How do your other cats react to your resident sugar kitties?

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Hello all. :-) I just joined the board a couple days ago after my 12-old, Joshi, was diagnosed with diabetes this past Saturday. My first question in the main forum might be an odd one, but I'm curious. Do any of your other cats somehow react or act "weird" toward your sugar kitties? Hindsight being 20/20, about a year ago, our meezer boy, Maneshi, seemed to start taking a strange interest in Joshi. He would follow her everywhere, watching her intently, almost like he had developed a new found crush on her. I found it amusing at the time - Maneshi has always been his eccentric Siamese-self, so this was just another one of his "things."

This behavior seemed to intensify over time though, especially this last month when we really started noticing things weren't quite right with Joshi. So, I'm wondering if he maybe could sense something was going on with her long before she became symptomatic? These last four days that Joshi has been on insulin, he doesn't seem as obsessed with her now. Our vet did mention that sometimes diabetic cats can have sort of "scent." With cats' sense of smell being much more sensitive than ours, I'm wondering if this could have explained Maneshi's weird behavior?

This may actually turn out oddly helpful - If Maneshi ramps up his stalking behavior with her, that could become a good early warning. Anyway...just interested to hear if others have seen this type of thing happen.
 
Some cats will attack one which is ill. Others will nurture it. It may just depend on the cat.

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My little Bengal boy sort of acts like that with Squallie, my Sugar Cat, but I always attributed it to Khoji (the Bengal) seeking nurturing from Squallie, rather than the other way 'round. Interesting, and something to ponder....
 
I now have 3 other cats and they don't react at all. Brandy is now the oldest of the four at 7. They all co-exist peacefully. no complaints.
 
Hustler basically ignored Pimp when he was feeling really bad. I don't think he even noticed when P was gone at the vet for 24 hours. Now that Pimp is feeling better Hustler pays more attention to him and *tries* to play with him.
 
Both my younger cat and my dog took an extreme interest but that was after I brought Squeaker home from a 5 day hospitalization. They would both intently watch as I gave the insulin. After a while, the younger cat decided to initiate an alpha challenge so that is something that I have to watch for.
 
LaraB said:
Hello all. :) I just joined the board a couple days ago after my 12-old, Joshi, was diagnosed with diabetes this past Saturday. My first question in the main forum might be an odd one, but I'm curious. Do any of your other cats somehow react or act "weird" toward your sugar kitties? Hindsight being 20/20, about a year ago, our meezer boy, Maneshi, seemed to start taking a strange interest in Joshi. He would follow her everywhere, watching her intently, almost like he had developed a new found crush on her. I found it amusing at the time - Maneshi has always been his eccentric Siamese-self, so this was just another one of his "things."

This behavior seemed to intensify over time though, especially this last month when we really started noticing things weren't quite right with Joshi. So, I'm wondering if he maybe could sense something was going on with her long before she became symptomatic? These last four days that Joshi has been on insulin, he doesn't seem as obsessed with her now. Our vet did mention that sometimes diabetic cats can have sort of "scent." With cats' sense of smell being much more sensitive than ours, I'm wondering if this could have explained Maneshi's weird behavior?

This may actually turn out oddly helpful - If Maneshi ramps up his stalking behavior with her, that could become a good early warning. Anyway...just interested to hear if others have seen this type of thing happen.
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Animals can sometimes tell when something is wrong with other animals or humans like people having epileptic dogs and cats etc.the can sense when the person is about to seize.so it might be something like that.some animals don't seem to notice or care about that stuff and some do I guess.
 
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