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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didn't mean it!When my mum was at uni, my mums flatmate had a pet hamster/gerbil (aren't they the same thing) that she loved like a child. The flatmates boyfriend didn't really like the thing and always teased her he was going to let it go, or eat standard teasing jokes.
One day he came into her flat to hear his girlfriend screech
"Don't open the door he'll escape..." CRUNCH!
Just has he put his foot down on top of the gerbil. Supposedly she went ballistic and blamed him, saying he killed it on purpose and had just been looking for an excuse. To be fair he was probably putting it out of it misery if she was as crazy as she sounds.
(, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 12:48, 2 replies)
No, they're not the same thing.They're both stupid and pointless little animals, but they are different species. One of the most obvious differences is that gerbils have tails; hams don't.
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Bob Todd whee, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 16:57,
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And...Gerbils are bouncier. Like tiny little kangaroos!
(, Mon 10 Dec 2007, 19:56, closed)
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