His back legs were getting very fragile and weak, but he was still eating and drinking. I'm told that sometimes animals just know when it is their "time" and have a place picked out to pass away. Has anyone ever heard of this?
2006-10-01 16:27:18 · 33 answers · asked by sally p 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
YES.. ohh this happened to me.. One morning my cat kept getting out of the house and going to the bushes in the back yard, but I would go into the yard and pick him up and try to bring him back in the house cause he was an inside cat. the cat was acting so weak and weird and just didnt want anyone around it. I figured the cat was just being a cat and wanted to be left alone.. I went to school.. came home and couldnt find my cat, I searched everywhere... I finally found him in the bushes where he kept trying to runaway and he was gone.. I was so sad but I wondered the same thing. My friends told me the same thing your asking, that cats just know and they pick their place!
2006-10-01 16:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by Fashion Diva 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Over a year ago now I noticed a very sad looking fluffy black cat looking up at my house from the garden.I have an old chicken coup just outside my back-door and this spring it became covered in flies and I became suspicious that something had died inside. We raked it out and right at the back, buried in the straw was the mummified body of the little black cat. I think she had gone there to die. I now have the problem of trying to find the owner but it should at least answer your question.
2014-05-07 13:03:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , especially cats. I'm sorry he has been with you a long time, but you must have given him a very good life 18 is really old. You should be proud of how well you have looked after him for so long. But you never know sometimes they leave and come back to they can be very mysterious animals.
2006-10-01 16:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by schlongy1969 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have. Especially in cats. There are very independent animals. I have a 16 year old cat, and through my own experiences with him, he has hidden when he has gotten hurt, and I have had to find him, including getting hit by a car when he was 3 yrs. old. After I brought him in the house he went into a hall cupboard, and hid, and would have died if he had not gotten medical attention. His kidneys were severely bruised. I truly hope this is not the case, but, just in case it is, I'm truly sorry for your loss, I know that if my cat died, it would be like loosing a really cool friend, and family member, and I would miss him terribly.
2006-10-01 16:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by melissa r 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is SO true, A cat does know when they are going to die and yes they will go off to die alone , why I do not know , it's really sad but I 've had a couple of old cats to wonder off and never be seen again..
2006-10-01 16:42:52 · answer #5 · answered by Just Dreamin' 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes Ive heard this before, it seems like it would be very hard for you to deal with but I guess the animals in there own way feel it is whats best. Good luck to you and I hope at some point you find your cat so you will know what became of him.
2006-10-01 16:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by spnky 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you have my condolences, my 17 year old cat did that six years ago. I still miss her, she had such a sweet and gentle nature. We are FINALLY getting around to looking for another cat.
My eight year old daughter has a month long contract to fulfill with us before she is allowed to get one, but she is now 10 days into the deal and so far so good.
It is difficult when they do this, 'cause you are left now knowing for quite a while, and makes the transition through the grief strange and tentative.
But in answer to your question, yes they will do this.
2006-10-01 16:34:39 · answer #7 · answered by finaldx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My grandmother always had a cat. She told me when a cat is going to die, they always go away from their house. I was a kid when she would tell things like this. She really believed it. When the cats left and had been gone for a couple days, she would declare that cat dead and get another to replace it.
NOW that I look back, the cats could have been hit by a car or just run away. In those days cats and dogs were allowed to run loose.
I don't know if anyone has ever researched this, but I don't believe it. Good luck to you..............
2006-10-01 16:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I used to always hear this rumor about the cats wondering off to die. I had a cat 16 years old that I found out his kidneys were failing. At the time there was nothing we could do about it. I was scared he'd go outside and disappear. He wanted out so bad, but I wouldn't let him. He died in my arms a couple of days later. Strange, it was exactly 11 years ago yesterday.
Anyway I always felt so bad for not letting him out. He always loved the outdoors.
A few years later I had another 16 year old cat that his kidneys were failing. I couldn't bear to keep him indoors. I let him out everyday. He came to me and died in my arms.
Since then I have moved to the country and have several cats die of cytauxzoan, a disease caused by a tick that has bitten a mountain lion and then a cat and there is no cure. Every single one of these cats came to me and died in my arms.
If you were very close to your cat, I don't think he would've went off to die. He might be hurting and unable to come home. Please keep looking for him. If cats are loved, I think they would rather die with their owners, from my experience. He could have gone out and not been able to come home. If you find him dead that doesn't mean that it was his intention to run away to die. You were lucky to have an 18 year old cat, none of mine have lived past 16 years old.
2006-10-01 17:09:34 · answer #9 · answered by Karen H 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, unfortunately that's what happens. My friend had a cat and, like yours, was really old and tired. One night he snuck out of the backyard and they never saw him again.
The cats, like humans, can usually tell when their time is up so they go and find a nice place to sleep.
2006-10-01 16:33:27 · answer #10 · answered by Miley#1Fan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