cat is healing

Sorry to hear about your loss. I am sure the cat remaining, is missing his fellow cat quite a bit. My two cats do not get along either, but one time, my husband was trying to wash my female cat's tush, she was screaming so loud, our other cat, then starting hissing and clawing at my husband, like he was saying leave her alone. Cats are certainly strange and interesting creatures.

Glad to hear your cat is doing better my cat trixie mourned our dog forever after she passed our dog lady jane took trixie in when we found her she was a tiny thing an lady jane mothered her giving her a bath an so on of course when trixie got a little bigger not muchmine you she is a small cat even 13 years later she hasn't grown much but she would grab that old collie by her neck an give our lady jane a bath an when lady jane passed trixie was with her an even though its been a year I think trixie still looks for her adopted mom

my mom always tells me that pets love us without any expectation.i think thats true and also some are known not to show their feelings.

my condolences yea,they definetly do mourn. two of my 17 year old cats passed within a day of each other in 2007-the one went,and then the other..just gave up.while i had my other 3 nine year olds,he just seemed to miss his buddy. i'm glad your kitty is doing better

Hi savypat! I was wondering about your ill cat. I'm sorry about the loss. Guess your other cat was mourning. We really don't have a clue about their communication.

I suppose my main point about Cesar was the fact that domesticated pets are taken for granted as tame animals with no wild tendencies. The fact that they came from wild stock thousands of years ago is not lost in their genetics, though. They still have some form of behavior that is linked to their past, regardless of what breed or species they are. Chihuahas have the same pack instinct as wolves, so depending on what original stock cats came from, they may have a form of social order in their daily life. Suddenly losing a member of that order, regardless of the direct relationship, is still difficult. If the other cat had truly been a strong friend, you would have seen a totally different coping mechanism, perhaps pining, crying, diminished hunting and of course seeking you out for affection. To a small extent, he may have been doing that with you. I realize the common housecat may have more in common with less social animals like the cougar or even an ocelot, perhaps the social order developed as they became associated with people as a source of food and safety. There is a definite level of Alphas and Betas, and this implies structure. Who ate first? Who played with a toy first? Those are rhetorical questions, the cats may never have played with toys. Regardless, the survivor is living high on the soft warm bed, since living high on the hog would not apply very well to cats.

Personally I think there is a lot out there that we as humans do not understand nor can comprehend about cats, and the other animals we ever own as pets. But I think they have thoughts and feelings as well even in their sense. For your cat to act like this is proving it as well. Cats can sometimes be one of the Best mood ratioists out there.

Ohhh.... that is so sad! Animals are a lot more attached to each other than we think!

Thank for your shareing,very interesting.I firstly heard this kind of things.An old chinese saying that a cat has nine lives,in other words,cats are said have a strong vitality .I never know cats as the same human desire to communicate.