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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I drowned my hamster.That's right. I drowned it.
Basically, when I was seven I had a small russian hamster called Chocky.
It was a tiny bastard that loved trying to escape- we also had a cat, so to prevent
the cat from eating the hamster when it'd escape, we kept it's cage in the
[empty] bath, with the plug in.
One very cold night, the pipes had frozen. Before putting the heating on
I went upstairs to check the bath taps- turned them on, no water. Alright, it's
not a problem so I put the heating on. A few hours later, I went back upstairs to.. pee,
or do whatever seven year olds do, and saw the bath overflowing,
sawdust and hamster food everywhere.
Lucky for Chocky, as the water pipes unfroze, the bath taps had been left on
and the bath slowly filled with water. Little Chocky, in his small, barred cage,
was floating- trapped between the bars. His teeth, embedded in the metal.
He had died a very luke-warm death and it was my fault.
I still scream his name at night.
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TonyUNDERSCORE from the Internet, Sat 8 Dec 2007, 4:29,
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chocky?Bloody hell, I was hooked on that when I was a nipper. Was very jealous of the kid hgettign a ride in the back of a police car and eating a mars bar. Totally aced the alien abduction
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