Originally posted by: Jeff7
LinkOriginally posted by: alkemyst
If the cat was purring, I don't really see how you could have determined it was beyond help as well.
"Sick cats and purring - Saying that cats purr when they are content is usually right on the money. The problem is that when cats are sick they still often purr. When it comes to being sick never trust your cat's purr. Cats can and do purr at all levels of sickness, injury, sometimes even as they are dying.
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: MrLee
How about taking it to the vet?
vets want there money up front and you are talking some serious $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...I mean serious dollars!!
Originally posted by: sundevb
Originally posted by: Jeff7
LinkOriginally posted by: alkemyst
If the cat was purring, I don't really see how you could have determined it was beyond help as well.
"Sick cats and purring - Saying that cats purr when they are content is usually right on the money. The problem is that when cats are sick they still often purr. When it comes to being sick never trust your cat's purr. Cats can and do purr at all levels of sickness, injury, sometimes even as they are dying.
Gonna take a shot in the dark and say Alkemyst isn't doing too well in Zoology.
Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: JEDIYoda
Originally posted by: MrLee
How about taking it to the vet?
vets want there money up front and you are talking some serious $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...I mean serious dollars!!
Yes I understand, much too expensive to take the cat to the animal hospital. Lets Cheney his ass instead. I think they should do that with all people that might not make it. "call the ambulance? Hell no, he just got hit by a car, they'll take an arm and a leg!... honey get my 9."
Originally posted by: Mday
someone should make proximity sensors for collars and cars... this would prevent a lot of pets and kids from getting hurt ; ;
It's not, the OP never said it was. Actually, YOU initially used it to infer that the animal must have been okay.Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: sundevb
Originally posted by: Jeff7
LinkOriginally posted by: alkemyst
If the cat was purring, I don't really see how you could have determined it was beyond help as well.
"Sick cats and purring - Saying that cats purr when they are content is usually right on the money. The problem is that when cats are sick they still often purr. When it comes to being sick never trust your cat's purr. Cats can and do purr at all levels of sickness, injury, sometimes even as they are dying.
Gonna take a shot in the dark and say Alkemyst isn't doing too well in Zoology.
You are right, but how is that a determination for anything.
You say it as if the neighbor, who is a friend, didn't ask for his help.What the OP did was against the law. Adding to the fact that it was not his pet, but a neighbor's further extends that crime.
Perfectly humane if done right. It's not hard to figure it out. You decide which is more traumatic for an animal: having the suffering end in one instant, or being handled (not usually comfortable if your body has been smashed) and taken to a place most cats would regard with fear, possibly having to wait until the next day of business, only to have the same decision made except this time being given an intentional overdose of drugs.Euthanasia with a firearm is usually not a very humane way to do it as well and banned in most places.
And yet, because it's "against the law", shooting a pet somehow has a different end result than shooting a feral animal? Not to mention the added benefit of shooting the pet from point blank so as not to miss and mame the animal.People misunderstand that killing feral cats is not the same as those that are pets. Also livestock laws are not the same as those that apply to pets.
It's not about crapping on a thread, but when people are thinking that's the right thing to do...it's very wrong.
Next time someone in the neighborhoods toddler knocks themself out and is profusely bleeding 'he surely can't make it'.
Actually, the only consensus here (with everyone but you) is that an obviously suffering and dying animal should be put out of its misery. For all your "experience" and education in animal sciences, you're the only one here who apparently has no regard for the animal itself.Along with those that more than likely are not speaking from experience....owning a pet requires the owner to seek medical attention for that animal no matter what the costs *MAY* be.
The 'cool' thing here seems to be one should not spend any money on a pet.
Originally posted by: adairusmc
Originally posted by: xboxist
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Wow that's sad. You know what is really weird though is a cat by my house got runned over and I took it to the side and just let it rest and petted it for a minute. The cat eventually got up and walked away.
PEOPLE TAKE YOUR PETS TO THE VET FIRST.
Hope you at least knew where to shoot the animal as well as how to do it in a non-tramatic way.
fucking idiots.
Douchebag. I don't care what you think you know. Don't bust into a sad thread about someone who remorsefully ended the life of a loved pet, and call them a fucking idiot.
:thumbsup:
I had to shoot one of my purebred labs like that. My sister was over visiting, and my 6 month old lab was lying under her car getting out of the heat. She backed right over him not knowing it.
9mm did the job, and was a hell of a lot cheaper than taking him to a vet who would have charged me to do basically the same thing.
If that pisses off alkemyst, then I feel even better about doing it.