Cat sitting beside her brothers grave

sonofenoch

We buried one of our 2 cats over two months at the end of the garden and the other sits up there everyday in a place she never used sit before......is it possible she can sense whats there

DBB

That is both interesting and really sad at the same time
Unless he was buried in a sealed box, there's every chance she can get his scent there op, cats have really impressive scenting ability.

AMKC

Maybe she does get his scent but she might also be moaning too and missing the other cat. Humans aren,t the only ones that moan after someone dies animals moan too. Maybe you should think about getting another cat for her or get her playing more cat games maybe if you don,t want a second cat again and try get her mind of the other cat tht gone.Help her to move on. If none of that works do maybe try and put something over where the other cat is buried maybe something that she does not like the smell off. That might work.

sonofenoch

I think she has moved on, like the rest of us first week or so there was noticeable difference in her habits but apart from that she's her normal self now.....there's a weird reassurance in her sitting up there, sure I often go up there myself of a morning to say hello to him as silly as it might sound

DBB

I don't think that's silly at all op! I'd imagine most people here have some way of spending time with their departed pals, it can be very comforting to find your own way of feeling close to them

natnifnolnacs

I know of a dog who now over a year later will still lie exactly on the spot where her sister is buried. Sad and lovely all at the same time. As with the OP, it's not really a spot she would have spent much time before hand.

ferretone

Recently my mother's cat passed away peacefully at home. The dog she'd adopted last February had developed a really good relationship with that particular cat, and before she buried her, she let both the dog and the cat's daughter she also still has, see and sniff the body. She felt it really helped them both understand what had happened, and now I wish I had brought our dog Lola's body inside for our cats to do the same, when we lost her a couple of months ago

She was 25 kg, so I can see why it didn't occur to us to do that, but we could have managed it really, and should have if it might have made things easier on the cats.