Here Be Dragons: Kitteh learns not to turn his back LOL

[Are_grits_groceries]

Kitteh practically had a seizure.

[Voice for Peace]

1. hahaha that is great

especially with the kids laughing

[BainsBane]

2. the Iguana's like, "chill, dude."

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Poor little kitty...

I'm laughing so hard that it scared MY cat.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Generally I try NOT

To laugh at children, the elderly, the disabled, or animals when they are having a funny made on them -

But that was freaking funny!

[missingthebigdog]

5. Thanks for posting this.

Too cute. I have had several kitties that apparently share some heritage with that one. LOL

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. Most important need when fighting dragons? Traction.

With some grip that initial leap would have been epic.

[arcane1]

26. Indeed, that little kitty would've been on the ceiling!

[proReality]

7. The poor kitten will be paranoid for life now, but

I couldn't help laughing along with the family.

[nolabear]

8. Heeeey, who's the scary predatory beast around here, anyway???

[adieu]

9. That's where the term

"Fraidy cat" comes from.

[fantase56]

10. aaaaaa gak...

afternoon coffee out my nose. god i love kittens.

[hootinholler]

11. Is there something wrong with its R front leg?

The kitteh (poor thing) looks like that R front leg is hurting or stiff.

[catchnrelease]

16. I noticed that too

It's hard to tell if it's hurting or is just in 'tough guy' stalking mode. I bet he/she won't go after lizards outside in the future!

Edit to add: I watched this again on you tube full screen, and you can see that kitten has a collar or something around it's neck, that has gotten pushed back behind his right 'elbow'. So I think that's why it's walking in a weird way.

[TinkerTot55]

23. Pardon me for being suspicious....

....but the kitten's reaction seems to me to be to the harness it has on, and not so much the "dragon." Suppose someone put some type of electrical shocking device on the harness, and got the "reaction" they wanted, in order to put it on You Tube. Cruel, and possible. And NOT CUTE.

[TinkerTot55]

24. Yes.

He yowled in pain, looking right at the iguanas. He wasn't afraid of them, he stalked them. Someone applied an electrical shock. Should be reported to the Humane Society. I have as good a sense of humor as the next person, and I love animals and have a houseful of four-legged kids, but that was a manipulated situation if ever there was one. And I HATE bullies, especially those that pick on defenseless people and animals. Shame on whoever did that.

[BainsBane]

25. I didn't realize that

How awful. Unrec.

[jberryhill]

27. where are the electrodes and battery?

The cat is definitely wearing something, but it may just be a collar.

While the cat is flipping around on the floor, I don't hear anything hard hitting the floor, such as a housing for an electronic device.

Even if powered by a stack of small batteries, a remote control shock device is going to have a rigid housing which would be obvious on an animal that small.

I see a strap, but no indication that it has anything on it.

[TinkerTot55]

31. I definately see and understand your point....

...but I've seen so many miniaturized electronic devices used in training collars lately, that it seems possible. The kitten's reaction isn't normal, and the weird straps restricting it's normal walking gait make me VERY suspicious. If the kitten were going to freak out like that NORMALLY, I doubt he would have been so bold as to be curious, follow, and bat at the iguanas. And cats that are startled WILL leap and twist like that...but the iguanas never touched him, and he's DEFINATELY yowling in pain.

[jberryhill]

32. Okay, so show me a sampler of shock collars

...and remember this is a very small kitten.

The point of "shock collars" is not to induce pain, but to apply transcutaneous nerve stimulation to briefly flex the neck muscles, as a collar would. If you think about a kitten's neck - I'd be surprised if there are any with electrodes that close together.

It's possible, it just doesn't seem likely. Kittens are prone to spazzing out.

