Well do they.
No they don't.
Well do they.
Guinea pigs certainly do - if you get a bonded pair and one dies then unless you're very careful (usually by getting a replacement) then the other one can pine away until it dies.
I will NEVER have another pet after this one has gone.
A similar question is do cats know when they're going to die? I think mine did earlier this year. She had been diagnosed with cancer, aged 13, and the vet was trying a certain type of medication, giving it for 2 weeks to see if it had any effect. The first week, she seemed to pick up and began eating well again but after 10 days, she refused her food again. I noticed that evening, that she appeared restless and looked uncomfortable. I had remarked to my other half, that I was going to take her to the vets again the following day, and then went to bed. I didn't think to lock the cat flap and when I got up in the morning, I couldn't find her anywhere. In fact, that was the last I saw of her.
Try Feliway, I think it's called - either as a spray or plug-in diffuser. It helps with feline stress levels, and although your cat is more sad than stressed, it might help. You can also get pills to put into food, but that's reliant on your cat maintaining a healthy appetite when upset and eating the things, which in our experience doesn't work.
And yup they do get sad. Friends of ours had two cats, one much older than the other, but they'd been together since the younger one was born. When the older cat passed away, the younger cat just took off and was never seen again - they found that very tough. So even though your cat is tugging at your heartstrings now, be grateful you've still got him/her!
My Gf now wants to get 2 more cats
I'm glad you found Kizzy as I searched and searched for my cat. I didn't want her to die in pain and would rather have taken her to be put down. she'd obviously hidden herself very well as I couldn't find her anywhere. It was hard not knowing when she actually died.
have a good look around the hedges and bushes thats a favorite place for them to go somewhere tucked away.
reading what others have said confirms what I always though that cats can be very clever at hiding there thoughts, Kizzy never went out in the early mornings as there was always a rush to get out that morning she rushed out first after that previous evening curling up on my lap and purring all night, she never appeared all day so the search started but somewhere in the back of my mind I knew what she was doing.
the following morning the neighbour a few doors down rang me and asked me to come down to see her, then I was sure.
she was curled up outside her summerhouse just like she had fallen asleep there, my thoughts were and still are that she did not want to die in the house with 4 other cats there but knew the neighbour would find her(well her dog did) she had apparently been looking there a few days before having never been there before.
my only sadness is that we buried 4 cats that adopted us and 4 that were killed on the road near us in Wales.
but they are always in our memories and hearts.