May be not kill you, but a house cat can fuck a human up pretty bad, especially since they often go for the face.omega 616 said:
Angry Cat Traps Family In Bedroom, Forces 911 Call
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The comments in here make me weep for the human race. I own four cats and love them all dearly but if I see one of them attack an INFANT then you're damn right I'm going to do whatever it takes to get it away from the baby, up to and including a swift kick to the rear.
Cats are awesome but babies are more important.
Cats are awesome but babies are more important.
Yikes, talk about an attitude problem! Alright, so maybe kicking a cat wasn't a good idea though it should have clawed a baby either)... maybe that cat should go to another home...
No they're not. No cat has ever done bad things just to be a dick, they've always done it because the owner either failed to do something or did something bad to them first, as was obviously the case here.lord canti said:
Do your research before you own an animal. No animal that is properly cared for will be aggressive unless they are provoked, like this cat was.Smilomaniac said:
I know from personal experience that this is blatantly false. My family rescued a kitten that had been left behind by a family that moved out. They weren't aware their cat had given birth in a wood pile and left the litter behind. Now, despite our best efforts to raise this cat with all the love and affection we could muster he turned into the meanest tom I've ever seen. The kind that would run up your back, dig in his claws and release just enough to slide all the way down. Just as a "hello."immortalfrieza said:
Maybe kicking the cat wasn't the best way to handle it. I use a squirt bottle on my cats when they do something wrong, or I just hiss at them, and that gets them to calm down or at least stop what they were doing. I wonder what made it scratch the baby? Was the baby pulling its tail or something? I've never heard of a cat walking up and slapping someone just for the fun of it.
I've also never heard of a cat pursuing a fight with a human, although if I can did come after me, I would be pretty worried. I had my arm clawed up and bit pretty bad by a cat once. I wouldn't use my arm fully for about a week after, so I know that a cat, even a house cat, can mess you up pretty bad if it wants to. And they are fast too. It only takes a second for them to shred your flesh.
I've also never heard of a cat pursuing a fight with a human, although if I can did come after me, I would be pretty worried. I had my arm clawed up and bit pretty bad by a cat once. I wouldn't use my arm fully for about a week after, so I know that a cat, even a house cat, can mess you up pretty bad if it wants to. And they are fast too. It only takes a second for them to shred your flesh.
yeahhh no, I've known plenty of cats who have been raised since kittens and I know for a fact are treated well that act like dicks to people with no provocation what so ever.immortalfrieza said:
"Provoke" means plenty, and it's obvious what it means. It means hurt them in some way. If that's not plain enough, here:Smilomaniac said:
1. Don't hit or attack them in any way.
2. Don't mess with their food while they're eating it.
3. Don't screw with their kids, especially when they're not around and don't trust you.
4. Don't just walk up and start petting an animal you've never met before. There's a good chance they will hurt you or try to run away.
5. Learn how to handle behavioral problems or don't have the animal.
6. Most important, make sure they aren't sick before you blame them for anything.
Animals have never done anything to anyone that those people didn't bring about. They are merely following their instincts and if their instincts tell them you are a threat you are going to get attacked.
My uncle was attacked by his cat for absolutely no reason a couple years back. Seriously. He had just woken up and was going to get breakfast. The cat jumped from the floor to his shoulder and just started slashing away. He has scars on his face, neck, shoulder, and chest. It required a hospital visit, and the cat was put down because he wouldn't risk having the same thing happen to a niece or nephew.
While it may be rare, it happens. And even a house cat can be vicious and incredibly dangerous. Getting to the place the cat can't reach was the best call, and believe me, I'd rather have morons on the internet call me a wimp than have a family member end up in the hospital.
While it may be rare, it happens. And even a house cat can be vicious and incredibly dangerous. Getting to the place the cat can't reach was the best call, and believe me, I'd rather have morons on the internet call me a wimp than have a family member end up in the hospital.
lord canti said:
Wrong, you just don't know the reason they are doing this and don't care to find out.Pickapok said:
Obviously so, since if you did you'd know they never do anything without cause.lord canti said:
It couldn't simply be that some cats are born a lot more aggressive than others.immortalfrieza said:
You know what you do with a feral cat? Get a blanket, throw it over it and stomp it till you see the red koolaid.
There's a limit to how dependant you can be. When you are literally crapping your pants over a house cat to the point where you call law enforcement, you crossed the line.
There's a limit to how dependant you can be. When you are literally crapping your pants over a house cat to the point where you call law enforcement, you crossed the line.
Cats are born to either be more or less aggressive, but they would have to be specifically bred of several generations to be as aggressive as possible before their aggressiveness would be caused by that alone. There is always something which the owners do or don't do that causes aggressiveness. It can be any number of things, and many are very subtle, but it is always the fault of the owner if a cat is aggressive.lord canti said:
Any vet or animal behaviorist will tell you the exact same thing. An aggressive animal is merely reacting to something as their instincts dictate, it is not doing what it is doing out of deliberate purposeful malice like a human being might. Animals do not possess the intelligence necessary to be able to do that. People have spent decades or even centuries professionally trying to understand why animals do what they do, and their conclusion has always come to this.Smilomaniac said:
animals can have different characters, got two cats one sleeps all the time and does literally noting, the other constantly runs, jumps and eats our tv and computer cables, he doesn't play with toys and doesn't even want to look at any rubber replacements he just wants to chew those f***ing cables, I believe the cause here must be some cable trauma? or perhaps some kind of deficiency that can only be fulfilled by consuming electronic equipment? Seriously though chewing cables is his thing and his tendency to be very active must have been inherited... it's that simple really.immortalfrieza said:
Maybe he just likes the taste of cables? Whatever it is, that's rather simple to fix, get some bitter apple on the cables or put them in plastic tubing or both. The former will ensure that it tastes bad and the latter will ensure that he'll have a hard time getting to the cables to chew them to begin with.james.sponge said: