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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Stupid Bloody CatsWe own two extremely stupid cats, and invented a fun game of skill and daring taking advantage of this stupidity. The aim of the game is to hit the cat in the face with a ping-pong ball. Every time you do this you garner a point... However, if the cat reacted with anything less reflexive than a blink, your turn was over.
A friend and I spent a couple of drunken hours playing this game with the more stupid of my two cats, and I went to bed that night satisfied that a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, my cat was not quite so happy.
By the next day she had a swelling the size of a tennis ball near her eye and ran away from me every time I came near her. She also has a fear of ping-pong balls.
Trying to explain to the vet how she had a black eye was quite difficult...
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 15:18, Reply)
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