Pet StoriesWhen one of my cats was younger and a lot fatter, he came bowling in from the garden with an almighty crash. Looking slightly stunned, he'd arrived into the kitchen having ripped the cat flap from the door and was still wearing it as a cat-tutu. Did I mention he was quite fat?
In honour of Jake, a well loved cat, who died on Wednesday, tell us your pet stories and cheer us up.
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chthonic, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 9:15)
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Dying hamsterSome years ago my daughter had two dwarf hamsters - one got ill and had to be taken to the vet to be put down - at the cost of £23.50.
Then ... the last one got stuck behind its wheel and was in a poor way - obviously not going to last the day. My daughter went off to school knowing that it would be dead by the time she got home.
The poor thing was obviously in pain - but I just didn't have the courage to use a couple of bricks (or wish to spend another £23.50 even if I could get an appointment!), so I put a bed of cotton wool in a Tupperware box, put the hamster in, sealed the box and put it in the freezer to die a slow (and I hope painless) death from hypothermia.
Before my daughter came home I took it out and put it back in its cage.
She got home from school, went rushing up to her room to check, and said very matter of factly,
"It could only just have died - its still warm."
(, Sat 9 Jun 2007, 18:38, Reply)
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