Don't kill the cat.
Really bad idea. It's someone's pet and it's likely to get back to you.
I've noticed your desire to "punish" animals?
The difference between you and I is that I've no sense of anger or revenge towards these animals, I know they've done nothing wrong; that, and I've never (and probably never will, except for maybe hunting) seriously considered killing anything larger than a squirrel.
Especially not something as social and empathetic towards humans as a dog or a cat.
You said you felt bad only because the bird "belonged" to you, right? It sounds like 'owning' animals and making them 'yours', i.e. preserving them, would help you get your rocks off. Try going to creeks, looking under rocks, and collecting frogs, toads, salamanders, and snakes.
All you need is a watertight glass jar (olive/pickle jars are great) and isopropyl rubbing alcohol.
You'll want a 91% solution because the process of osmosis (high pressure to low) causes the animal's fluids to leak into the alcohol, diluting it; so 70% (most common rubbing alcohol solution) might become 60%.
If you want to be really thorough, change the alcohol solution after about 3 days (once the animals fluids have been replaced with alcohol) and get a perfect, clear long-term alcohol solution.
If you have an especially large specimen, after killing it and putting it in it's solution, put it in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 days; you do this because it takes the alcohol longer to be absorbed by large specimens, meaning decomp may occur. Thus you lower the temperature and slow things down.
The largest specimen you can probably effectively preserve, with alcohol, is probably something between the size of a mouse and a hamster; bigger than that requires formaldehyde injections (which is essentially impossible for normal people).
Thanks for the info but I don't feel like going looking for random animals in the wild and killing them for no reason. There has to be a reason for me to want it.
I know it's someone elses pet but its owners hate it, they dont care for it except food+water and they actually wish every day that it will die by itself over night.
I am the only one who really cares for it, I clean away its pus from its nose and eyes when it's sick, buy it treats and items.
But still, keeping the cat alive any longer just makes no sense to me.
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Don't kill the cat.
Really bad idea. It's someone's pet and it's likely to get back to you.
I've noticed your desire to "punish" animals?
The difference between you and I is that I've no sense of anger or revenge towards these animals, I know they've done nothing wrong; that, and I've never (and probably never will, except for maybe hunting) seriously considered killing anything larger than a squirrel.
Especially not something as social and empathetic towards humans as a dog or a cat.
You said you felt bad only because the bird "belonged" to you, right? It sounds like 'owning' animals and making them 'yours', i.e. preserving them, would help you get your rocks off. Try going to creeks, looking under rocks, and collecting frogs, toads, salamanders, and snakes.
All you need is a watertight glass jar (olive/pickle jars are great) and isopropyl rubbing alcohol.
You'll want a 91% solution because the process of osmosis (high pressure to low) causes the animal's fluids to leak into the alcohol, diluting it; so 70% (most common rubbing alcohol solution) might become 60%.
If you want to be really thorough, change the alcohol solution after about 3 days (once the animals fluids have been replaced with alcohol) and get a perfect, clear long-term alcohol solution.
If you have an especially large specimen, after killing it and putting it in it's solution, put it in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 days; you do this because it takes the alcohol longer to be absorbed by large specimens, meaning decomp may occur. Thus you lower the temperature and slow things down.
The largest specimen you can probably effectively preserve, with alcohol, is probably something between the size of a mouse and a hamster; bigger than that requires formaldehyde injections (which is essentially impossible for normal people).
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Thanks for the info but I don't feel like going looking for random animals in the wild and killing them for no reason. There has to be a reason for me to want it.
I know it's someone elses pet but its owners hate it, they dont care for it except food+water and they actually wish every day that it will die by itself over night.
I am the only one who really cares for it, I clean away its pus from its nose and eyes when it's sick, buy it treats and items.
But still, keeping the cat alive any longer just makes no sense to me.