She's a cat.

[gargoylekitty]

So I came downstairs today to find Moon-kitty in the living room lying ontop of the rabbit and attempting to get a grip on his neck with her teeth. Oh course I pulled them apart and made sure the rabbit was alright though I then bitched out the idiots who decided it was a good idea to let the rabbit run loose but not watch for the cat. 1) For not watching and 2) For telling me to punish the cat and yelling at her over it. Punishing instinct is stupid. Yes, if she'd managed to harm/kill the rabbit it would have really sucked but she's a cat. Stop humanizing her and pretending that what she was doing is 'wrong'. *fumes*

Comments

[sammim.livejournal.com]

My mom is like that with the animals too. She expects them to think like humans. I hate it because she still refuses to understand it.

[be-prepared.livejournal.com]

See, this is why I loved my Flemish giant... no cat messed with her. ha ha

Yeah, I can't see why people punish something for doing what it does. It's the same reason they go after that string- which is hilarious, natural instincts!

I'm glad both parties are fine. :)

[silverdragon729.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god, THANK YOU!!! I am so sick of these people who think that animals are fluffy and cutsy and have no natural instincts. They are animals, and as their providers, it's up to US, the humans, the sentient ones, to try to rein them in sometimes.

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I hate it when people hold animals to the same social standards of sentient beings *shakes head* Glad your rabbit was okay

[mahasin.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Cats are cats, they will try and eat something if it registers in their minds as prey.

Don't leave your rabbit/hamster/mice out if you don't want them to become tasty noms.