This is one of the things I don’t understand about people who think having tigers as “pets” is a good idea.
I’ve had a cat randomly decided to latch on to my arm, claws, teeth, and all a few times. Not a lot. Just a few. Obviously I was fine. Now imagine this house cat weighs 450 lbs. Not super confident that I’m going to be fine in that scenario.
Well, cats learn how to bite without causing damage. Tigers aren’t socialized with humans, so they learn the levels of bite appropriate to other tigers.
You’re saying that like cats socialized with humans never once bite or scratch hard enough to harm. It’s not the thousands of play bites that are the problem, it’s when they randomly crunch down and unmake your shoulder instead of making you dig out the neosporin.
Alternate timeline: “You can’t have them because they’re unpredictable and might claw your eyes out without provocation.”
This timeline: “WTF happened to you?”
“My cat decided to wake me up by clawing my eyes out.”
“Hahaha!”
This is one of the things I don’t understand about people who think having tigers as “pets” is a good idea. I’ve had a cat randomly decided to latch on to my arm, claws, teeth, and all a few times. Not a lot. Just a few. Obviously I was fine. Now imagine this house cat weighs 450 lbs. Not super confident that I’m going to be fine in that scenario.
Well, cats learn how to bite without causing damage. Tigers aren’t socialized with humans, so they learn the levels of bite appropriate to other tigers.
You’re saying that like cats socialized with humans never once bite or scratch hard enough to harm. It’s not the thousands of play bites that are the problem, it’s when they randomly crunch down and unmake your shoulder instead of making you dig out the neosporin.
A properly socialized cat will not be biting and scratching you. That’s a skill issue