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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Guinea pigsWhy do they get such a bad press here?My little brothers have hamsters (which they rarely clean, leaving Mum to do it) and they're boring as a boring thing.
Guinea pigs are brilliant though. We began about 7 years ago, with 2 brothers. Accidental cruelty 1 was that they were in fact brother and sister, hence two slightly inbred females arrived. We got the boar another male pal, a white male called Gulliver. Being kids, we used to get out one male with the females, and try to get them to mate, thus giving more piggies. All we got was a bit of a mess, and eventually the two males began fighting. AC No.2 Gradually they died off, leving Gulliver, now much larger, hairier and slightly smelly but not in a bad way. You could tell he hated being alone, as he would lie, head on one side and eye showing white when he was alone. As he had been living with females the past few years, we got him a new female, called half pint (due to being small). They adored each other, until Gulliver died two months later. We then got another male, resulting in 4 new males. And yesterday, 5 more of undetermined sex. Guinea pigs look terribly uncomfortable when full of 5 baby ones.
Click I like this if you want one, we've got bloody hundreds!
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Greenbat, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 14:02,
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I'm kind of temptedBut it wouldn't be a good idea, and the missus may well kill me
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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 14:15,
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"larger, hairier and slightly smelly"Sounds like what happened to me the year I turned 16. Except Gulliver got teh sex more often.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 16:01,
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