Hello, all.
So, my cat Autumn has a tendency to go places she is not allowed. There are only two, really; on top of the tarantula tanks (only one of which she can reach anyways), and on top of the snake tank. Tonight, she went on top of the tarantula tank, again.
Now, I had an atrocious day at work. I'm in the middle of a depressive episode. I am exhausted. I'm not saying that to excuse what I did, but to explain how it happened.
I'd had it with her doing these things. She has plenty of hiding/climbing places, and she always seems to do it for attention. I am /so/ sick of it. I have tried everything to get her to stop and she just won't. She's still young, so I'm hoping she'll grow out of it.
Anyways, when I got her out of the tarantula's cubbyhole... I flicked her nose. Quite hard. She seemed absolutely shocked and hit my hand several times afterwards. She ran and hid for a while, and now she's just ignoring me. She's not bleeding, nor does she show any signs of pain, but I feel absolutely terrible. I need to keep her off those tanks, for her own safety (the mesh will not support her weight; indeed, the snake tank has a large, cat-shaped dent in the roof) and I need her to not hate me ._. I feel absolutely terrible for what I did to her.
So, my cat Autumn has a tendency to go places she is not allowed. There are only two, really; on top of the tarantula tanks (only one of which she can reach anyways), and on top of the snake tank. Tonight, she went on top of the tarantula tank, again.
Now, I had an atrocious day at work. I'm in the middle of a depressive episode. I am exhausted. I'm not saying that to excuse what I did, but to explain how it happened.
I'd had it with her doing these things. She has plenty of hiding/climbing places, and she always seems to do it for attention. I am /so/ sick of it. I have tried everything to get her to stop and she just won't. She's still young, so I'm hoping she'll grow out of it.
Anyways, when I got her out of the tarantula's cubbyhole... I flicked her nose. Quite hard. She seemed absolutely shocked and hit my hand several times afterwards. She ran and hid for a while, and now she's just ignoring me. She's not bleeding, nor does she show any signs of pain, but I feel absolutely terrible. I need to keep her off those tanks, for her own safety (the mesh will not support her weight; indeed, the snake tank has a large, cat-shaped dent in the roof) and I need her to not hate me ._. I feel absolutely terrible for what I did to her.