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Do pets always remember a companion of theirs who died?
Back in 2018, we lost our beautiful black girl cat Ebony, long story short for the last 2 of those years we knew it was only a matter of time before her asthma attack floored her and her other health conditions stole her away, if her asthma allowed her to survive the attacks
I have (and had at the time of having Ebony) our stripy tabby girl Tigger
The night before Ebony left this world, Tigger was (unlike her, normal for Tigger was "if I can bounce on it then it will get bounced on, including bouncing on Ebony" ) very attentive towards Ebony, she would not leave her side and would go with her if she went up and down the stairs, positioning herself so Ebony if she fell she would not hurt herself by falling down the stairs, she would only fall against the wall or against Tigger
By this point, poor Ebony kept having fits and was getting weak on her legs, i knew in my heart that she was not going to pull back this time, she was too far gone by the cancers that the vet confirmed was eating her insides (tummy and lungs and brain) :(
My question is, does Tigger still remember Ebony now? Or has she forgot her? Last time she saw a black cat last year she got hurted cause she ran over to him to say hi to him, he lunged at her and caused a lot of damage to her leg
Her running towards a strange cat, who was the same colour as Ebony, is this proof that she remembers Ebony still? I assumed at the time it happened she thought Ebony was home and had ran over to welcome her back?
edit: I know when Ebony's boyfriend Tom died in 2014, Ebony never recovered from losing him, she still looked for him for nearly a year afterwards cause Tom and Ebony adored each other, she was never quite the same after his death, i honestly think she gave up and just went through the motions, me fighting for her every time she got sick, there wasnt much fight in her from 2015 through to 2018, i think the fight she did put up when she got sick was simply for my benefit, i dont think she would of tried to fight had she not had me and my mum :(
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