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<blockquote data-quote="pasdenom" data-source="post: 327556" data-attributes="member: 8641"><p>I haven't read all the entries on this thread, but would like to say I have a daughter who killed her 3 pet rats by breaking their necks. She almost succeeded in killing one pet cat. She strangled it with a ligature till she thought it was dead, took a shower, then came and told me "Something's wrong with Louie." These are the words she used to show me the dead rats as they died one by one. Somehow Louie survived. Then I walked in on her strangling another cat with another ligature. We have since found out that this is related to her Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and not burgeoning Psychopathy. She didn't admit to killing the rats for a long time (around 2 years) but it seems to haunt her. She told me at a later date that she thought animals could "handle it," that is the pain she inflicted. I don't think she enjoys hurting them. Her motive trying to kill them was quite instrumental. In the case of the rats, she wanted a different pet---a kitten. Actually the motive was the same in attempting to kill the cats. I had told her we couldn't get any new pets because we already had too many. So she figured if she killed one of our cats we'd get her a replacement. We are quite vigilant in making sure she doesn't hurt them, but there are no guarantees. It's scary. </p><p> Knowing her instrumental attitude toward the death of animals I was terrified when she asked if she'd be able to play an online game my husband banned her from if he were to die. With my heart in my throat I answered that no she would not be able to. I've felt so alone in dealing with this. Her psychologist and psychiatrist have offered no therapy in this regard, except for the former to suggest we train her by rote not to hurt animals. Hmm... Any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pasdenom, post: 327556, member: 8641"] I haven't read all the entries on this thread, but would like to say I have a daughter who killed her 3 pet rats by breaking their necks. She almost succeeded in killing one pet cat. She strangled it with a ligature till she thought it was dead, took a shower, then came and told me "Something's wrong with Louie." These are the words she used to show me the dead rats as they died one by one. Somehow Louie survived. Then I walked in on her strangling another cat with another ligature. We have since found out that this is related to her Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified and not burgeoning Psychopathy. She didn't admit to killing the rats for a long time (around 2 years) but it seems to haunt her. She told me at a later date that she thought animals could "handle it," that is the pain she inflicted. I don't think she enjoys hurting them. Her motive trying to kill them was quite instrumental. In the case of the rats, she wanted a different pet---a kitten. Actually the motive was the same in attempting to kill the cats. I had told her we couldn't get any new pets because we already had too many. So she figured if she killed one of our cats we'd get her a replacement. We are quite vigilant in making sure she doesn't hurt them, but there are no guarantees. It's scary. Knowing her instrumental attitude toward the death of animals I was terrified when she asked if she'd be able to play an online game my husband banned her from if he were to die. With my heart in my throat I answered that no she would not be able to. I've felt so alone in dealing with this. Her psychologist and psychiatrist have offered no therapy in this regard, except for the former to suggest we train her by rote not to hurt animals. Hmm... Any suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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