CAT NIPS – Friday, January 30, 2009
  “Stories, Facts & Tips on the World’s Most Popular Pet”
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Dear Fellow Ailurophile! 

Do you think cats grieve when they lose a com-
panion or an owner? They sure do….

Cassie Cattails 

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                    Do cats grieve?

Many people don’t realize that animals grieve the loss
of companions and family members. In other cases, people
feel the thing to do is to rush out and find another
pet so the grieving cat or dog is not lonely. Not
acknowledging that animals grieve, or rushing out to
find a replacement pet can have disastrous effects on
the surviving pet.

Even if companion cats didn’t get along, the surviving
cat can still grieve. She’s confused about where the
other cat went. The two cats, regardless of whether
they were close or not, had negotiated areas within the
household such as who would sleep on the owner’s bed or
who got to eat first, etc. The surviving cat is left
confused about whether to now risk crossing onto the
other cat’s turf.

The grieving cat also gets the double whammy grief
effect when she sees her owner acting distraught. Cats
are creatures of habit and they depend on their owners
acting the same from day to day.  As the owner grieves
the loss of a pet, the household dynamic changes and
the grieving cat picks up on the extremely elevated
stress level.

In an effort to prevent the cat from being lonely,
or to try to ease family members’ pain, the owner may
bring home another cat. This almost always ends in
disaster. The grieving cat (and keep in mind that cats
are territorial), is not emotionally ready to handle
the intrusion of an unfamiliar animal in her home. As
for the poor newcomer, he finds himself landing in
totally hostile territory. New cat introductions take
finesse under the best of circumstances so attempting
to do it while one cat is grieving is just asking for
failure.

If you’ve recently lost a family pet and you’re con-
cerned about your surviving cat, don’t be in a rush
to fill that empty space. Instead, what your cat needs
is time with you in a casual, normal way. She doesn’t
need you to clutch her tightly and sob into her fur.
All that will do is tell her that the bottom has drop-
ped out of her world. She needs to know that much of
her everyday life is still normal. She needs  to be
with you but she needs it in the form of lots of play-
time, interaction with family members, petting, groom-
ing, all the things you normally would do with her. 
At some point, later on down the road, you may decide
that she would benefit from a companion cat or dog,
but first take time for her to recover emotionally.

Watch your cat’s eating and litter box habits as well.
It’s not unusual for a grieving cat to stop eating or
to experience a change in litter box habits. If you
notice either of these, contact your veterinarian.
It’s very dangerous for a cat to go two days without
eating because of the very serious risk of liver
damage.
 
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           The Furry Feline Alarm Clock user

If your cat wakes you up in the middle of the night or
at the crack of dawn, there are a couple of things you
can do to help “reset” that little fuzzy alarm clock.
First on the list though is the hardest for most people
–ignore her. If you’ve gotten up to put food in her
bowl in order to keep her quiet, all you’ve succeeded
in doing is to reinforce the very behavior you don’t
want.

With cats who are preventing their owners from getting
adequate sleep, I use a technique that I call the cycle
of four.  It’s based on the typical cycle a cat would
go through as a hunter out in the wild:

1)      hunting

2)      feasting

3)      grooming

4)      sleeping  

A cat goes through physical activity hunting prey. She
then feasts on it. When finished, she grooms herself to
remove traces of the prey from her fur. This is impor-
tant in the wild because a hunter doesn’t want to alert
other prey to her presence, nor does she want to risk
becoming prey to a larger predator. Digestion is next
and that usually means time for sleep.

Use the cycle of four to your advantage.  Just before
you go to bed, engage your cat in an interactive play
session using a fishing pole-type toy. Don’t conduct a
marathon chase through the house though – instead, move
the toy like prey and allow your cat opportunities to
stalk, pounce and capture. The game should last at
least fifteen minutes. Customize the game to your cat’s
physical ability, age, and health.

Once the game is done, it’s time for the feast. If you
feed your cat on a schedule, divide up her normal daily
portion so you can offer her a final post-game meal.
If you free-feed, take up the food earlier in the even-
ing and then make a big production about topping off
the bowl with fresh food. After the meal, your cat will
usually groom and then be ready for a nap.

The other part of this technique involves setting up
activities during the night to keep your cat busy. You
can use a timed food dish so she can get a snack without
having to wake you up. Hide treats or dry food in puzzle
feeders, such as the Play-n-Treat ball. You can even
make homemade puzzle feeders with the cardboard inserts
from toilet paper or paper towels.
 
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– FROM THE “CAT SCRAPS” FILE: 

When your cats rubs up against you, she is actually mark-
ing you as “hers” with her scent. If your cat pushes his
face against your head, it is a sign of acceptance and
affection.

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Be Back With You On Tuesday — Stay Safe – Cassie Cattails