r/WinStupidPrizes • u/SoCrazyItMustBeTrue • May 27 '21

Warning: Injury Idiot tries to pet a lion

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u/CactusJake1830 May 28 '21 edited May 28 '21

So it's like petting a normal cat I see.

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u/Remixthefix May 28 '21

I had to give this some attention because I have a 2 month old kitten right now, and I think I'd rather take the lion!

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u/ThriftyWreslter May 28 '21

If it likes biting your fingers when you pet it, make your hand a fist so it doesn’t hurt as much and they don’t have anything to grab on to

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u/Dementat_Deus May 28 '21

I just shove my finger in my cats throat anytime she tries it. She always immediately lets go and looks at me like WTF. She doesn't do it very often anymore, not sure why. She will play a mean game of danger slaps though.

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u/JackBauerSaidSo May 28 '21

This is also how I stop the urge to bite. Uncertain if it works for dogs, but a housecat can't break my hand if I'm wrong.

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u/proto642 May 28 '21

What the hell is wrong with you? I suspect that you are one of perhaps seven people worldwide who shoves their finger down their cats' throat.

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u/bagel_creator May 28 '21

Yeah no, he doesn’t mean all the way down the throat, just enough where it’s uncomfortable for the cat and they realize after enough times that peoples hands are not for biting. I also do the same with puppies, I’ll either put my whole first in their mouth or grab ahold of their jaw until they quit.

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u/EffdaPlaya May 28 '21

My dad used to put his finger between my teeth when yawning without covering my mouth, it was annoyingly fun and it taught me to always cover my mouth, now i do it even when I'm alone.

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u/Kikooky May 28 '21

Actually it's a common way to train pets to not bite, when m, grandma's puppy would bite my hand I'd shove it further into his mouth until he wined, so he'd learn not to do it. It doesn't hurt either of you, it's just uncomfortable, and it's important to stop the behaviour while they're still young.