A Michael Broad Blog
I think that this is what is described as an existential question. The simple answer is that we (humans) don’t know if cats know that they are going to die one day. However, my gut feeling is that cats don’t know that they are going to die because they are not self-aware. Another similar …
Wendy Boucher-Fischer writing on Quora.com describes how her cat Miss Kitty died of natural causes at the age of 20 at her home. I am surprised at her description. She writes that she knew her cat was dying so she decided to place her under her favourite bush in the backyard and petted her …
I apologise for the very morbid question but somebody asked it so I feel that I should try and answer it. The point about this question is that it will only be asked if your cat is either very old, and ‘dying of old age’ (multiple health issues), or very ill with a chronic …
People ask, “Why do cats disappear when they are about to die?”. I have two main points to make about this in answer to the question. Beforehand I’d like to mention the reason: cats hide when they are dying because they are vulnerable. It is an act of survival. First Point The first point …
