My sister usually steps on it and told me to do so too becuase any human with a heart for animals would do so. Would you step on it to release it from it´s suffering or would you let it die by it´s injuries ?
2007-08-30 22:52:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
The best thing to do is to take it to a nearby vet if possible. Quite honestly, you shouldn't step on it , that is just not right. It is better it die on it own if it is that bad. Just leave water and bird seeds nearby so at least it can eat and drink something. I remember one time using a dropper to give a bird water. It eventually flew off on its own. Either way, it will be good if a vet could attend to it.
2007-09-07 22:58:12 · answer #1 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You must put it out of its misery. I am in my third year of a veterinary medicine degree and we are taught 'in field euthanasia' so this means a sharp blow to the neck of the animal will be rapid enough to kill the injured. If you dont feel up to this, ask a veterinarian to sort it out in the surgery. Most vets will do this with no charge as it is not the responsibility of the owner to pay for a wild animal. The amount of euthatal (pentobarbitone which kills them by lethal injection) is minimal in an already comprimiised animal.
Another way to prevent this is to simply ignore the gift, no matter how hard it may seem to do, as the cat will realise that it can be praised in other ways, other than a carcass of a hunt.
2007-08-31 07:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if u have the heart to step on it do so!!! ur cat gave u a gift, pat the cat and tell it its a gr8 hunter. Or u can at least just throw the gift away across other ppls lawns or something. I just had a mole brought to me this morning by my female cat and it was still kicking yuck!! I threw it into the bushes where my kids and dogs and other cats won't find it
To the ppl that say take it to the vet .... r u freakin insane not all of us have the money to waste on a mouse, mole, bird whatever!!! theres millions of the freakin things just do away with it!!!
2007-09-06 11:55:28 · answer #3 · answered by briezy81ca 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how badly it's hurt. SOmetimes our cat brings us mice and birds that she has just been playing with and they are either playing dead or are in slight shock and don't have any real injuries. When this happens we try to nurse the creature back to health.
On the other hand if it is badly hurt then yes i would say the kindest thing to do would be to put it out of it's misery, with a quick bang. Make sure you do it right first time and do not prolong the agony.
2007-09-06 17:06:46 · answer #4 · answered by Tracy T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the animal is still alive and able to move, if it is on the floor sweep it out with a broom the birds can really be a problem if they are still flying try to let them fly away. Make sure the cat is in another room or sleeping when you do this or he or she might think you are rejecting him or her by rejecting the present.
2007-09-07 18:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by STEVEN H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know if I'd step on it, but I did once break the neck of a young rabbit that my cat had seriously injured. Its was late at night and the poor thing's intestines were showing - I didn't have the heart to let it free to die of sepsis.
It was sad, but I'd probably do it again.
2007-09-04 15:25:12 · answer #6 · answered by sdc_99 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a bit of a nuisance,but the cat is offering you a present.
Your cat obviously loves you,so accept the gift,use gloves, but, certainly put the poor animal out of it's misery.
It would be unlikely that the animal would survive after being savaged by the cat, so don't leave it in pain. good luck.
2007-08-31 06:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I´d step on it to put it out of it´s mysery. Mice are nuts anyway.
OMG all that talking here with bring it to a vet is driving me nuts. Do you people have any idea how much a vet charges just to put an animal to sleep ? The poor woman would need to work an extra fulltime job just to pay off her vet-bills. Get real, get a life....... it´s jnust a mouse, not a dog. Stomp on the damn critter and forget about it.
2007-08-31 06:59:09 · answer #8 · answered by Kendra-Kitty 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
If the cat hasn't or isn't going to finish the job, get a bucket of cold tap water. Submerge the victim completely wrapped in a weighted cloth. Leave for 20 min's to be sure, then dispose of in what-ever manor is easyiest.
2007-09-05 13:50:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi my cats bring birds bugs and other things home all the time they enjoy playing with them til they die or stop moving or making noise then they eat them. This is normal behaviour and I don't think it can be stopped alltogether.
2007-09-06 18:13:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