So, my sister has a cat that is very very sick. We don’t live very close to a veterinarian and I suggested that I do the deed myself and put the little bugger out of it’s misery a la shotgun or other projectile firing mechanism
Will I be tagged as an evil person if I go though with this? Will my chances of having sex with a woman with any sort of love for animals be gone forever?
Basically, I’ve got no moral qualms about doing it, because I know that the cat would not be suffering anymore, but if I tell this story later over drinks in a singles bar…
As a side note…How many of you that read this post think that doing this would be morally okay? BTW, my sister is all for it as she does not want the cat to suffer anymore.
I want to start by pointing out that the thread title is somewhat, um, misleading.
Second of all, do not shoot the cat with a shotgun! If you miss, you will have a terrified, injured cat which may run away and die in terrible agony. I guarantee you’re not getting laid any more if the ladies find out about that. Just drive to a vet – it’s really the nice thing to do.
When you cat starts to get sick you should bring it to the vet. Perhaps the vet can cure it. How far away from a vet can you possibly be?
If the cat is going to die anyway then I don’t see anything wrong with humanly and safely putting it out of its misery. Depending on where you live and your experience with fire arms it may be okay to shoot it. I don’t think that it is evil. I would not tell the story at a single’s bar.
But why wouldn’t she take the cat to the vet when it got sick??? Why do people get pets that they can’t/won’t take care of properly?
I can’t speak for all women, but I would be very upset that someone I may be getting involved with willing shot and killed a family pet! :eek:
Its unfortunate that you don’t live close to a vet, but please, please, PLEASE for the love of all that is small and furry - have a vet put the animal down.
What if you miss and the cat is in pain while you are reloading?!?
put it in a burlap sack weighted down with rocks and throw it into the river.
sick joke, i know.
personal anecdote from 12 -15 yrs ago:
my cuz and I tried this out once (killing sick cat, not the river thing) when we both lived in the rurals. 9mm to the head. messy. pretty bad feeling afterwards (even tho it was instantaneous death). buried it so nothing would drag it back to either house. when one of the dogs next had to go, we took it to a vet.
Trust me.
Vet.
Much better overall. (it’s not like hunting, you know. you will feel bad, it’s a pet)
Surely there is something you could put in its food? Some overdose of sleeping pills or something? Maybe call a vet and ask them what’s the most humane way outside of their office.
Um, try to get a vet to do it. You won’t be able to shoot the poor critter, and if you do, then you won’t be able to sleep, much less ever have a woman look at you again.
What’s the difference if the vet does it or he does? One round of OO buck to the head (or just in the general area of the cat actually) and it won’t know the difference. BTW, how much does a vet generally charge to kill a pet?
Xavier, I think Giraffe’s point about the thread title was that it made jeel sound like he wants to nail his sister after killing her cat.
I was raised and live in the country where I suppose this is more common than in a more urban setting. I have no particular moral qualms about putting an animal down myself and have done it on a number of occassions. However, I have only done this when absolutely necessary and having previously exhausted all medical possibilities. I have always felt, and still do, that doing it at home in comfortable surroundings is actually more humane as the animal’s final moments are not in some kennel at the vet or on a lab table. If an animal hates going to the vet (as most of them do), how is it more humane to take the dog there for euthanization as opposed to doing it at home?
I would be disturbed if I heard this story on a first date–not because it’s a horrible story, but because I would wonder why on Earth you’d be bringing it up.
Personally, if the cat’s going to be in pain and then die anyway, and you really can’t get to a vet, do it. It’s better for the poor kitty. Warning, though–you will have to carry a decent sized emotional scar. A vet would be preferable simply because it will make things easier for you.
I love cats–and I would have no problem with you doing this. It would not, hypothetically, keep me from sleeping with you/loving you/whatever. (I am a chick, btw).
Yep. Reading the thread title, before reading the OP, made me both curious and afraid. After all, how would killing your sister’s cat hurt your chances of getting laid with anyone except…your sister?
In fact, I’m still not clear as to what killing a cat has to do with getting laid, unless you have a date coming over on the same day you’re planning on offing the cat. “Why are you covered in blood? What are those scratches on your arm?” “Um, nothing – let’s make out!”
I guess it depends on the method used, the animal in question, and how comfortable/capable you are at performing a euthanasia. (I wouldn’t recommend trying any medication as one poster did - what if the animal can’t eat enough and only becomes more ill, for instance?) When I had a dying ferret earlier this year, I took her to the vet. They first administered an injection of a sedative so she became very tired and calm, and only after that did they give an overdose of anesthesia that stopped her heart and breathing. My ferrets don’t dislike the vet, but any animal would have been calm after the initial sedative. Owners had the option of staying with them throughout the procedure (I opted for this), only until right before the final dose (when the vet said the pet would probably be so groggy as to not know who was around any longer, and nearly asleep even), or not being there for any of the procedure at all.
Unless it was absolutely necessary (miles away from a vet, animal in intense pain and clearly would die even if treated), I would personally prefer for a professional to do the work. Except in cases like accidents causing injury, most pets that need to be euthanized have been declining in health for long enough that the time needed to bring the animal to a vet is negligible in comparison, and I personally feel that this is the best thing for most people to do. If the OP’s sister’s cat had cancer, for instance, having wait a day or so to bring it to the vet wouldn’t be so bad, and if someone tried a do-it-yourself method and only badly injured it on the first try, I’d think that would be much worse than bringing the cat to the vet, it stresses some, then calms down after being sedated before the final euthanasia.
Oh man… I’m at work in my cube and tears are rolling down my face, I’m laughing so hard.
I can’t believe someone actually had to guzplain the weirdness of the thread title.
Although my first thought was that (and this is really sick) he was going to numb up his sister’s vagina and was wondering if he could still have sex with her if her vagina was numb.
This isn’t an issue at all. There are many guns, in fact the great majority of models are such, with a capacity of more than a single shell.
And there are no moral issues here. I suspect that if you are as far away from a vet as you say, this kinda thing isn’t at all uncommon 'round your parts. The real and only consideration is right there in the first reply to this thread - legality. Well, that and the mess. Shooting a cat with a shotgun ain’t gonna be a terribly clean operation.
Why? Putting the poor animal out of its misery is an act of charity and humanity.
The cynical part of me says you’re more likely to get laid if you shudder and weep while telling the story.
Not on a first date, though. Wait till you’re invited over to her place. Then, when you meet her cat, be really friendly to it, and then act all mysterious about your past interactions with cats. “Well, one cat in particular. Sorry, I don’t like to talk about it.” You know the drill. Trim city!