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Out of curiosity, did the surviving cat have a chance to see (and smell) the remains of the dead cat ? I know it's often advised to show to pets (cats and dogs
by IMTDb 2y ago
Out of curiosity, did the surviving cat have a chance to see (and smell) the remains of the dead cat ? I know it's often advised to show to pets (cats and dogs at least) the remains of any human or other pets that die, so that they understand what happened and don't interpret this as "abandonment".
Similarly, families of people that disappear are often "relieved" when a body is found, since they can properly start to grief instead of clinging on some hopeless dream that their loved one might reappear out of thin air.
- seanw444 2y agoThat's a great point actually. I guess literally seeing the dead body of a loved one isn't so relieving to humans, but there's no way to communicate the death to an animal other than just visually. So that's probably the best way to go about it. I'm keeping that in mind for the future.
- LanceH 2y agoFor dogs at least it seems to be smell.
- dpig_ 2y agoI had two cats, siblings, growing up. One died unexpectedly. We thought about showing it to the other cat for closure, but decided instead that the cat might interpret it as a Mafia-type threat.