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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What is it with my family and animals?I don't know what it is about my family, but animals never seem to have much luck. They're always meeting gruesome ends.
After writing about "Suzie the Sausage Dog" I remembered quite a few other incidents:
1. The kittens that another of my cousins decided to give a bath... in a washing machine... in boiling water. Result: kitten soup!
2. A friend of my nana's was visiting and brought her mentally retarded (or whatever PC term you like) granddaughter with her. At the time our cat had a new litter of kittens. Result: four dead kittens bludgeoned over the head with a hunk of wood.
3. Two parrots with clipped wings left outside in the branch of a tree as a special treat for them. One RAN under the car wheel as we were pulling out of the driveway. The other just RAN away and was never seen again.
4. My guinea pig, Ralf, accidentally had his hutch moved on top of him. He was later found squashed with a little bit of grass still sticking out of his mouth.
5. Two dogs bitten by snakes.
6. Even wildlife wasn't safe! There was the lizard I caught and decided to put into the "space program". I put him in a jar with a bit of string attached, spinning it round and round like a centrifuge. Then the string snapped and the jar flew up onto the roof. Several weeks later the wind blew a jar off the roof. No sign of the lizard... just ooze in the bottom of the jar.
7. My grandmother never had any time for reptiles. I remember as a kid going inside and saying "Nana, there's a blue-tongue lizard in the garden". (A fairly big, mean-looking lizard, but harmless). She went out into the garden with a jug of boiling water and threw on it. As the poor creature writhed in pain she commented, "That'll turn his scales up".
Jeez, if reincarnation is true, I hope to God I don't come back as the pet of one of my family.
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Your nanna..... the blue tongue.....WTF!?
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Sir Pigeon Nipples Did you sit in some sugar?, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 1:48,
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Poor blue-tongued lizard. ):I'm assuming it was a blue-tongued skink? Those are nice. I've handled a few and they're rather sweet as lizards go.
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Bob Todd whee, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 9:25,
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My wordWhat a charming and well adjusted family.
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 9:56,
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What a bunch of twats.Personally, I'd hit the mong granddaughter over the head with a heavy bit of wood a few times, to show her that it hurts, and that doing it to kittens is not a good thing.
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^^ lol at Bobfossil"Need a species exterminated? Too many bats in your loft? Send in the Sallyraes! We guarantee that with your monthly payment of £30 we shall provide a critter-free environment; whether it be by car or by retarded 2-by-4 armed child your critters will be no more with a Sallyrae seal of approval!"
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Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 10:07,
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