How to get rid of thrush
My cat has - fortunately - never been much of one for bringing home gifts or trophy kills. As far as I can remember, he's only done it once.

But he seemed very proud of himself as he deposited a thrush by the back door. It was almost as if he wanted me to inspect the damage he'd caused. I'd rather not have. What the cat had done was as close as a cat will ever get to thoracic surgery. I could see the thrush's lung.

I could see the thrush's lung still inflating and deflating.

I'm all in favour of euthanasia, though. I knew what I ought to do, and that I ought to do it quickly. But how? I suppose I could have stamped on its head - but that would (a) have been a bit messy, and (b) have been a bit too visible. So my chosen method of dispatch was via carrier-bag. Using the bag as a glove, I picked up the wounded bird, then turned the bag inside out and tied the top.

And then I whacked it as hard as I could against the outside wall of the house.

I think it worked. I wasn't going to check.

And the cat followed me to the wheelie-bin, wherein I placed what I hoped was by now an utterly dead thrush tartare. All the while, the look in his eye was, "I give you a gift, and you do this? Well, that's the last time I bring you any of my kills to share, you ungrateful bastard".

Which, to be honest, was fine by me.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 11:31, Reply)