Now this interpretation never occurred to me. More’s the pity, because it’s hilarious.
Although I think he probably would have put “cat” in quotes as well as “sleep”.
You sure are.
The cat’s not named ‘Yeller’ by any chance, is it?
(and I thought he was talking about nailing his sister, too. Am I going to Hell now?)
I wouldn’t. Call a vet and see what they say. They may even come out to your house to do it. Shooting an animal is risky at best…as well as a painful ending. I’ve put dogs down at the vet and it is much less taxing to see them melt in your arms than (I would imagine) having to clean up the mess.
And the part that you could botch it and the cat would be able to run away and hide with a horrible injury.
That’s not so bad.
My first thought was “Do you often screw your sister’s cat?”… then the second thought was, “well, if you did put it to sleep, it might be easier to screw.”
I then promptly slapped myself.
I think I take the sick and twisted cookie.
“And why is your sister naked and passed out on the couch?”
If you do decide to shoot the poor thing, just remember to dig the grave first and put the cat in it before you shoot it. You do not want to have to handle what could be a very messy animal corpse. It could also allow you to kill it without ever having to look at the cat afterwards (quickly cover it with dirt after shooting it) thus saving you some emotional trauma.
Terrible to have to kill a pet. My poor dog was put down about a year ago. I once thought that people who were very emotional about the deaths of their pets were a little silly, but damned if I don’t tear up if I start to think about Dusty for too long.
I went tjrough BOTH of those thread title interpretations (the nailing his sister one, and the nailing the cat one) before clicking on the thread itself. Who’s sick now, huh? 
BTW, you are all sick, sick people. I was confused at first. but the meaning I arrived at was the one he meant.
Tears are running down my face from laughter…and possibly because I though of almost all those things (well, except the numb pussy).
But seriously, putting a cat out of its misery wouldn’t be something I’d mention to potential dates. Or first dates. Maybe mention it in passing sometime after the third child arrives and you have to put the beloved dog down.
But I don’t think you are a bad person. I wouldn’t shoot it myself (for reasons outlined - messy, chance of injuring the cat without killing it, chance of not immediately killing it, and a little too violent). There must be a way to humanely poison it.
In a million years, who would ever think that a thread about putting down a cat would be so hilarious?
(My interpretation of the title was that he wanted to take the cat to the vet, and was hoping to score with the vet immediately after the cat shuffled off this mortal coil. And, when I opened it, it still sort of made sense at first, because if the vet’s really far away, you know, maybe he wouldn’t want to drive all that distance only to have the hottie vet refuse to put out during the same visit, and then he’d have to make the trip twice. I see now, after reading what you pervs thought, that I’m fairly normal.)
As much as I like cats, it sounds like the animal is certainly suffering. I agree with those who say call the vet first (hey, and maybe ask her for a date while you’ve got her on the horn) and see if the vet has any suggestions about how to do this with as little trauma and suffering for the kitty as possible.
Don’t let it concern you, a good mercy killing story always makes the babes extra moist. You’re tough but compassionate. Yeah…that’s it. That’s the ticket.
Someone up above asked how much it costs? 40 dollars as of when I went in 2000.
My SO and I took his cat in to be put to sleep. The cat had gotten cancer on and in his nose and probably would have lived a bit longer with help from the pain medication the 'rents were feeding him, but his behavior was getting so erratic we could only conclude that the cancer had reached his brain- so they volunteered me to take him in. (Everyone else was too upset by it to want to do it- and they figured I could handle it since I stayed with my SO’s dog for the 10 or 15 minutes it took him to die when he was accidentally run over. Man, that was a bad night.)
So I wrapped kitty up in his favorite towel, and took him in. Sat him on the table, the vet got out a jar of who-knows-what, filled a needle and poked the cat. About 1 second later the cat slumped over. I was crying a bit, but I also wondered what would happen if the vet accidentally poked himself with the needle- that stuff worked incredibly fast.
I wasn’t very confused by the thread title, but I shouldn’t even have to tell you what I was thinking when I first read THAT!
It could be that the reason I wasn’t confused by the thread title is that I’ve had a situation similar to the OP.
