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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:05 PM
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Is Beer bad for cats?
My cat Maisy last year when I was watching Iowa hand Michigan it's ass. I had a glass of Warstiener beer right beside me. She came right up to it and started drinking out of it, just dunked her head right in it. I immedeatly shoed her away and had a laugh at the fact that a cat likes to drink beer. When she drinks water she dips her paw in it and licks it off but, when she drank my beer just dunked her head right in there.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:06 PM
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1. Yes
You need to remember when animals are drunk they don't knwo that, they think they are sick and it scares them
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CanuckAmok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:07 PM
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2. Certainly don't let them drive!
Seriously, alcohol isn't good for animals-they don't like to be impaired--particularly cats.
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:12 PM
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7. Yeah, I've noticed that about cats...
... in my younger and dumber days I "experimented" (not with alcohol, but with something else) and felt terrible when I saw how confused and frightened my cat was for a while. I'll never do that one again.

However, the dog I grew up with (best dog to ever live) seemed to love alcohol, especially red wine. He'd get piss drunk, chase his tail for a while, and have an all around wonderful time.
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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:32 PM
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11. grrrrrrrr, I used to take cats away from people when they did that!!
poor kitty. :spank: I am glad to hear you didn't do it again. :pals:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:56 PM
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14. Wouldn't you get arrested for that?
Isn't that theft?
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 11:05 PM
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23. Yeah... I felt terrible...
I really loved Fart and had no malintent, although I may have been rather careless.

So, anyway, now not only do I not do that any more, but I've loudly protested against others doing it on 1 or 2 occasions, as well.

Poor kitties...

Oh, here's a pic of Fart, btw:



And here's Georgette w/Fart:



Fart is no longer with us :( but Georgie is a very spry 18.5 years old now. Had her for about 2/3 of my life.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 11:09 PM
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25. You named your cat Fart
Why? Were you stoned when you named him?
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 12:42 AM
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26. It was short for Fahrvergnügen.
My mom called her "Farfie" for short, and I called her "Fart". I think we both agreed that "Fart" was a more fitting name; she just wasn't willing to use it.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 01:41 AM
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28. Why? Did the cat have a flatulence problem?
I know some dogs with nasty farts, but never have met a cat with such a problem. Of course they more than make up for it with the litterbox.
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 02:03 AM
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30. Hehe... well, actually she did...
... but beyond that, she was just such a "little fart" that it fit.

One of my fave cats ever...
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:07 PM
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3. experimentation is the key to discovery
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:11 PM
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6. I don't think she'll start writing literature anytime soon
She still hasn't figured out that it is her tail she is chasing
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:10 PM
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4. I don't know about cats...
But you've reminded me of a Lab we had years ago who was a real alcoholic. She'd sneak up on an open bottle of beer, knock it over, and guzzle as much as she could before she got caught. She also loved screwdrivers.

I've heard about other alcohol-loving dogs, but never a cat. I guess it's safe to say you have an odd feline? :D
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:10 PM
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5. Yes it's bad for cats
Getting a dumb animal drunk isn't nice.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:13 PM
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8. I'm not getting the cat drunk
Edited on Sun Aug-31-03 05:16 PM by sasquatch
I'm not wasting money on Warstiener beer so I can get the cat drunk on purpose. If I wanted to get her drunk on purpose I would buy something cheap like Old Milwaukee
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:18 PM
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9. have a little respect for your pet
If you loved Maisy, you'd get her something better than Old Milwaukee. That stuff is just foul!
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:20 PM
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10. Good point
I'll buy her some Goose Island or Great Lakes Brewing Company Beer
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:38 PM
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12. Try the hard stuff.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 05:42 PM
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13. You mean other than beer
I don't know about giving a cat whisekey. I don't think she'll go for it, I was surprised shew did that.
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DoNotRefill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 01:02 AM
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27. HEY!!!
My cats are smarter than a large part of the human population. They read DU, and take great umbrage at your classification of cats as "dumb animals". If they were visiting your house, they told me they'd pee on your keyboard for posting such a slandarous and specist comment.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 06:20 PM
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15. alcohol is toxic for animals.
I would watch out here. I had a 'friend' who thought it
was funny to get his dog drunk. That dog suffered some
awful health problems.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 06:21 PM
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16. If cats don't like to be impaired why do they like Catnip?
I mean they seem really stoned on catnip to me.
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MoonGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 11:08 PM
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24. Good point.
And I guess it's all a matter of how different chemicals interact with different biochemistries.

Lots of intoxicants that humans love will just make cats feel sick, paranoid, frightened, weak, etc.

Heck, some of these things don't even have the same effect from human to human.
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dofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 09:06 PM
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17. When I was a kid we had a rabbit
who was a mean drunk! My father home-brewed wine, and this rabbit would get into the wine and then go around biting people. I still have scars.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 09:39 PM
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18. That sucks
Never been bit by a Rabbit before but, if it leaves scars they must bite really hard.
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dofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 10:43 PM
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19. They're essentially rodents,
with very sharp teeth. Blackie (the wino rabbit) was mean even when sober. I'm not sure what eventually happened to him. I think my parents gave him away to some farmer who made rabbit stew of him.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 10:48 PM
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20. Mmmm...Rabbit Stew
I prefer Rabbit Roast.
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Astarho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 10:48 PM
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21. My cat is the same way
He drinks out of his water dish with his paw like yours and he likes beer. I never let him have any but if I'm not careful, he'll lick the bottle when I'm done.
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-31-03 10:58 PM
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22. Cool
Does anyone else have this problem with there cat?
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 01:48 AM
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29. Recommended beer for cats


They like it because it has a fish on the label :evilgrin:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-01-03 08:00 AM
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31. I'll make a note of it
Maisy will enjoy
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