貓咪能察覺我們生病了嗎？

September 8, 2014 • danielle

貓咪能察覺我們生病了嗎？
貓咪與飼主之間往往有著非比尋常的深厚情感。這對外人來說或許難以置信，但飼主常堅稱，他們心愛的貓咪會在自己生病時‘知道’，並因此對他們表現出不同的行為。
 
事實證明，這可能並非只是幻想。Oscar 是一隻居住在美國羅德島州 Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre 的貓，牠因為似乎預測了該機構 25 位住民的死亡而聲名大噪。Oscar 平時較為冷淡，但牠有時會突然親暱地蜷縮依偎在某些年長男女身旁，而這些人不久後便會離世。
 
根據多位動物行為專家的說法，Oscar 很可能是對病重或瀕死者身體散發的化學物質有所反應，而非展現超能力。理論上，當身體機能逐漸停止運作時，會釋放出生化訊號，貓狗能在我們察覺到變化之前就感知到這些訊號。
 
許多故事都提到，狗和貓會在飼主身體某個部位反覆嗅聞，或表現出其他不尋常的舉動，藉此提醒飼主察覺先前未知的癌性腫瘤。貓咪的感官能力遠超人類–牠們的嗅覺比我們強 14 倍–這讓牠們可能透過更敏銳的感官察覺疾病。
 
即使飼主受到較不嚴重的疾病影響，貓咪也很可能在某種程度上察覺到飼主健康狀態的差異。即使不考慮可能的化學訊號，寵物也是人類行為的敏銳觀察者。生病者的行為方式，以及家中其他人對待他們的方式，都可能為其虛弱狀態提供線索。 
 
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  1. Linda Turman

    I have a 16 year old torte, she always knows when me or my
    husband are sick. She is the smartest cat I have ever seen.
    Her last vet visited the vet said her creation level was up.
    So he put her on special cat food for her kidneys. I am really scared, but she is acting the same and eating and drinking. She is an indoor cat. Any suggestion or something I should watch for. Thank you Linda Turman

  2. Kathy

    I have leukemia and my normally independent Ragdoll, Moses, stays by my side, almost all day! It is so comforting to have him by my side :-)

  3. David

    My cat know i was sick

  4. Nina

    Milk thistle for cats and dogs really helps I buy mine from amazon also CBD oil is good

  5. Aria

    Very nice article. Recently I was very sick and was unfortunately puking, and at the time I had problems because my cat wouldn’t leave me alone. He’d meow and perch onto my back and tap me with his paws. I didn’t know what it was at the time but looking back it seemed a little bit as if It was possible he was worried. I mean, I was sitting there in obvious destress and my mom was right behind me helping me, so it was probably easy for him to figure out something was wrong. Ahh cats are truly the cutest.

  6. Cindy

    I have 2 cats and for the last year they seem to pick out where my pain is & lay there. Lately they take turns laying back to back with me even thou it's warm weather & they're hot. My doctor thinks i'm nuts. He gave me a chest x ray last yr & nothing showed. Saw him the other day & didn't say anything but I'm worried now. My 7 yr old knows when I have to pee & won't stop meowing til I stop & go. She walks me to the bathroom.

  7. Dana

    I agree! My 18 yr old black cat knew that I had heat exhaustion for a week because she laid next to me (which she never does) until I felt better and as soon as I did, she stopped. It’s quite remarkable that they are aware of when we are not feeling well!

  8. Garnet

    I had the Flu for 6 weeks.Spent most of the time in bed. My cat, Gus would hug up to me for most of the time. It certainly seems he knew something was not right.

  9. Christine

    My pets rats know when I’m not well

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