal coil - I really cant remember they dying... which is strange.
I also had the delightful opportunity to own my very own slow worm.
If you're not familliar with such a creature then I suggest never ever owning one... as they are quite possibly the vilest creatures known to man, and dont fair well in an old fish tank filled with soil.
so not so cruel really that whilst cleaning said tank, I return it to its rightful place, and lobbed it over the fence with a handfull of soil on the back of a trowel... I think the cats had some fun that evening.
So overtly not cruel really hmmmm... bouncey bouncey...
Oh I wont mention the mixamatosis rabbits, and chasing it into a wall... or my mate causing a sheep to commit harri karri... another day perhaps.
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 11:21, Reply)
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