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Can cats detect disease? Mole says yes.

Posted on October 8, 2006 by
Molecap0906

Now that I’m feeling less sad about the loss of Tina and Ike on Tuesday, I’ve been thinking about how strange my cat Mole was acting around the diseased kittens.  Normally, Mole is the most social of animals, interacting playfully with whatever creatures are around, human or feline.  But around Ike and Tina he was from the start quite wary, and even afraid.  He would cry out if I carried him nearby them, and run away if Ike picked a fight with him. 

So the question is, did Mole sense that Ike and Tina were sick, and instinctually avoid them?  That’s the only logical conclusion I can come to.  Scientists are studying how dogs can sometimes detect certain forms of cancer or seizures in humans before other kinds of medical scanning.  Presumably that would be an ability that would increase an animal’s survival rate. Mole probably thought we were nuts bringing these diseased little creatures into the house.

3 thoughts on “Can cats detect disease? Mole says yes.”

  1. moo Money says:
    October 8, 2006 at 11:09 am

    Next time listen to the Mole! The Mole knows all. 😀

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  2. Zebediah Godwin says:
    October 10, 2006 at 7:37 am

    Some animals certainly can smell disease. When one of our dogs developed liver cancer, our other dog started acting very strangely – almost hostile – towards her, as if she was trying to drive the sick dog away.

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  3. cosmetic surgery rancho cucamonga says:
    June 15, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    yes! they can also detect disease no doubt,and that’s a good subject to explore.
    by: sphin

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