I was attacked!!!

[All Seeing Eye]

If a Dog ever attacked a Human it would be immediately put down, the exact same goes for Cats. That Cat is a danger to Humans and one day it may attack a Child.

The Cat needs reporting and putting to sleep immediately.

 

[Deckerd]

Miss Chicken: I am thinking it may be that time of the month for the little puddy tat. And some of the posters are right..this cat could have an illness or rabies so be sure to go to the doc and get vaccinated if you can for that!

As I said - rabies does not exist in Australia. We don't even vaccinate our animals against it.

Cat bites are extremely infectious. When they bite each other the wound frequently becomes infected and the victim needs antibiotics. I can't count the number of times we've had to dose our cats because of this.

Cats only usually bite in a fight. It might be ill which is frightening it, or it was threatened by someone or something from your house. If it hasn't behaved this way before something must have caused it.

 

[cheeseyfatmonkey]

If a Dog ever attacked a Human it would be immediately put down, the exact same goes for Cats. That Cat is a danger to Humans and one day it may attack a Child.

The Cat needs reporting and putting to sleep immediately.

Don't forget the evil Hamsters

 

[opali]

Ouch! I bet that smarted.

It sounds like the cat was out of sorts to me. I couldn't imagine why you would have to kick or hit him...maybe you could take a spray bottle out with you next time and douse him if he is acting up towards you.

As others' have suggested, keep an eye on the scratches and especially the bite marks, Miss Chicken...keep them clean and sterile as much as possible, and watch for infection.

 

[nevermore]

As a long-time cat owner, I'm sure Ms. Chicken has had her fair share of cat scratches and such. She probably knows how to deal with them. Lots of peroxide and keep it bandaged up if it's deep.

The combination of previous trepidation and aggression and a possible change in social situation may be indicative of an off balance feline. He may very well have suppressed some aggressive or fearful tendencies over time, which may be rising again to the surface because he's unable to deal with sudden changes in his situation. Lots of cats are like that. They get into a routine and don't like when that routine is upset, so they lash out.

Yeah, I've known and owned cats who, following a scare, trauma or a major change in routine, become aggressive for a time. It generally clears up, but I would speak to your neighbor about it and suggest that they keep the cat in a safe and secure area of the house when they have people come to see it, and that they attempt to restore the cat's routine as much as possible. They should probably also have him into the vet to make sure it's not the result of injury or illness, and keep him indoors until it gets over whatever it going on, lest he run into someone like Mr. Laser Beam or Tachy, who would bash his head in or have him killed for a scratch.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

lest he run into someone like Mr. Laser Beam or Tachy, who would bash his head in or have him killed for a scratch.

Na I wouldn't bash it's head in. At first I'd just boot it as hard as I could and if it came back for more I'd punch it to the ground, grab it by the throat and block its air supply until it died from lack of Oxygen or a collapsed wind pipe.

I am an animal lover and I would never harm an animal unless I felt it was necessary for safety reasons. If an animal turns hostile and aggressive and goes as far as to attack me or someone else I'll make sure it can't do it again. If it's a Hamster then obviously I'd do nothing, I've been bitten by Hamsters plenty of times but they can't exactly maim you. An animal as big as a Cat can and will if they want to.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Like I said, I wouldn't normally kill animals. I don't go around killing them for revenge or anything like that. If all it took was a swipe, a yell, to get the cat off my back, that's all I'd do. But you never know what an attack will be like until you experience it. I once saw an 'animals attack' show which had a scene where the cat literally chomps on a guy's crotch. Now of course that's gonna hurt like hell. If a cat does that to any part of my body, I'm gonna pull it off me and do whatever it takes so it doesn't take ANOTHER chunk out of me. If it keeps coming at me, I'll do what it takes to make it stop. If it means the cat's death, well, so be it.

It's all well and good to love animals and not want to kill them, but you'd be amazed what searing physical pain can do to your sense of self control.

