cats

[myravelu]

Does anyone think that cats grieve for a lost son?

[andy-hughes]

I think it is acknowledged that most higer order animals pine for lost comapnions or offspring, but it is doubtful if they suffer a reaction as complex and sustained as human grief.

[woofgang]

If you mean that they were companions togetther then yes i think the animal that is left does grieve. If you are saying that your cat had a kitten that went to a new home then I am less sure.

[madein1978]

Yes, absolutely cats grieve, they will grieve for someone that is not there that they have a strong bond with, they grieve for a fellow cat that lives with them. Cats have feelings and emotions too!

[madein1978]

I meant a fellow cat that may have died or disappeared, had to clarify, it sounded silly before!