Ummm, <GROSSOUT ALERT> not that this is really necessary in this thread…
I once saw a cat get hit by a car that just kept going, probably because they didn’t even see it. I turned around and went back and put my headlights (BTW, it was at night) on it partly to see and partly to keep other cars from running it over again.
Well, I’m not going to go into details, but the cat was in really bad shape. Really bad shape, but somehow amazingly alive, alert, and vocal. I remember thinking to myself that it would have probably been better to just let the poor thing get run over again. But it wasn’t like I could do that now and wait for another car to hit it! I briefly considered running over it myself, but quickly decided against that.
I wish I had a gun, but all I had was a tire iron. It was quick, the cat didn’t see it coming, and I’m pretty sure it worked well. It wasn’t an easy thing to do mentally. I know the way I just typed that out sounds pretty cold and simple, but it wasn’t. I KNEW it was the right thing to do, but there’s something almost instinctual about not wanting to kill an otherwise cute furry creature. </GROSSOUT>
So, my destination that night just so happened to be a girl (hey, we were young then!) that I was seeing at the time. When I arrived I couldn’t NOT mention it! The whole thing had affected me and she was the first person that I spoke to afterwards. It was the natural thing to do, I mean we knew each other pretty well by then!
Well, it turned out that I should have NOT mentioned it. She didn’t take it well and didn’t like the idea of me doing what I did. It just sort of got dropped and I only saw her a few times after that. I’m not implying that telling her about the cat incident was the sole cause of the end of the relationship. I’m just saying that I definitely regretted the fact that I ever mentioned it at all.
And women wonder why men don’t like to talk as much…
We just don’t want to say something that’ll upset them!
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Seriously, how hard is it to take the cat to the vet? A quick shot of Sleep-away[sup]TM[/sup], and Fluffy is off to that Great Litterbox in the Sky. And no mess to clean up, or chance that you have to hunt down a sick, wounded cat and finish it off.
If you do bring it off, I wouldn’t necessarily include it in your personal ad.
Regards,
Shodan
I disappoint myself, I thought he was gonna take the cat to the vets, then see if he could get a date with the vet…
boo!
Ha! Right on, I (obviously) didn’t even see that. There is something utterly ludicrous about me pointing out a possible interpretation of someone else’s OP and then writing something equally ambiguous. FYI, I never nailed my sister nor did I ever kill her cat. However, there are some pretty weird “families” just up the road from where I live…
After reading your post, I noticed that you omitted some crucxial information required to solve the puzzling dilemna put forth by jeel.
Did you get laid after telling her you killed the cat?
So it costs $40 + gas to put Frisky in kittie heaven if you go to the vet. A box of 12 gauge 00 buck will cost under $10. It’s a no brainer if you ask me. With the other $30 you can take your sister for a night on the town (before,…you know).
I like the idea of digging a pit and doing the deed (the killing, not the other) with the cat already in the pit. Maybe you could plant some nice flowers above the carcass for Frisky to fertilize.
Don’t worry about the possibility of the cat surviving the first shot either, that’s just not gonna happen.
Yeah, well the title to my OP was purposely misleading to get all you guys to at least read my post.
All–Thanks for the advice…Basically we live in a very rural area and the nearest vet is about 1 1/2 hours away. On from what I can tell, I think the cat is really suffering, and I’ve had experience with vets prolonging a pet’s death, probably not for profit and with only the best intentions, however causing the animal to suffer more than probably necessary. And hey a bullet is definitely cheaper than a vet bill!
The legality of this is not a concern. There is no law stating that you can not put down an animal if it is done in a humane manner and there is also no law here about the use of firearms. Don’t worry, I wrote in the OP about using a shotgun mainly for effect. Most likely I will use a centerfire rifle or pistol and will have done all the preparation (digging grave, etc.) ahead of time.
My father was [fingers together]this[/fingers together] close to carrying out the same deed when my 12 year old collie was knocking on death’s door about 10 years ago. He had already loaded, cocked, and aimed the pistol when the poor guy just started to shudder and died on his own…It definitely would have felt worse watching him suffer for any longer than the feelings of remorse that would have been the result shooting him.
I basically wanted to poll the dopers out there to find out how many people are against this sort of thing.