 

[nevermore]

Oh, fucking please. A cat cannot maim you. A cat bite is not "searing physical pain" any more than burning yourself on the stove or stubbing your toe a good one. I've been viciously attacked by two cats in my life I've had cramps that were more "searing". All you need to do is swat it off and get away from it until it calms down. If you think a couple of cat bites represents "maiming" or "searing physical pain", I suggest you get out more. Christ, what a bunch of babies.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Oh, fucking please. A cat cannot maim you.

Really. The voice of ignorance.

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman. A Cat could rearrange a persons face, scar someone for life and puncture a leg artery leaving a person laying in a pool of their own blood bleeding to death. They can do that to a fully grown adult, imagine what a Cat could do to a child, a toddler or a baby.

Get a clue.

 

[Scout101]

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman.

your credentials in this area, please?

Also curious as to your distinction between saying you wouldn't bash a cat's head in, and saying that you'd kick and punch it as hard as possible, then crush its windpipe until dead. you say you wouldn't do the first, but the second option you described seemed just as violent (and final), so what's the difference?

 

[SPOCKED]

Oh, fucking please. A cat cannot maim you.

Really. The voice of ignorance.

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman. A Cat could rearrange a persons face, scar someone for life and puncture a leg artery leaving a person laying in a pool of their own blood bleeding to death. They can do that to a fully grown adult, imagine what a Cat could do to a child, a toddler or a baby.

Get a clue.

IAL, you need to tone down this vitriol going forward... seriously...

 

[Kelthaz]

Oh, fucking please. A cat cannot maim you.

Really. The voice of ignorance.

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman. A Cat could rearrange a persons face, scar someone for life and puncture a leg artery leaving a person laying in a pool of their own blood bleeding to death. They can do that to a fully grown adult, imagine what a Cat could do to a child, a toddler or a baby.

Get a clue.

VS.

It's going to be the battle of the century, folks.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman.

your credentials in this area, please?

Also curious as to your distinction between saying you wouldn't bash a cat's head in, and saying that you'd kick and punch it as hard as possible, then crush its windpipe until dead. you say you wouldn't do the first, but the second option you described seemed just as violent (and final), so what's the difference?

My credentials are I've seen what Cats can do to people. Bashing the Cats head would seem to indicate I'd purposefully hit its head continuously for the sole purpose of caving its skull in. I would not do that, I'd kick it away first then if it came back I'd hit it to the ground hard enough to disorientate it so I could choke it to death. It's the more Humane way of killing it, let it go peacefully without oxygen.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I would never hurt a cat because it scratched or bit me. I have been scratches plenty of times by cats, and bitten once or twice before, and I have never had an infection as a result. I simply treat the wound with Dettol. Likewise my sons were scratched as children and it never caused any real harm.

My mother did have her arm get infected after a scratch by her cat but she accepted that as just being a part of being a cat owner.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I rarely see my neighbour. I will mention it if I manage to speak to her.

You might also want to tell her that she's lucky the damn cat's still ALIVE after it dared to take a chunk out of you. If my neighbor's cat attacked me, I'd bash the little fucker's brains out if it came to that.

You have the absolute right not to be attacked. Pets, OTOH, have the right to get the shit kicked out of them if they attack a human. That's just the way it is.

I don't personally think it's right to beat a cat simply for scratching you or attacking you.

I don't mean just for the hell of it. I don't go around beating up animals. I'd prefer not to, if I can avoid it.

But if an animal is attacking, I have the absolute right to defend myself. If it's a question of the cat or me, I vote me!

I'm with MLB on this one. I also recommend a good pellet gun.

Na I wouldn't bash it's head in. At first I'd just boot it as hard as I could and if it came back for more I'd punch it to the ground, grab it by the throat and block its air supply until it died from lack of Oxygen or a collapsed wind pipe.

I am an animal lover and I would never harm an animal unless I felt it was necessary for safety reasons. If an animal turns hostile and aggressive and goes as far as to attack me or someone else I'll make sure it can't do it again. If it's a Hamster then obviously I'd do nothing, I've been bitten by Hamsters plenty of times but they can't exactly maim you. An animal as big as a Cat can and will if they want to.

