FAQ of the Day: Do Cats Cry Real Tears?
I have a really bizarre question for you that I have not found on your site - can cat's cry when upset? Are they capable?
This FAQ was created a year or so ago when someone emailed a similar question, and you'll see my response was in the negative. I'd be very interested to see if any of my readers have experienced seeing their cats shed tears when upset or depressed. Although I've never seen this phenomenon in my several decades of feline companionship, I'm always willing to change my mind.
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- Sira says:
Hey, I have had this happen once. My cat had jsut gotten in a bunch of trouble, and when I went to find her she was hiding under our piano with tars in her eyes. She was crying! It was the first time I had ever seen it!
- Tami says:
I had a male cat back in the early 1990s, we took him to the vet for a check up and to say the least he did not want to be there. As I held him gently on the table tears ran down his face. It was the only time he ever cried and I have yet to see any of my other cats do the same. He now lives in Ontario and is 17 years old.
- Kristi in Maine says:
My cat broke a bone in her foot. Today is her first morning after being splinted. She knows she cannot go outside (she cannot climb trees in this state nor protect herself otherwise). She was up on the window seat looking out.I saw something on her face. She never has eye gunk. I went to wipe it and it was a puddle of “tears” so much so that some fell onto the surface upon which she was perched.I’ve had other cats for more than 20 years and have never seen this. Prompted me to do a search for “DO CATS CRY” which lead me to this page.
- Terra Smith says:
Yes I have seen cats cry my kitted (Cloudy) was upset becouse she saw a person that looked like the person who had broken her jaw and abandonded her before i found her she started meowing like she was scared and curled up in my lap real tightly in a ball and started crying so just becouse you’ve never seen it dont doubt it cats do cry its somthing that once you’ve seen you never want to see it again
- Jessica says:
My cat gets tears in her eyes fairly often. I first noticed it when I had been out of town for a while, so I thought she was really upset. I always notice it when I take her to the vet, after she’s been in the car, which she hates. I assumed that since it happened during times when she was really upset that they were real tears. My vet noticed this once, and I mentioned that I thought she really cried, and the vet laughed at me. She said she had a clogged tear duct, and sometimes stress can activate it. I noticed after that it does only come out of one eye.
- Alem says:
Yes, before 20 years we had beautiful male cat, 1 year old ,when we must left him to neibors, he as knew that will be lefted for ever, had eyes full of tears, was very quiet and sad. We never could forget this.
- Cheryl Smith says:
Sounds more like Rhino than tears to me! I think cats have emotions and show them in their behavior. They are quiet and withdrawn when depressed; possibly they also act out like a small child and get wild or mean with their companion cats. I don’t want them to be able to cry! I want them to just enjoy life and be the supreme felines they were meant to be!
- Rosemary says:
Oh Dear God…please don’t let any cats I know cry, let along my sweet baby Sonsy. I’ve never seen a cat cry and I’ve had cats as long as I’ve had siblings (45 years). Maybe it’s possible, but they exhibit their emotions so fully…If I ever saw tears in my kitty’s eyes when she was sad, somebody would have to call 911 for me.
- Patiance says:
i have a cat that i found over two years ago and right after i brought her home i took her to the vet for her first visit she had to have all the shots and tests to bring her up to date, while we were their i was holding her and she had tears on her face.
- Bethanie Cole says:
i opened my door to find my cat crying
with a bleeding ear, - Lonney says:
I had a cat called Sing Sing (she liked to meow frequently) who was very expressive. One day when she was a kitten some relatives came to visit, and when they were leaving we were holding her out the front of our house to wave goodbye. They thoughtlessly beeped their horn, which scared her out of her wits, and she fought her way free, falling and hitting her head. She was scared, and of course hurt, and she cried for a few minutes, while meowing in an upset sounding way. My first thought was that the hit to her head was the cause, but the vet said other than a sore head, she had no physical reason to have cried. She never did it again, however.
- Jill Friedman says:
I had an adult mail cat about 20 years ago. We took him to the vet to be neutered. When we took him home afterward he had tears streaming out of his eyes and he seemed unhappy. However, at the timeI assumed that it was caused by the anesthetic or some other medical cause, because I had heard that only humans cry tears when upset.
- brenda says:
how can i prevent my cat from jumping over my 6 foot fence in backyard??
