I barely slept last night, I had a long and seriously terrible day at work, and I’ve been drinking for about an hour now. I thought I was gonna get through today without crying but I was wrong. That cat is terrified and it just hit me like a sack of bricks.
My cat has his own version of this too. I always assumed he thought the shower was like a portal to hell that I visited every morning, or more rationally I thought he felt that I was closing a door on him(shower curtain). He doesn’t like doors to be shut between us. However, I never really made the connection that maybe it is out of empathy.
legitimate question: is that actually what is going on here? because I’ve taken baths with my cat in the room and he has freaked out, though less dramatically than this. basically new just scratches at me. but this is for sure a common thing in cat behavior.
So I have seen sibling cats try to “save” the other one from a “dangerous” situation like the vet office. Cats view us as their colony mates and if raised with someone from a very young age, may view their human as kin. Cats are social creatures and they do form close bonds. I know my cat gets very excited and will race around the house when I come home, and insists on sleeping with or near me every night. Cats are pretty great and I think can be just as loyal and loving as dogs.
I went on a 3 month trip once. When I got home, our next door neighbour’s cat, usually quite a cool character but always one happy to hang out in our garden, was so affectionate and vocal. I’m fairly sure he was pleased to see I hadn’t died after all.
I was thinking “god this I going to be cute”. Then I saw the legitimate terror in that felines eyes. There was a shift from when the cat was pulling her and when she got back in. I am not ammused.
poor kitteh is having a stressful moment
I thought maybe the headline was exaggerating but that really does seem to be what the cat is trying to do.
I feel bad for it.
That was really quite remarkable!
cats get a bad rep
Poor kitty tried so hard to rescue his owner, hard not to feel a little bad for him.
“Fill the bowl before you die human”
Stupid furless cat I’ll save you
[cat’s PoV](http://imgur.com/yX2Hh2f)
[Reminds me of this.](https://youtu.be/b56vs6kbCRI)
[Please don’t die ?](http://imgur.com/xpbN785.jpg)
Didn’t the cats eyes freak anyone out? They looked like black holes. Like a devil cat..
This would be adorable if that cat wasn’t tripping balls
At least once I’d flop out of the tub hand first just to make this cat happy.
I love how the cat looks at her at the end when she gets back in like : “OH GODDAMNIT DON’T GET BACK IN WHAT ARE YOU DOI-“
*HOOMAN! WTF ARE YOU DOING?! I SAVING YOU! HOOMAN STAHP!*
We don’t deserve animals. There so damned caring
Poor baby. I thought it was going to be cute, but it was kinda traumatizing.
PET IT ALREADY
My bath would have been done id have gotten out to give kitty peace.
Awww man….this is the wrong time to be crying at work. ;_;
the eyes of desperation
funny for 10 seconds until you realize he/she is genuinely terrified and trying to help… feel bad man
That is a good cat.
This cat loves their owner so much, I love it!
And people say cats are assholes….
I barely slept last night, I had a long and seriously terrible day at work, and I’ve been drinking for about an hour now. I thought I was gonna get through today without crying but I was wrong. That cat is terrified and it just hit me like a sack of bricks.
Yeah, I’m a dude.
My cat has his own version of this too. I always assumed he thought the shower was like a portal to hell that I visited every morning, or more rationally I thought he felt that I was closing a door on him(shower curtain). He doesn’t like doors to be shut between us. However, I never really made the connection that maybe it is out of empathy.
Хорошая кошка!!
legitimate question: is that actually what is going on here? because I’ve taken baths with my cat in the room and he has freaked out, though less dramatically than this. basically new just scratches at me. but this is for sure a common thing in cat behavior.
I clicked on it thinking “silly reddit anthropomorphising an animal again…..holy shit that cat is trying to save his human from drowning”.
So I have seen sibling cats try to “save” the other one from a “dangerous” situation like the vet office. Cats view us as their colony mates and if raised with someone from a very young age, may view their human as kin. Cats are social creatures and they do form close bonds. I know my cat gets very excited and will race around the house when I come home, and insists on sleeping with or near me every night. Cats are pretty great and I think can be just as loyal and loving as dogs.
Dude get out of the water!! Dude it’s dangerous! Come on!!! Out!! No! Out!! Dude!
For fucks sake just let the cat save you.
Noble Khajiit
What a tiny heroic baby
This is both the cutest and the saddest thing I have seen in at least 2017
this is adorable. He’s trying his absolute best
I went on a 3 month trip once. When I got home, our next door neighbour’s cat, usually quite a cool character but always one happy to hang out in our garden, was so affectionate and vocal. I’m fairly sure he was pleased to see I hadn’t died after all.
I was thinking “god this I going to be cute”. Then I saw the legitimate terror in that felines eyes. There was a shift from when the cat was pulling her and when she got back in. I am not ammused.
This circulates like once a month and in all honesty I don’t oppose that
If this happened to me I would be a little freaked out that my cat is using its weird animal sixth sense to alert me to some real danger.
Like maybe the water is radioactive. Or there’s an earthquake about to hit. Or there’s a gas leak in the house.
poor kitty, soo adorable
I wouldn’t be able to take a bath in front of that cat without feeling horrific guilt