Like I said, I wouldn't normally kill animals. I don't go around killing them for revenge or anything like that. If all it took was a swipe, a yell, to get the cat off my back, that's all I'd do. But you never know what an attack will be like until you experience it. I once saw an 'animals attack' show which had a scene where the cat literally chomps on a guy's crotch. Now of course that's gonna hurt like hell. If a cat does that to any part of my body, I'm gonna pull it off me and do whatever it takes so it doesn't take ANOTHER chunk out of me. If it keeps coming at me, I'll do what it takes to make it stop. If it means the cat's death, well, so be it.

It's all well and good to love animals and not want to kill them, but you'd be amazed what searing physical pain can do to your sense of self control.

Oh, fucking please. A cat cannot maim you.

Really. The voice of ignorance.

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman. A Cat could rearrange a persons face, scar someone for life and puncture a leg artery leaving a person laying in a pool of their own blood bleeding to death. They can do that to a fully grown adult, imagine what a Cat could do to a child, a toddler or a baby.

Get a clue.

The average house cat weighs about the same as each of your heads. I would suggest you use them instead of resorting to animal cruelty over a minor injury, with all due respect (ie. none) to the "When animals attack" shows and multiple vicious neighborhood housecat maulings you've allegedly seen that make you self-described experts.

Tachy, I can't do anything about your behavior in TNZ, but I'm not going to let you take over this thread and make it all about you and your claims of expertise in all fields that are never backed up by anything. Knock it off.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Tachy, I can't do anything about your behavior in TNZ, but I'm not going to let you take over this thread and make it all about you and your claims of expertise in all fields that are never backed up by anything. Knock it off.

How am I taking over the thread? I'm discussing the dangers that Cats can pose and I've seen it first hand. Targeting me like this is victimisation, I haven't done or said anything wrong.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Tachy, I can't do anything about your behavior in TNZ, but I'm not going to let you take over this thread and make it all about you and your claims of expertise in all fields that are never backed up by anything. Knock it off.

How am I taking over the thread? I'm discussing the dangers that Cats can pose and I've seen it first hand. Targeting me like this is victimisation, I haven't done or said anything wrong.

Uh huh.

Really. The voice of ignorance.

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman. A Cat could rearrange a persons face, scar someone for life and puncture a leg artery leaving a person laying in a pool of their own blood bleeding to death. They can do that to a fully grown adult, imagine what a Cat could do to a child, a toddler or a baby.

Get a clue.

You've made a (ridiculous) claim. You've called people ignorant and clueless because they disagree with you. Now back it up with statistics about the obvious problem of housecat-related deaths and severe disfiguring maulings, or knock off the rhetoric.

 

[nevermore]

Oh, fucking please. A cat cannot maim you.

Really. The voice of ignorance.

Just because you've had a couple of mild encounters with cats doesn't make you the all knowing Catman. A Cat could rearrange a persons face, scar someone for life and puncture a leg artery leaving a person laying in a pool of their own blood bleeding to death. They can do that to a fully grown adult, imagine what a Cat could do to a child, a toddler or a baby.

Get a clue.

My mother's cat tore me up badly enough when I was 6 that I got about 20 stitches. I don't know what the fuck kind of cats you have on your planet, but I'm pretty sure house cats, with their 1/2 in claws cannot actually cut you deep enough to puncture an artery. Please cite your sources on that claim. Also, please cite your sources for the claim that cats can "rearrange a person's face".

Thanks.

 

[RJDiogenes]

A cat bite is not "searing physical pain" any more than burning yourself on the stove or stubbing your toe a good one.

Having very likely broken my toe this past Monday, I'll have to disagree with that last part.

The average house cat weighs about the same as each of your heads. I would suggest you use them instead of resorting to animal cruelty over a minor injury

 

[nevermore]

A cat bite is not "searing physical pain" any more than burning yourself on the stove or stubbing your toe a good one.

Having very likely broken my toe this past Monday, I'll have to disagree with that last part.

It hurts like hell, doesn't it? It's WAY, WAY worse than a cat bite. Which was my hastily worded point.