- Wendy says:
Today I was petting our very demanding and affectionate cat with my left hand. The newer dog was on my right and I was petting him. He began to bark at the cat. She closed her eyes and hissed at him, went up on her shelf, and tears were streaming down her little face for several minutes. I petted her and reassured her. It was so sad that I also cried. She was stressed out by the dog’s barking, and felt infringed upon by the new addition to the family. It was clear and very sad to witness.
- Laura says:
i left my kiten on his own in the lounge whilst i went to the other room, it was for about half an hour later when i went back in and he looked very upset!! he had tears coming out of his eyes and i wiped them away and more came out!! it was so upsetting!!
- Lynne says:
Cats definitely cry - usually due to being in pain. For 3 weeks before our 18 yr old Gigi passed away unexpectedly, she had tears running down her face. Our vet later determined that stomach cancer, a very painful disease,was the cause. Now our tough guy, Mr. Greylegs, lost his appetite and has begun shedding tears also. We have had every test, xray, ultrasound avail and do not know what the problem is, only that he must be in great discomfort. Naturally we are extremely concerned and worried about him.
- joseph says:
I let my one year old cat out in yard. I started doing that just recently. He almost never leaves the back yard, but when he does its for about a half hour or so.
Well today he stayed out for almost 7 hrs! When he finally came back home I noticed something weird in his face… tears! He did look a little stressed like a vet would expect.
I havent done any scientific study or anything but doesnt stress make humans cry too?
Oh and by the way I too started looking this topic up because I had no idea that cats cried. - Meta Geske says:
I have two Maine coons and one of them, Bear, cries. I left him at the vet for dental care, but they called and said they couldn’t work on him because his nose was running and his eyes were watery which made them think he was coming down with a virus. When I picked him up he truly looked terrible, but the minute he was back in the house, his eyes cleared up and he was fine, so I attributed the “watery eyes” to stress. However, yesterday I took him to the groomer to have a small patch of matted fur shaved away. When picking him up, I visited with the groomer for a bit, and then she noticed Bear had begun to tremble a bit and he was sniffling; she said, “He is crying”. On arriving home, he went from his kennel to a place under the back seat and cried and cried. Big tears rolled down his cheeks. I tried to make up with him, but he would do his best to avoid looking at me. It took a couple of kleenex and about 20 minutes of coaxing before he stopped and would finally come out of the car. Some cats do cry.
- Brenda says:
My cat went into kidney failure recently, with one kidney recently.working now… He has kidney stones, and when he is in pain, tears pour down his face. I lay with him, hold him and sometimes cry with him cause I can’t do much for him besides pain meds and antibiotics. CATS DO CRY!!
- christie says:
i came across this topic because of a similar scenario…
my beloved cat jael had her first litter about two and a half months ago, and have had to get rid of the kittens because my appartment is very cramped as it is. four of the five kittens were given away in one day.
for the first few days after the kittens were gone, jael would meow in front of the refrigerator, under which the kittens used to hide. more recently she had seemed to be over it, but the other night i heard her meow once in the kitchen, and when i went to check up on her she was in front of the refrigerator, and had tears in her eyes. not just runny eyes, but like, tears.
it was heartbreaking.
- Solitaire says:
I have had to leave my 6 mo. old kitten and dog alone while I work lately. She loves the dog. Then I had to take the dog to my mother’s and the kitten spent her first day all alone. She was ecstatic when I returned. The next morning, the dog still gone, I had been playing with the kitten, but I had to go to work, so I picked up the keys. I locked up the house and walked over to say goodbye, and two big tears were falling, one from each eye.
To me, it was obvious. Cats do cry. To imagine that an animal with volitile emotions and tear ducts don’t cry is pure human hubris. We’re not THAT different! Emotions + pain + tearducts = tears. - Patricia says:
I had a big black tom cat some years ago with whom I had a very special bond. He had to have an op on his ear because of a fight he’d got into. The vet refused to give me painkillers for him stating that they wouldn’t do any good, & would slow down the healing process. I found him sitting on the table staring out the window when I got home from work the next day. When I called him, he turned to look at me with huge golden eyes filled with tears & pain. It made me cry. It was dreadfully frustrating & painful watching him suffer. He made a full recovery, but I don’t think my heart ever did.
