Cats know when you are not feeling well. My cats will lay by my side and gently purr away. I have three house cats, who take turns watching over me when I am under the weather. When one cat leaves for a while, another quickly fills the empty spot.
Cats have compassion for one another. If one cat is not feeling up to Parr, another cat will lie down as close as possible to his sick friend. Female cats will help care for each other’s kittens. I observed one female cat catching a mouse to feed another female cat’s kittens.
Cats have been known to nurse baby puppies, opossums, ferrets, and other small animals. One cat had adopted three baby squirrels that she raised and her four kittens. Cats have been burned badly in a fire trying to save all of their kittens. Unfortunately, many cats have awakened their owners to let them know there is a fire in their house, only to succumb to the fire themselves. Cats have alerted their owners to gas leaks and much more.
Cats will lie next to people dying in a rest home. It is the cat’s way of comforting them in their final moments. When my Mother died, my Siamese cat Sugar would sit on the bathtub’s edge and cry out or wail for one straight week. She remembered my Mother would buy cat food for her and other goodies and take her to her vet visits when she was sick.
I had one cat raised in a vet’s office, and rodents were not to be killed as they were someone’s pets. My other cat saw a mouse and intended to have brunch. My cat, raised in the vet’s office, embraced the mouse by encircling it with his feet. My other cat was in shock, thinking, Isn’t we supposed to kill those?
Cats care for their owners very much, and we care for our feline friends very much. Cats show compassion for each other and other animals. Cats comfort those in need of comfort and show great empathy.
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