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adopting behaviour of another cat?
I hope someone can help me with this.
I adopted 2 cats from the same litter 20 years ago, so they were biological twins. They lived, ate, played and slept together for about 19 years when one died of old age. I feared the worst for the remaining one but he is still here, after a year. Shortly after the departure of his brother(cat "D") there is a distinctive change of behaviour in the surviving cat(cat "S"). He started to do what D used to do-----As owner I can tell you, S never did these things. They are totally habits of D-----meowing loudly for food, pressing its head against my tummy, asking for tit-bits at the dinner table, sitting at the door of my girl's bed room in the morning trying to get in..........etc. He now even sits on the sofa where D used to sit. In short, I see about 10% of S and 90% of D in the furly body. Last night he almost freaked me out when he purred loudly and ran round the house at a full gallop( should not happen with a 20 year old cat)---just like the days they were playing. Then he sat at the window and stared at the street(habit of D, never S). I am new to this group and I am asking for help. Is there an explanation for this? Is he just so used to have those behaviour around so he is mimicking ??? Is there anything I should do? K. Wong Hong Kong |
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