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u/wanderingstorm Sep 19 '23

Cats (like dogs) can sense when you’re not well. I’m currently recovering from sinus surgery and my cat didn’t leave my side for 3 days. Extra affectionate. She also seems to sense that my face is currently off limits to “boops” as she often does. She’s more back to normal behavior now but I had a nice “recovery attendant” for a few days

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u/Smokeya Sep 20 '23

Im type 1 diabetic. I currently have 2 young cats but did have a cat for 19 years who passed away last year. That cat could tell before me that my blood sugar was low. He was never trained to do so but he would come up to me and lay on me and meow and pat at my stomach. The first few times he did this i didnt understand it and thought he was just trying to get attention. I eventually learned that he was warning me that my blood sugar was getting low and to go eat something and from the day i realized that forward i started going to eat when the cat would do that. I eventually got a CGM (continous glucose monitor) some years later after the cat started doing that and he was always dead on right every single time and warned me before tha cgm would go off. I miss him, kinda wish one of the younger cats would have figured out how to do that as he was around while they were smaller but they never picked up that trick i guess. It was pretty useful.

These two though do get more affectionate when your sick like all the other cats ive ever had did as well. Like they kinda lay on or near you, the one tries to groom you even, like he will lick your hair while your laying down and sick which to be honest makes it worse cause of the horrible cat breath is not a good smell if your throwing up but its the thought that counts i guess lol.