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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Accidental animal-on-animal crueltyWe had a little flop-eared bunny that always had the horn for the lady bunnies in the hutch next door. We used to bring him into the house some nights and let him hop round the lounge. One night my little sister had left a stuffed toy on the floor which he had a good sniff round before mounting it furiously. There was much family hilarity.
This increased when the cat came into the lounge to investigate; whereupon the rabbit hopped over and they touched noses, before el rabbito hopped round the back of the by-now-bemused looking cat and started trying to pick up where he left off with the stuffed toy. The cat was completely nonplussed and tried to play it cool by backing away from the rabbit and licking his lips; but he lost his nerve and started haring round the edge of the room, pursued by the rabbit (the door to the room by this point closed my my brother who had come downstairs to see what all the fuss was about). The cat ended up up the chimney and wouldn't come down for about half an hour until the rabbit was gone.
As a side note; I do believe the stuffed toy went through the washing machine and then back into active service without another word said.
(, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 19:30, Reply)
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