Pet StoriesWhen one of my cats was younger and a lot fatter, he came bowling in from the garden with an almighty crash. Looking slightly stunned, he'd arrived into the kitchen having ripped the cat flap from the door and was still wearing it as a cat-tutu. Did I mention he was quite fat?
In honour of Jake, a well loved cat, who died on Wednesday, tell us your pet stories and cheer us up.
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chthonic, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 9:15)
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When I was very youngprobably about 3 or 4, I won a goldfish at the fair, as one did.
My mum got a proper tank for it, and Fred, as he was called, lived in it for some time. Actually he survived 6 years. But he had several hairy moments. Occasionally he would lie at the top of the tank on his side (never a good thing for a fish!) whereupon my parents would add some "Perk-Up" crystals to the tank, and next morning he'd be right as rain.
Except that one night my dad came in late and found Fred in a bad way. There was no Perk-Up lying around, so he chucked in a nip of whisky instead!
Fred seemed to react well to this and next day was fine again. I didn't find out about this until years later, which made me wonder:
WTF is in Perk-Up? Is it still on sale, and is there a human version? (Presumably Red Bull and Viagra would have a similar effect) And was it just luck that whisky did the trick too? I'd have thought alcohol would have poisoned a fish. Everything else seems to.
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 11 Jun 2007, 14:04,
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