Re: Abusing animals via drug use
The "Giving gerbils X" thread made me post this....
Had a cat once, female. Was owned by stoners who admitted to getting this cat stoned. They were borderline homeless, so we took the cat home (with their permission).
This cat LOVED pot. If anyone lit up a joint, this cat would come flying into the room, run up and plant her front paws on your chest and start sniffing like crazy until you appeased her by blowing some smoke in her face. She'd walk around wobbly for awhile and curl up on the couch and go to sleep. You shoulda seen this cat take a bong hit.
So, was this abuse? I mean, the cat really, really liked getting high, hell if the cat was unable to get to pot she smelled (from say being in a closed room) she would wail until we let her get stoned
Sick little side story on this cat: When she was still young I was in the kitchen making dinner, heard a noise and looked over to see the cat's head and front paws on the counter (tried to jump up but didn't quite make it). Before I could do anything, she lost her grip and fell, hurting her hind legs in the process. The vet said she did a little damage to her "knees" and while she wasn't in any pain, she would walk funny unless we wanted to fork over $2,500 for surgery (uh, sorry, no). So from then on she would walk with her hind legs kind of sticking out weird and her butt would be about 1/2 an inch from the ground. (Didn't slow her down at all, especially when there was pot to be had) So when people came over for the first time and saw this cat, the inevitable question always came up: "Whats wrong with your cat's legs??" Our answer?
"She was raped by a pit bull"
The look on peoples faces was worth it
(And we always told them the truth afterwords)
P.S. Wouldn't catnip fall under the "abusing animals by giving them drugs"? They don't know (at least the first time) what the stuff is or whats going to happen!
-Rob
The "Giving gerbils X" thread made me post this....
Had a cat once, female. Was owned by stoners who admitted to getting this cat stoned. They were borderline homeless, so we took the cat home (with their permission).
This cat LOVED pot. If anyone lit up a joint, this cat would come flying into the room, run up and plant her front paws on your chest and start sniffing like crazy until you appeased her by blowing some smoke in her face. She'd walk around wobbly for awhile and curl up on the couch and go to sleep. You shoulda seen this cat take a bong hit.
So, was this abuse? I mean, the cat really, really liked getting high, hell if the cat was unable to get to pot she smelled (from say being in a closed room) she would wail until we let her get stoned
Sick little side story on this cat: When she was still young I was in the kitchen making dinner, heard a noise and looked over to see the cat's head and front paws on the counter (tried to jump up but didn't quite make it). Before I could do anything, she lost her grip and fell, hurting her hind legs in the process. The vet said she did a little damage to her "knees" and while she wasn't in any pain, she would walk funny unless we wanted to fork over $2,500 for surgery (uh, sorry, no). So from then on she would walk with her hind legs kind of sticking out weird and her butt would be about 1/2 an inch from the ground. (Didn't slow her down at all, especially when there was pot to be had) So when people came over for the first time and saw this cat, the inevitable question always came up: "Whats wrong with your cat's legs??" Our answer?
"She was raped by a pit bull"
The look on peoples faces was worth it
(And we always told them the truth afterwords)
P.S. Wouldn't catnip fall under the "abusing animals by giving them drugs"? They don't know (at least the first time) what the stuff is or whats going to happen!
-Rob