I was sitting quitely on the couch watch Leno and/or Letterman, with my noble companion Scooter sleeping on my lap. My neighbor tends to knock on doors very loudly, and as she did (looking for superglue at midnight, hmmm…) it startled both me and my trusty feline. I may have jumped a little, but he jumped a LOT. He is declawed in the front paws, but not the back. I now have a three inch gash on my upper, inner, right thigh, an inch and a half from my “boys” (yes, I measured it). Bled a good bit for a cat scratch. Had he twitched in his sleep before that know, that particular claw could have been, say, an inch and three quarters further up the leg, well, I can just hear the “plop” as the right-hand-side member of the pair hits the floor.
For those cat-haters out there, he was punished.
For those cat-lovers out there, he survived the punishment.
FairyChatMom I have NO CLUE why she wanted it, but I’m the guy who has anything anybody needs in the complex. She was surprised I didn’t have that. I was more concerned about the shooting pain in my next-to-nether-regions.
TruePisces you DO have a good point there!
Nobody kissed it to get better, but it DOES still sting a little :eek: Any volunteers?
True I’m gonna leave that one alone, there may be kids here.
Well, given the situation, it may be useful to note that superglue has been used in surgical applications. It’s apparently very good for sealing wounds that would otherwise need stiches.
Mind you, using it to reattach one of the “boys” might be a bit beyond it’s therapeutic abilities.
Several years back my cat was on my lap, asleep, when my wife came home from work; her opening the door startled him, and he launched, leaving a gouge in my inner left thigh. My wife couldn’t understand my histrionics until she saw the blood running from between my fingers as I was applying direct pressure.
No, I didn’t punish him; he didn’t do anything wrong, just acting natural, and wouldn’t have understood why.
Being of the fairer sex, I’m afraid I can’t reply with anything but sympathy and a sincere gratefulness that no males 'nads were harmed in either your’s or VB’s incidents.
I mean, two such handsome men, injured in such a manner! Well, it doesn’t bear thinking about. :eek:
So glad you’re ok, UncleBill. Oh, and you also, VB.
[sub]And to think the damage was almost done to both by a male feline too![/sub] Love the irony.
My beast is actually the best trained cat I’ve seen (except those who do circus tricks in Key West). I have a command voice he knows well. He’s restricted to the courtyard where I live, and when he “wanders” to the exits, I sit in my chair and tell him he’s about to make a bad decision and lose his outdoor priveleges for a while (but I don’t use that many words). He listens.
The other night I did a [command voice]NO! BAD SCOOTER! GET OUT OF HERE![/command voice] and didn’t let him back on the coffee table.
I know, it was cruel, but it was in the heat of the moment.
but it DOES still sting a little :eek: Any volunteers?