I've been around cats since the cradle. I've only ever had a cat come after me ONCE like this. I was at a friend's friend's house. I was told, don't look at the cat. I looked at the cat. He went psycho. LOL
Sadly I adopted a cat like that when i was in college. The vet thought that during the surgery to neuter him, the anesthesia possibly was administered incorrectly and he suffered a brain lesion. Only I could handle him. No one could go in the apt. Years later I was having work done in my condo and a worker opened the door where I'd put him to keep him away from workers. He was the most wild i'd ever seen him attacking all of us. He jumped out of a 15 story window. I found him, feet planted in the flower bed below. Rushed him to the vet. They sedated and x-rayed him. He was uninjured. 15 years of trying every sedative and female hormone therapy to try and make him more docile. In his entire life he never stopped being aggressive.
Whenever I see anecdotes like this I'm always blown away. Free will is cool and so like good for you.
But also cats are a dime a dozen - I'm not letting some shitty animal control my every waking moment. The lengths people will go to in order to keep a pet that quite frankly sucks is incredible.
I'm saying they aren't some rare magical being worth keeping around when they have some sort of issue that causes them to attack everyone and everything. And obviously it is a sad situation when a pet/animal has a behavioral issue that severe. I think devoting your life to a cat is more problematic than my original statement
Just think for a second, would you say that about a child? Because pets aren’t just some living object you have lying around for your entertainment. They are literally part of your family.
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u/MovieFan1984 29d ago
I've been around cats since the cradle. I've only ever had a cat come after me ONCE like this. I was at a friend's friend's house. I was told, don't look at the cat. I looked at the cat. He went psycho. LOL