Is It True Cats Run Away To Die

Cats unlike humans dont anticipate understand realize or even know about death.

Is it true cats run away to die. Your cat may have been picked up by animal control or an animal service agency. Cats may simply run away and hide when they are feeling sick and vulnerable. He may be missing. Some cats run away to die or acquire disease parasites making it difficult to return.

Cats are individuals and may have different preferences when it comes to how they handle being sick. Not all cats will hide when they are dying. Therefore they usually dont know when they are dying. They have tended to stick close by when they are dying spending large amounts of time sleeping.

Your cat may have been hit by a car or may have been injured in some way some cats ingest rodents that have been poisoned with rodenticide. Weve all heard the story of a cat who was sick or old and one day just vanished which leads people to believe that cats will go away to die on their own. Instinctually and evolutionarily this makes sense. I had only a single cat that did this.

But is this true. It isnt easy wondering if your cat left home to die. Although it is not fully known why some cats go away to die its likely that when our cats become very old and feel unwell they prefer to be alone and rest. Unlike people cats do not anticipate or know about death as we do so they are not fearing what might happen.

In my experience the cats who doesnt have that much affection and attachment to you doesnt run away. We have sadly had enough cats who have died to see this ourselves. Your beloved furbaby is either suffering from an illness or he is approaching the end of his life with you.