What’s one time your cat was actually helpful?

[u/altered_a]

As much as we love these little freeloaders for what they are, it’s always nice when they do something that’s like ~ hell yea that’s why we got you ~ For example. I stepped out of the shower a couple days ago and saw her chasing something around, when I looked closer I realized it was a little silverfish. I watched her smack if around for a second before she just ate it whole. I found it hilarious as i only expected her to play with it and figured i’d have to get if once she killed it. It was one of those hell yea moments. I’d love to hear more stories of cats doing wild cat things.

And for any and everyone that wants to say something about her collar. No it does not bother her, yes it’s a break away collar that will come off with little to no force should she ever get caught in it, she willingly lets me put it on her and has never tried to take it off or showed irritation. Because she’s a void it helps us to not step on her in the middle of the night when she tries to trip us. It’s purely for her safety. Thank you and have a great day

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

I'm trying to get her certified for it but it's harder than it sounds, I've reached out to different organizations and I've keep getting the same spiel that cats don't care about people like that!

[u/GrandGalactcInquistr → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

Did you get her because she was trained to detect seizures or is she just incredibly perfect and started doing it on her own?

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/GrandGalactcInquistr]

She started watching me and waking me up in the middle of the night and this was when she was a wee little thing and it coincided with me having a seizure later on the same night so now I know, she also makes sure that I take my meds! and when I'm having trouble breathing she knows well before I even notice

[u/lycanthrope90 → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

That's really awesome and lucky that you basically have a natural service cat without training! At least not training on purpose lol.

[u/AsakuraZero → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

Cats and dogs are similar they can smell and detect hormonal changes and react to our pain. My little girl always slept with my wife like plushie near her neck when she was knocked out by the med and the period. Her brother was more apathetic but when her sister died he took the role until he passed too. (They had felv).

[u/ReaperOne → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

Out of curiosity, how does she do this? Does she smack you with her paw? Just simply jump on you and meow at you? She sounds like a unique cat

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/ReaperOne]

For taking my meds she smacks me with her paw to get my attention (I'm really scatterbrained) but for the rest it depends

[u/ReaperOne → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

You’ve got a smart companion there. I’m glad she’s in your life helping you out

[u/notsmartwater → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

That’s hilarious I love it so much

[u/Chemical_Ad_1618 → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

It’s amazing that she knows the meds are important 

[u/ReadtheReds → u/ReaperOne]

I recently saw a response thread somewhere else of ongoing pages worth of people explaining their cat is the same.

[u/Entire-Ambition1410 → u/ReaperOne]

My sweet cat wasn’t reacting to my health condition, but if she wanted me awake to feed her/start my day, she would continuously paw my face or lick my face/nose or rub her face on mine.

[u/clarabarson → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

Here I am tearing up about your sweet cat taking care of you 😭

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/clarabarson]

Phoebe is awesome and amazing I love too

[u/sunnynbright5 → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

This is amazing. But honestly makes sense considering how perceptive cats are. Having cats myself, I noticed that they study all our movements and habits and can discern when things seem off (like they always somehow start running away to hide when its vet time even before the carrier comes out 😂).

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/sunnynbright5]

Oh yeah,or whatever someone comes to the house that they disapprove of!

[u/GrandGalactcInquistr → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

She gets a double A+ from me and as many scritches as she can handle!

[u/InternationalEgg2397 → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

That's just not true! Do you live in the States? If so, contact your State Senator and your Congressman and impress upon them your urgent need for help. They will know the right people to help. God Bless.

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/InternationalEgg2397]

Oh I know, but everyone keeps trying to steer me to different organizations for service dogs but I already have a very well trained cat

[u/ajaxbunny1986 → u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830]

But there are too many people allergic to cats out there. Our second daughter had minor symptoms like itching around the nose and face and sneezing at first but within a week the symptoms disappeared. I work with a girl who gets severe symptoms. She had to hide in an office one day when someone brought a cat into the showroom. Face broke out and everything. It was ugly.

[u/Sweaty_Mushroom5830 → u/ajaxbunny1986]

There are epi pens for a reason, and my apartment is too small for a dog and I don't want one anyway,