Can you ‘ping’ the kitty list, please?
I’ve never experienced anything like this, but I’ve worked (professionally) around animals for years, and I will say that there is something going on out there that we may never understand.
No, but you should treasure that cat.
Your opinion?
Wouldn't be a bit surprised if cats had the ability, as well. (prob just not as readily trained as dogs in a global setting, though :P)
Keep the cat.
/johnny
The cat was just doing a CAT Scan.
Perhaps kitty detected ketones in her breath?
I dunno, did you try truth serum?
Seriously, I have read some interesting stories about cats, although I've never witnessed any.
There is a cat that lives in a nursing home, who normally is fairly aloof. But when a patient is hours away from death, he becomes very friendly to that patient. When the nursing home staff sees him become friendly, they know to call the patient's family so they can come say good-bye.
I read a story about a little girl who was dying of cancer. One day, she went with her mother out to the barn, and found a dirty bedraggled cat in the barn. The little girl begged to keep him, and the mother acquiesced. Over the next few months, as the little girl lost her strength and could only lie on the sofa all day, the cat was her constant companion. He comforted her when she was in pain and was always there for her. When she died, the cat disappeared, never to be seen again, while the family was attending her funeral.
My brother-in-law (who has Downs’) has a dog that seems to be able to alert the family to an imminent Grand Mal seizure.
I had a cat every bit as attached and affectionate as the one described. He could respond appropriately to moods, but I had no chronic illnesses for him to detect.
I believe that there is a chemical (ketone?) that is expressed by a patient experiencing hypoglycemia. A cat could easily smell the new, odd smell and recognize a possible problem.
Not this type of experience. However at the nursing home where my mother eventually passed, there was a cat that visited people the night before they died. The kitty was never wrong.
My daughter knew someone with a service dag who could detect either hypoglycemia or seizures. I don’t recall which condition, but I’ve heard of cases where animals can detect that kind of thing.
Best thing to do is watch his behavior and record every instance of when he acts like that and what her blood sugar is. Having a record will help detect a pattern if it’s there.
It’s far better than trying to rely on memory.
Not bashing your wife, but it might help matters if she’d eat so as to keep her blood sugar on more of an even keel and not yo-yo-ing between too high and too low. Eat some protein and fat, but go very easy on the carbohydrates. Protein has a relatively small effect on blood sugar/insulin levels and animal fat close to none, but eating carbs can make for relatively large swings in blood sugar and insulin levels. Can cats detect that kind of a metabolic change? I don’t know.
While I was in Walmart several years ago, I came upon a man in the pet section who had a dog. On that dog’s harness was clearly embroidered the words, “Diabetic Alert Animal.”
Yes, the cat saved your wife’s life, without a doubt.
It doesn’t require a belief in magic cat ESP to credit this. Dogs have been trained to sniff out cancer. There are accounts of dogs being trained to recognize the onset of epileptic seizures. No doubt a cat can smell changes in his mistress’s body chemistry due to very low blood sugar as well. You are blessed to have a furry physician in the family!
I’ve heard similar stories, enough that I really do believe cats do this.
Well, that’s a Siamese for ya. Siamese are very smart and perceptive. I have one that s only half Siamese and that cat is smart as a whip. I’m diabetic as well with other health problems and she seems to know when I’m “off”. Her sister, who passed away this winter was the “get well kitty”. If either me or my ex-wife were getting sick she’d climb up in bed with us, stare the sick one straight in the face and “mraow?”. She would then curl up with whoever was sick. And would tend to stay close until that person was feeling better. Just accept that animals have perceptive skills we don’t entirely understand. And listen to Dr. Satan! (lol)
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I did read a few years ago about dogs that smell cancer in patients.
Our furry friends are attuned to us, so kitty probably did notice something different and wanted to wake her up.