- Steve says:
My wife left us 6 weeks ago. She has been over only twice in the last 3 weeks. About an hour after both times that she left, my smarter cat, Albert, who is quite ferrel had tears in his eyes. I know he misses her because he has become clingy. He knows that she doesn’t live here any more and seeing her, I believe makes him sad. My other cat, Rolly, who is not that bright just looks around for her for a long time.
- sheri says:
Yesterday,
one of my cats of thirteen years died. I found her after a stroke (her back legs paralyzed and in tremendous pain) and the vet had to put her down. It was the very first day my other cat spent at home alone without the other cat. When I returned home and settled down. The remaining cat came and sat on my lap. She was looking at me and then tilted her head down for a while. When she looked back up at me her eyes were filled with tears. I have never seen such a thing. She, nor the other cat had ever had any eye gunk, and I have never had to wipe their eyes before. Of course, my tears fell too because there was no explanation for this other than she was telling me she knew the other cat would not be returning and was sad. She had seen the condition of the other cat before I took her to the vet. She was the one who led me to the other cat when I woke up in the morning. - sobia says:
im on my laptop right now surfing the internet and also watchin tele, and on tele i have jus seen a cat with watery eyes and tears coming out.
i too have a cat since 3 years now ive had him since he was a little kitten and through out those years i have never seen my cat with watery eyes or tears coming out my cat has never cried.
i do wonder if animals cry…
so coming across the cat i saw crying on tele made me look this topic up on the internet. - Stef says:
I’ve had one cat, Belle, for the past three years. Yesterday I got a new kitten and Belle was pretty angry about it. Today while the kitten was in my room running around Belle was watching him, and she starting “crying”. She’s been doing it now for about half an hour. She’s getting me teary eyed. She just looks so sad!
- Terri says:
I saw my cat cry for the first time yesterday. Came home from vacation after Christmas, had entertained alot and now packing away Christmas decorations. He had seemed depressed, acting a little strange. He came to me while sitting on the couch with tears in both eyes. When he blinked, they rolled down his face. I am monitoring him. Spending extra time with him and he seems better today.
- Mark says:
I have a one-year-old female Maine Coon (Kira) who despises the dog: she regularly clacks her teeth and makes a strange chattering sound when the dog’s in sight.
Yesterday while I was working, Kira was especially agitated at the dog’s presence — and I noticed large, clear drops on the desk where she was sitting!
Called her name and she looked over at me with two tears rolling out of her left eye, and one from the right.
I examined both eyes, neither were matted and there were no signs of irritation. Could only conclude she was crying out of frustration! - Wayne says:
Well…I called my cat Piph a big bitch kitty and Piph bitch. Later I found her sitting on the couch with tears pouring from her eyes. I felt soooooo bad. So I threw a piece of chocolate Almond Bark at her. She didn’t eat it.
- Wayne says:
i heart kittie cats!
- anna says:
so my cat Don Pumkin is very fat…. but very lovable you know like kristy alley…. but neways… he like to climb up on you and give you love… but the only problem is when he does i stop breathing because he ways so much…. but i take a big breath when i see him coming to i have plently of air for a 5 second petting
- anna says:
*so my cat Don Pumkin is very fat but very lovable… you know like Kristy Alley…. but anyways…. he likes to climb up on your chest and give you love…. but the only problem is that when he does this i stop breathing because he weighs so much… so everytime i see him i take a big breath so i have plently of air for a 5 second petting
- matt says:
cats do cry…. me and the wife has two cats and the oldest one crys all the time at least once a week he will have tears ion his eyes. he will do it if we dont give him the time of day or we leave the house for a long time i know it is wierd but true
- torie says:
Hello, yes i believe they do cry, i recently brought a new cat into the household and my loving cat tried to make friends but he is now very upset in the refusal, my cat sniffs and breathes out heavily and has tears in his eyes. i know he is crying because he snuggles in my chest like a child wen i cuddle him. Also he refuses to eat his food so therefore i know something is wrong. x thanks
- Sophia says:
My cat who was my soul mate came home from the vet after an operation, she started writhing around and screaming and in such pain, and then she looked at me and cried - I can’t get it out of my head. We rushed her to emergency, She died 2 days later, the vet had butchered her. She was 23 and I miss her like crazy. She had never cried before. I told the vet, this big “feline specialist” she was crying tears, he said “Cats can’t do that”. Idiot.