[TinkerTot55]

33. I understand your point, and I'm no expert on electronic devices.

I do have a lifetime of experience with cats, and a surprised cat can do any number of gravity-defying twists and turns and gyrations and contortions.......but I've never heard them SCREAM in pain from s u r p r i s e ......only from painful stimuli. If the kitten had just jumped and leaped onto a chair or somehow gotten away from what "scared" it, I could understand that. But the kitten is in PAIN. And that strap serves NO useful purpose......why is that strap there? It's not a usual configuration for a harness, and it restricts the kitten's movement. He walks awkwardly.

Something just isn't right there. Something defies logic.....and normal experience.

[jberryhill]

34. There is something odd about the strap.

[nolabear]

35. I think it might be a figure 8 harness. If he's not used to it he might well walk oddly.

His discomfort might add to the reaction but I don't think there's any harm done.

[TinkerTot55]

36. Figure-eight harnesses generally are made of thin, lightweight materials...

( unlike dog harnesses ) as cats are notorious for hating any restrictions to their movements. Watch the movement of the kitten's front right leg, especially near it's chest and shoulder. Movement is very restricted, almost painful....like something is jabbing into it's chest. Kitten ignores whatever is restricting its movement, because it's so fascinated with the critters. Kitten is aware of the iguanas, not overly frightened. I still think he is receiving a painful shock. Reminds me of the rodeo practice of tying straps around the sensitive area near the haunches and rumps of bulls and horses, and applying shocks, or painful barbs, to make them buck and jump.

[nolabear]

39. I don't think so. I had a cat act like that once just from having tape stuck to her.

Maybe I find it impossible to believe that someone would put their kitten on the floor with a couple of chameleons, let them interact with one another, shock the kitten for no good reason and have their little kids laugh like mad. I suppose it's possible but I don't see enough evidence to get me to believe such a terrible thing.

[TinkerTot55]

37. Sorry if I seem obsessive about this topic, but I H A T E .....

...just HATE cruelty to animals. Especially the variety that seems to be inflicted on animals ( and sometimes small children ) just so someone can get a video on You Tube with hopes of getting lots of hits.

I do apologize. But poor, poor kitty.

[madokie]

12. seems a little cruel to me

[Are_grits_groceries]

13. I don't think they knew what to expect.

I certainly didn't expect that fit.
Now, if they knew that kitten was very skittish, it was cruel.
The lizard could have easily stayed in one place while the kitten stalked the other.

[madokie]

14. Best I remember kittens are skittish by nature

[Vincardog]

15. Please tell me what exactly is cruel about a kittens reaction to dragons?

[Tikki]

17. A kittie on a smooth surface like that could hurt herself as she bounces..

and twists and falls out of fright. I would never do that after seeing a little kittie become paralyzed after
slamming into a wall running from something on a hardwood floor.

Looks like this kittie is OK, through.

Cute kittie.


Tikki

[forestpath]

30. It seemed cruel to me too.

[tblue]

43. I hate being startled.

I felt sorry for kitty too. Scaring him like that. It looks like he's got a bad leg or something too. Poor baby. I would grab and hug him if I could. And I am really a Dog Person.

[Paper Roses]

18. Sorry to be a party pooper. Poor kitty.

I would have jumped even higher with 2 lizards in my house.
I am a cat person and would never subject my kitty to this.

[OnyxCollie]

19. LOL! nt

[Enrique]

20. i don't like seeing the kitty scared

but I did enjoy the lizard sneaking up at :31

[GeoWilliam750]

21. So cute!

[corkhead]

22. a very slippery floor contributed greatly to the kitty's histrionics

[Liberal_in_LA]

28. LOL

[awoke_in_2003]

29. Behold the mighty hunter...

That was great.

[tonekat]

38. I really didn't like that

I just didn't. I'm a cat lover, and that seemed not OK.

[jonthebru]

40. These people are fucking mental for doing this to that litten.

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. Reminds me of Connie (the sun conure) and one of the "house geckos"

Connie is walking on the floor. Gecko comes out from under the sofa, they stare at each other for thirty seconds, conure screeches, gecko hisses, they both turn tail and run from each other.

I wish I had video taped it. Connie was a nervous mess for an hour.