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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Poor little finchesWork experience in a pet shop, I was given the responsibility of cleaning out and feeding everything (except the fish). Yay. Of course, nobody described anything to me in detail, I was just told to feed the things with the food we had.
There were some lovely little birds in cages, with pots that slid in and out of their cages for food. I noticed that some of the little finches' pots were completely empty, so put a bit extra in as they clearly were hungry. The next day, they didn't seem to have eaten much, but I had many animals to feed and didn't think about it. A few days later, a couple of the birds were dead. Turns out these were flightless finches and needed their food scattering on the bottom of their cage :-( I'd been starving them.
My putting fresh food within smelling distance didn't help them.
(, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 1:39, Reply)
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