- Tammy says:
Yes I have seen this happen. My 9 week old kitten always sheds a tear in the morning time and when I come home from work.
- Tammy says:
Yes I have seen this happen. My 9 week old kitten always tears up in the morning time because she doesn’t sleep with me. Also when I come home from work, she has tears in her eyes.
- Cheryl says:
My cat just scared himself so badly that he is under the bed with tears in his eyes. He got caught in a Valentine’s day balloon ribbon and thought the ballon was after him. Although hilarious at the moment, I truly thought he could have scared himself to death. Mr Tough Guy is under the bed crying which lead me here. I don’ think it made me feel any better having it confirmed that yes, they are tears.
- JANET says:
My cat Kimba died in my house yesterday of old age & I’m a mess. I have two other cats, Hero and Lulu. Hero is running around crazy scared at everything and everyone right now, but last night he was at the windows cying out. I was crying, and my cat Lulu came over as to comfort me. Then she went over to Kimba’s favorite spot, and I could not beleive it, Tears! She turned, as to hide her face. Immediately I stopped crying, and decided to comfort her.
- Nicole says:
We have 4 cats. One of them (Sam) is very wimpy and submissive. The other cats pick on him. Well tonight I think he finally had enough and when our most dominant cat (LaLouie)started picking on him he fought back. He beat the crap out of him! There was fur everywhere in the livingroom. A few minutes later we found Sam in the kitchen with big tears squirting out of his eyes. It was heart-wrenching……We have never before seen a cat cry. But these seemed to be real crying tears. We comforted him with some kind words, petting a few treats and now he is fine. I just had to come look on the internet to see if cats really can cry. I believe that they do.
- Natasha says:
I found this webpage because I thought I saw my adopted cat cry yesterday evening, with tears in his eyes. I’ve had him for over 5 months now. Yesterday was the 3rd day in a row I had tried to give him hairball removal ointment. I tried to put it on his paw and he was not happy but ate it anyways. He got so upset last night when I put it on his paw and looked sad afterwards, and then when I saw those tears!!! I’ll never give him that hairball removal ointment again…I feel terrible. Maybe I’ll try a different flavor but I am not sure because I do not want to ruin our relationship-he is such a loving cat. And now after reading this webpage I have had it confirmed that he was crying…
- Jade says:
My cat was crying today…or at leat I think she was… She was begging to go outside (but it’s too cold over here) and when she finally stopped begging she had watery eyes and it was running down her face… O__o
- Dr. Zorba says:
My 4 year male cat’s mother is a purebred Asian Short-hair. She cries tears when upset.
My cat’s father is unknown but he looks like a gigantic version of his mother He has yellow eyes instead of blue. He loves to tease me by pulling electrical plugs out of wall sockets or playing with the cables of my computer. The first time I scolded him with a rolled-up newspaper, he lay in my arms and shed one large, viscous tear from one of his eyes. Tonight I lost my temper and this time whacked him once with the paper. Again he cried, this time profusely. I had to hold him for 20 minutes and wipe his face with tissue repeatedly while he nuzzled my neck.
I don’t know how to control this guy, ultra-naughty one moment, then he breaks your heart with the cry-baby act. ???????
- Corinne says:
I brought home a puppy and within 2 weeks my cat constantly has tears in his eyes.
- LULANA says:
Yesterday my BF got home and found that our kitty had vomited on the rug yet again. He was very upset and yelled at the kitty for a while. Well the kitty went to sit on top of the microwave (where she usually hides when she’s upset) and when I went in to check up on her I saw tears rolling down her face. I was so upset that I began crying as well. I picked her up and held her while she hid her little face against my shoulder. I hope I never have to go through this again!
- Arash says:
We are taking care of a neighbor’s cat who left the apartment one day and abandoned the cat. The cat can’t come in as my brother is allergic to them, but we give him food in our balcony, but the cat is a home cat. So tonight he walked in the house while the door was opened and we opened the door and directed him to leave. After he left I saw him in the balcony with tears in his eyes. He then actually shed tears. I had never seen this before and was heartbroken. It was amazing. I wish I could let him in the house. They do have emotions and do cry!
