‘Berserk’ cat sends woman to hospital

[Cannikin]

Upset by appearance of a rival, pet goes on biting rampage in Idaho
The Associated Press
Updated: 9:39 p.m. CT March 10, 2007
HAILEY, Idaho - A house cat attacked its owner, sending her to the hospital by ambulance with more than 20 bite wounds.

The cat, a black and white domestic male, went on the rampage Wednesday when a neighbor showed up at the door with a different cat, mistakenly thinking it belonged to the woman.

“She went to the door, and her cat went berserk,” Jeff Nevins, assistant fire chief for Wood River Fire and Rescue, told the Idaho Mountain Express.

The woman in her 60s was taken to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center with what Nevins described as “pretty serious puncture wounds.” Neither the hospital nor the fire department would provide any details to The Associated Press on Saturday, or say whether she has been released.

“I think the owner said she was going to take it to the shelter because that’s not the first time she’s been attacked,” Nevins said.

[SeattleGirl]

1. I wonder if the cat is ill. My SIL's mother's cat went berserk on her

one day, scratched and bit the hell out of her, and had never done anything like that before. My SIL and BIL took the cat to the vet (after taking care of mom), and x-rays revealed the cat had a brain tumor, which caused it to suddently turn on it's owner. They had to have the cat put down.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. I had an old roommate who was hospitalized

by a 12-week old kitten.


She came home and saw a cat who looked just like HER 12-week old kitten in the street. She ran to pick it up and the thing went full-on Naomi Campbell on her. It pissed, it shit, it scratched, it bit. It went totally insane.

She had to stay in the hospital for two days with IV antibiotics, then go back every day for week for 2 hours of IV antibiotics.


Cats can fuck you up.


PS: So can Naomi Campbell! :scared:

[Cannikin]

4. LOL @ full on Naomi Campbell

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[gr8dane_daddy]

3. Another reason why dogs rule...

;)