At risk of sounding all zen and twattish
everything is cause and effect. By putting a pebble in a certain place you could've killed a squirrel or any such thing.

Cats are usually somewhat expected to know to look out for this stuff, so there was no expecting you to be exceptionally careful about it.

Simply put, it wasn't really your fault - you may have persisted in trying to pet it, but at the time you didn't know what the consequences of this would be, and neither would you now.

I suppose they're called accidents, really.
(Frozen_Banana Shaved against the grain; thoroughly unrewarding., Tue 31 Aug 2010, 19:09, 2 replies)

Thanks!
I love animals and after 13/14 years of not talking about it, telling everyone and hearing this has made me feel much better :) .. Ta very muchly!
(MrNorm, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 11:21, closed)

Sorry that's bollox
Cats don't know the green cross code. We have two cats and my children have been told not to look at them when they are the other side of the road, just in case one of the stupid kittems decide to bolt across the road for some loving. I feel for the OP, I really do, but the cold hard fact is that the cat was beckoned from across the road and for once it did what it was told. Cat Darwinism I suppose, cos we all know the feckers are programmed to disobey.
(mersault, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 13:04, closed)