I have to agree, something else was going on which raises the question of what was he doing with the knife? For the situation to reach that point he would have had to been engaging in a protracted and I might add stupid effort to subdue an animal by putting it under duress. I incurred an inch long clawing this weekend when one of my cats panicked as I was putting him into a carrier for a vet visit. I can understand where the cat was coming from and he and I are still on good terms but then I didn’t engage in a protracted battle. Years ago I got a good bite from my dog when I attached a leash to his collar while he was acting a bit nervous. We didn’t hold it against each other in that case either.
Reminds me of getting my Mary into a carrier. After a 45 minute battle, by the time I got to the vets, I was bleeding from the hands, arms and legs.
They were worried and wanted to clean me up. Funny thing is, Mary knows when the carrier is for one of the others. When it’s for her, she knows it.
I try to think of other things so she “can’t read my mind”, but somehow she always knows when it’s for her.
One Universal Rule (Sheesh, you’d think everybody should know by now) -
Cats Are Always Right.