My kitty, Pidy, who is 12 is acting very odd now. It's sort of bittersweet, he's slept the last couple nights in Chris E.'s fav place. And he's been sniffing around, following me like crazy, well, he usually does but now it's like he won't let me out of his sight.... and so on.
For anyone who has had this happen, is this how it goes?
What was it like for you?
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I had ferrets who'd been together all their lives (I was their 2nd owner, after the first owner had to let them go) and when Georgie developed pancreatic cancer and died, Moira suddenly took over all of Georgie's behaviors - she "un-house trained" herself, began sleeping in Georgie's hammock, became very playful (she'd always been more stand-offish), etc. It went on for a few months before she slowly picked up a few of her own habits again ....
That sounds like completely normal mourning to me.
Did Pidy saw Chris E.'s body? If not, it may take a while before he realises that Chris E. won't come back.
When Mash-Mash (Neko's and Seiichi's brother) died they saw his body, so they understood that he's not anymore. Though I can't say that it made Neko's life any easier, the poor thing almost ate himself to death because he was so depressed after his best pal passed. (After several years he still has separation anxiety if one of them is taken to the vet...)
(I hate to say this, but it is possible that Pidy will fall sick just out of missing Chris E.. Old cats often die of sorrow - indirectly. :()
If you hate to say something- then don't say it. I am looking for fact - as in what happened to people in the first person- not for possibilities. I know about the possibilities and am in deep mourning myself; that is hardly helpful.
I´m so sorry for your loss. When we lost our dog, our cat mourned her. He lookt for her and followed us just like your cat is doing. After a few weeks he semd to understand that she wasn´t coming back. And when we lost my mother he got depressed. He followed dad everywere and he lookt for mum alover the house. He still sleeps in her bed, but now he can also sleep in dads bead wich he never did before. After a few weeks he seem to do better and he is now four year later doing great.
I think animals have a mourning period just as we do.
I´ll be thinking of you and Chris E.
Hugs
Sounds perfectly normal to me as well... When our cat (way back in my teens that was) tricked my kitten to run over the road and get hit by a car, it didn't help much that he saw everything. He still looked for her in all the strangest places and called for her. He didn't care much for her to begin with, so it was quite strange for us to see.
But he got over it, from what I can remember it took a couple of weeks before he stopped calling.
Just for comparizon, when he was taken away (15 years old and not being able to eat himself) I kept "looking for him" for about a year - seeing a shadow made me believe he was there, wanting food...
I'm still thinking of you all!
I agree, this sounds very normal. Cats are just like humans in that they grieve for those they lose as well. Even if a human moves out that they loved (like an old roomate) they can be lost for awhile. *hugs*
Hang in there and give Pidy a little extra lovin.
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