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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99 cents of tragedyI went through three goldfish in as many weeks.
This included:
1. Deciding that Mardi Gras beads made an attractive goldfish bowl decor. They turned the water pink and Fish #1 went belly-up.
2. Putting the bag with goldfish into the tank to get him used to the water. Left it there overnight. There went Fish #2.
3. Forgetting that goldfish were naturally coldwater creatures and that my non-air-conditioned Deep-South-USA-summer flat reached temperatures in the 100s during the day. Fish #3 quickly succumbed.
The only reason it was three weeks rather than three days was that I could only get to the pet store on Saturdays.
Now I have a new goldfish. He cost 99p and he's lasted five years. Hurrah.
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Sydney Bintstow, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 18:14,
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