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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Docile catWe had a cat a bit like that- if you smacked her on the nose and shouted 'No!' at her she'd be too frightened to do it when anyone was in the room. For example: we did that with the hamsters and she wouldn't touch 'em. Ever. You could put 'em on her and she'd look at you and cower.
I suspect this had more to do with fear of being yelled at than anything else- she used to go out and eviscerate anything that moved, then bring home its twitching corpse.
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