My cousin (almost 21) has a bad case of ADHD, if he doesnt take his meds he quickly gets very agitated and/or violent and angry. For as long as I knew him he has always liked to hurt animals for no apparent reason, probably because of his medical condition, but even on medication he sometimes does it. Now even off his med's he is nice to me, and we have always got along, but it's this one thing that really gets to me.
His parents let him have animals (and trust me they are sensible and smart people), and they know what he does to them, but he gets so out of control they cant control him, so he basically does whatever he wants to certain point. One time I told him to stop hurting his dog, and he told me "why, it's fun she likes to wrestle" I guess he doesnt understand.....
He put a snake in his pants,karate chopped a hamsters neck, starved his lizard to death, broke a tank filled with piranhas and watched them die, when he was younger he would punch his dogs stomach, and the dog he had (well the one his family adopted as a stray who on top of this has breast cancer) last year he would suffocate with his hand,throw it across his room, and put it in a tree in a box, then let it plunge to the ground. Needless to say the dog had such bad injuries one after another, his parents put it to sleep.
Now they have 2 cats and another dog. Thw dog is his sisters, so he really doesnt try to hurt it, but the families two cats arent so lucky. They were given to his family by the person from upstairs family, she died and they were her cats, so she gave them to my cousins family. my cousin keeps them locked in his room with the air conditioner on all thr time, and the tv turned really loud! He hides the litterbox so they cant use the box, then yells at them when they pee and poo on the floor. He feeds them a bowl of food in the morning, and the rest of the day he feeds them catnip, I know, bad. Sometimes he throws them too, but usually they are quick enough to get away from him. One of their cats is usually outside most of the time, and doesnt eat much, and the only good thing about it getting out is it doesnt have to go to the bathroom on his floor, and isnt subjected to being locked in a room all its life. Their other cat recently got AIDs, and my cousins mom tells him to keep the cat in his room, because it's too dangerous for it to be outside. Yes, thats true, but she doesnt know the torture it goes through locked in hos room 24/7 It shivers,hardly gets to eat, and never gets to use the littebox. Plus he picks it up by it stomach so it yells in pain, and he holds it harder, he is not afraid of any animal, and he has been bitten and scratched tons of times.
My point, is there any way to get through to him in a way he can understand that he hurts these animals, because he thinks they enjoy what he does to them.
His parents let him have animals (and trust me they are sensible and smart people), and they know what he does to them, but he gets so out of control they cant control him, so he basically does whatever he wants to certain point. One time I told him to stop hurting his dog, and he told me "why, it's fun she likes to wrestle" I guess he doesnt understand.....
He put a snake in his pants,karate chopped a hamsters neck, starved his lizard to death, broke a tank filled with piranhas and watched them die, when he was younger he would punch his dogs stomach, and the dog he had (well the one his family adopted as a stray who on top of this has breast cancer) last year he would suffocate with his hand,throw it across his room, and put it in a tree in a box, then let it plunge to the ground. Needless to say the dog had such bad injuries one after another, his parents put it to sleep.
Now they have 2 cats and another dog. Thw dog is his sisters, so he really doesnt try to hurt it, but the families two cats arent so lucky. They were given to his family by the person from upstairs family, she died and they were her cats, so she gave them to my cousins family. my cousin keeps them locked in his room with the air conditioner on all thr time, and the tv turned really loud! He hides the litterbox so they cant use the box, then yells at them when they pee and poo on the floor. He feeds them a bowl of food in the morning, and the rest of the day he feeds them catnip, I know, bad. Sometimes he throws them too, but usually they are quick enough to get away from him. One of their cats is usually outside most of the time, and doesnt eat much, and the only good thing about it getting out is it doesnt have to go to the bathroom on his floor, and isnt subjected to being locked in a room all its life. Their other cat recently got AIDs, and my cousins mom tells him to keep the cat in his room, because it's too dangerous for it to be outside. Yes, thats true, but she doesnt know the torture it goes through locked in hos room 24/7 It shivers,hardly gets to eat, and never gets to use the littebox. Plus he picks it up by it stomach so it yells in pain, and he holds it harder, he is not afraid of any animal, and he has been bitten and scratched tons of times.
My point, is there any way to get through to him in a way he can understand that he hurts these animals, because he thinks they enjoy what he does to them.