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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Swimming petsWhen we were kids we had a naff above ground swimming pool in our garden that looked like a giant metal paddling pool, and one scorching summer, my brother and I decided to take the rabbit and 3 guinea pigs for a swim. We lowered them gently into the water from the side, before climbing up the (classy I know) metal stepladder to get in ourselves. The hilarity of the 4 of them swimming dementedly in circles around the pool kept us laughing for a while until the rabbit got pissed off and decided that it was easier to float on something than it was to swim. The only other things in the pool being the smaller guinea pigs a swift rescue operation was needed as it was like a scene from titanic. He could swim faster than them as well. The rescue effort was hampered by my brother jumping straight in and nearly drowning the lot of them with a tidal wave. There were no casualties that day, thankfully.
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