Do you think you would win in a fight with a cat?

[rug]

Poll question: Do you think you would win in a fight with a cat?

I'm tempted to say yes but they're sinister fuckers.

[jeff30997]

1. I ain't afraid of no pussy

cat !

[sammythecat]

2. There wouldn't be no fight.

I'd back down.

Like, immediately. :scared:

A cat can really fuck you up in a hurry.

[Bertha Venation]

3. Already had my ass kicked by a 5-wk kitten. I named her Skittles.

Yes, indeedy!

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Yeah I could... but it wouldn't be worth the hospital bill.

[MorningGlow]

5. I already lost a battle with our male kitteh

I suffered greatly for it (severe puncture wounds and scratches that resulted in cat scratch fever--NOT fun).

I should note that I didn't pick the fight and he didn't mean to attack me--he was having a standoff with a stray cat that was outside our front door. When I went to close the door so they'd stop staring one another down, and he saw movement out of the corner of his eye, he attacked "whatever it was". That just happened to be my right hand and arm.

When he realized what he'd done he was mortified and was terrified to come near me till I convinced him I didn't blame him. He never harmed any one of us before that and hasn't since, either.

But I learned how fierce a seemingly harmless fuzzybutt can be, and I would NEVER pick a fight with a cat. No way, nohow.

[TomorrowNeverKnows]

6. Good thing my cat is de-clawed,

He can have quite the temper; He's batted at me, my mom, grandma, and my other cats, and sometimes the dogs with his front paws. If he wasn't de-clawed, we'd/I'd probably not win, lol.

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. No!

I tried to give one of my cats a bath. She used her powers of flight to end up 2 rooms over without ever touching the water. Her front legs also moved so fast they were a blur. She was gone in a nanosecond, and I was left with a brazillion scratches. I looked like I had been attacked by teetiny gang members with switchblades.

[Deep13]

8. Five of kitty's six ends are pointy.

Only the tail is safe (but not the butt.)

[petronius]

9. It's the modern definition of a Pyrrhic victory

I've never not been able to get my cats to do what I want them to, but often it hasn't been worth the cost...

[Rob H.]

10. Nope

I think that, pound for pound, cats are some of the ass-kickingest pets people can have--the claws, the teeth, and they're good at sneaking up on you when you aren't paying attention. Mine has gotten better at not using her claws when she's playing but for a while there I thought about changing her name to "Mauly."

[azmouse]

11. ummmm.... maybe.

Depends on the size of the cat...

[DevonRex]

12. If the cat wants to win, it will win.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. give your cat a bath

and them we will talk

[Flaxbee]

14. Our big male tuxedo, all 20 lbs of him (Ivan) could turn me into

hamburger meat in less than a minute, I have no doubt. If he got pissed off and wanted to hurt me, or my 6'4" husband, we'd be goners. Ivan demands respect.

One of the girl cats almost sliced my ear in two (she's very ornery); I have never ever seen so much blood (head wounds bleed, ya know). The other girl kitties are docile, but if they turned on whirling-dervish mode, we'd be in bad shape.

Our late, much beloved Tommycat, was once harassed by a Golden Retriever, and as I tried to safely get him away from said dog, he flipped out (and was later very mortified he'd hurt me). My fingers were bloody shreds by the time he got away to higher ground.

[applegrove]

15. I broke up a fight between two cats one time. The big Tom who started it all then attacked me.

Using all fours he attached himself to my leg. I winded back and gave a big kick. That cat went flying but landed on his feet. Then he left. I WON! :woohoo:

[DevonRex]

19. No you didn't. He took pity on you.

[applegrove]

28. He took pity on me as he was flying twenty feet through the air.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. thats a funny story

[applegrove]

29. I thought it was funny at the time too. I did end up with quite the scratch marks at the time. But

it was my old cat Gerry who got attacked and nobody touched my cat.

[rug]

24. Unless it happened more than ten years ago, it's not over.

[applegrove]

27. Oh it happened 30 years ago.

[lunatica]

16. my cat beat the crap out of two of us trying to give it a pill

Don't tutch anything when the cat is mad!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Cats can totally fuck you up. I wouldn't even try.

[graywarrior]

18. Hell no.

My cat can and does kick my ass and make me cry a hundred times a day.

[LeftyMom]

21. I damn near got my arms torn off by a 5 lb feral who was half-dead from parasites and malnutrition

[rug]

23. Good grief.

[Demoiselle]

22. I've managed to get a recalcitrant cat into a carrier once...

1. The carrier and its door are oversized, so that she couldn't brace against the edge of the door with all four feet...
2. I put the carrier in place two hours before I had to get her into it (lots of whistling and doing other things and avoiding eye contact for those two hours)
3. I wore oven mitts
4. I waited until she was right in front of the carrier door (about one foot) before I....
5. Took her completely by surprise from behind and scooped her inside.

The real truth of all the above is that i was very lucky. Much fuming growling snarling and howling went on inside the carrier. She was telling me what she'd do to me when she got out. Fortunately since she has a brain the size of a pea, she'd forgotten all about it by the time she got home from the vet. (And no, I have no idea how they managed her...but I figure they get paid for it, it's their problem.)

[Mike 03]

25. My cat always wins: for ten years, he's won every fight, and I have

the scars to prove it.

[trof]

26. With sufficient padding, yes.

:-)

[Arugula Latte]

30. I never pick fights with kitties. I do as they say. Mine is not to question. The end.

Kitties ... :loveya:

[Strong Atheist]

31. "they're sinister fuckers"

:rofl: