Nuts!

**Lane Meyer** · 11-06-2006, 01:43 PM

Two cut and pastes in one day....sorry, but I couldn't resist. NZ news offers up some real gems sometimes.

Radio-active cat on the loose
07 November 2006

Missing: one radio-active cat.
Nuts, a Christchurch cat, implanted a few days ago with radio-active iodine, has fled from a local veterinary property, TV One reported last night.

The cat, a 13-year-old spayed female, was in quarantine for some days after the radio-active material was inserted to treat an over-active thyroid gland.

On Saturday night a garage door in the building where she was being held was found open and the cat gone.

It's thought the animal might then have been frightened by fireworks after escaping and might be hiding somewhere nearby.

Anyone who spots Nuts is asked to keep an eye on the cat and phone the Straven Road Veterinary Centre.

A case of look but don't touch.

**SkiNowWorkLater** · 11-06-2006, 02:16 PM

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=650013

**Lane Meyer** · 11-06-2006, 02:37 PM

From the above link....

How to handle a radioactive cat
(idea) by quantumet (1.5 y) (print) ? 2 C!s Mon Dec 25 2000 at 9:45:43

If it would fall upon you to handle a radioactive cat (say, from a science kit experiment gone horribly wrong), here are a few tips:

1. Most cats, upon becoming radioactive, also become very irritable. Therefore, if it becomes neccessary to touch or move the cat, wear heavy gloves. Unless you really want to be bitten by a radioactive cat. (See: Spiderman)

2. There is a small chance that the cat will mutate and grow into gigantic size, and run rampant through downtown Tokyo (See: Godzilla). In this case, don't panic. History shows us that most rampaging monsters will be quickly stopped by a small group of hapless scientists/adventurers/drunks thrown together by random chance. Note, however, that any beaches used as litter boxes should be throughly decontaminated. Note that if the cat was your family pet, it is good to prepare an excuse before talking to your parents/children. (See: The dog ate my homework).

3. A radioactive cat can also be the result of a botched quantum physics experiment. (See: Schrodinger's Cat). Note that such a cat might have experienced a long period of confinement into a small space; a large decontamination room will be less frustrating for all involved.

4. If you are the owner of the cat, you must come to terms with the fact that your cat will, most likely, die. Yes, I said die. Death of a beloved pet is always hard to face, but there are ways to cope. (See: dead cats, support group)

If, in spite of all these suggestions, you are unable to handle your radioactive cat, you should contact the proper authorities immediately. (See: Department of Energy). Good luck to you, and your cat.