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| Brindle |
on Wed 24 May 06, 11:57 PM to Brindle's blog.
Is unconditionally, completely and irrevocably brought to the fore when presented with a helpless creature in unnecessary, unwanted, uncalled for and unwarranted pain. Especially when inflicted by another creature. Such as a human being.
My biker brought me home a pet mouse this evening. An unwanted gift to the child of a 'friend'.
Even he thought it's chances in a plastic box strapped to the back of his bike were better than leaving it where it was 
Poor little thing. It arrived hidden under a pile of sawdust, squashed into a corner, under a ceramic food bowl full of bits of carrot. I honestly thought it was dead at first...
But a little shared body heat (my cleavage), some water (a teaspoon IN the cleavage) and some sunflower seeds (yes, you guessed, dropped into the cleavage)... and we have movement 
A vast twitching of whiskers, blinking of eyes, great confusion and a determined decision to burrow into my shirt pocket.
Where he/it/she is presently residing. A terribly small, virtually starved thing, suffering from hypothermia and shock, with it's ribs and backbone showing visible and almost painful too touch... poor mite. Fair enough, I can understand that you may not be keen if someone gives your child a pet that you personally dislike/loathe of have a phobia about. You may not be inclined to bond over the wood shavings!
But even so.
To starve it and leave it in a plastic tank with an empty food bowl, no water and no bedding?
I can't condone that, even as a genuine case of mistaken neglect. There is no excuse really. If you don't want it in the house and can't be bothered to care for it's most basic needs - give it too a friend, take it too a pet shop, give it too the RSPCA...
But don't leave it in a corner for others to stumble upon and rescue out of a sense of horror at what you've just done.....
| 24 May 06, 11:58 PM mini_velvet UK(EH), 6 yrs |
poor wee bugger. Im glad you are looking after it Easy? You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'! |
| 25 May 06, 12:03 AM Politesweetness UK, 6 yrs |
Ooooh Brindle, I feel sorry just thinking about the poor darling. I can never únderstand people who are cruel to animals and dont look after them properly. I have lots of animals, and my husbands always says that they are being fed better food than him and that, really, he is last on the list after every single pet lol, but then I feel thats the way it has to be as after all, these pets havent chosen to stay with us but we went and got them to stay with us! Well done for being so caring smile! Polite x |