- Callum says:
My cat has just started crying. i thought it was weird the first time but he did stop. yesterday he did it again when my brother noticed it, i started to think it may be an illness but then looking at this i dont know now. is my cat grieving or has he got an illness??
- Lorelei says:
I think this is the craziest thing, but I don’t know how else to explain last night. We just got our 9yo cat back home. She was chased away by dogs nearly 8 months ago and after searching for her for several weeks we had reconciled ourselves that she was gone for good. After a series of incredible events, we finally were able to pick her up and bring her home last night. She has apparently been living in the wooded area close to our neighborhood all of this time, and is quite a mess. We cleaned out our small bathroom to keep her in until we can get her comfortable, cleaned up and to the vet for a thorough check up. I went into the bathroom to let her out of the pet carrier and introduce her new surroundings. She went for the food bowl first but as she ate she would occassionally look up at me and meow. I noticed that her eyes were tearing. My initial reaction was that she must have some kind of virus and I made a mental note that I would have to mention this symptom to the vet. However, after she was done eating and I was combing her out I saw that the tears were gone and her eyes looked normal. I am now convinced that she was genuinely crying.
- dustin says:
I wandered across this page looking for an answer. I found my cat, Maxwell, with tears in his eyes most recently when he was in heat (yeah, he has gender issues, too). I know he was uncomfortable, but I had hoped that he wouldn’t cry over it. It broke my heart to hold him and wipe the tears.
- Brandy says:
My cats, smokey and buster, are 15 and 13. Well, Smokey died a year ago and when buster saw his body before we buried him, we saw tears in his eyes. He then just sat and watched as we covered smokey up. He was very sad because they were raised together.
- Christine says:
My cat Inky died last Wednesday. I had to put her to sleep. My other cat, EJ, sat in the box I took Inky in all night. In the morning there were tears in his eyes. He has been like that for three days. Yes, I believe they can cry. They were together for fourteen years.
- stef says:
my cat was quite seriously infested with fleas so at last resort i decided to bath him. obviously he wasn’t to keen on that idea but after a while he just sat there while i bathed him and quite leterally tears were roling down his cheeks. i dont think i have ever felt as terrible as i did then and its bugging me now. was he really crying???
- GBG says:
I’d have guessed that cats don’t cry, but was proven wrong yesterday. There was a cat fight out in front so I ran out and the bully ran away. My one year old male kitty sulkingly came in and laid down in a visually upset posture. I went to comfort him and he looked up at me with tears in his eyes! I checked for injuries around his eyes and he was fine. After wiping the tears from his eyes, he just laid there as more tears came! I wouldn’t have beleived it if I hadn’t seen it for myself. -Geo.
- MPM says:
For the second time ever, yesterday, I saw a cat cry. In both cases it was in the final minutes in the vet’s office before the drugs were administered for euthanasia. They were real tears, and I have only seen it twice, both in female cats. I did the “do cats cry” search and found this page.
- linda says:
I did a search to ask if cats cry because it looks like my little Marshmallow has been crying today. Last night our cat companion Zuna died (he had fallen asleep) after 5 months of chemo and treatment for lymphoma. Marshmallow was alone with him for awhile before I came home and today we’ve been without Zuna (his physical self, anyway.) His eyes look watery and there is eye gunk there. This site was helpful and confirmed to me that yes, he is probably crying too.
- Jennifer says:
Yesterday my baby Holly, got out (she is an indoor only cat). When I found her an hour later she was very upset and nuzeled against my nieck like she did when she was a kitten, I felt water so I looked at her ans she was crying realy tears. I later heard from a neighbor kid that he saw my cat get KICKED by a guy who lives in my apartment building. Later in the day Holly was still crying. It is obvious that cats can cry when they are hurt or upset.
- Denise says:
We had a cat show up on our door step a few weeks ago…she was so skinny so we started feeding her. A few day later we realized that she was not alone, she had given birth to six beautiful kiittens. They are probally about four weeks old, I really do not know this for sure it is just a guestimation. All of them seem healthy except one she has matted and running eyes. I have washed them with warm water. What can I do for her? Thank you!
- Martin on the Mountain says:
The first time my tomcat cried was when I got home from work late and he was out all day. I reckoned it was just from the cold. But now I notice that he cries if I come home very late. Dang! I thought cats are supposed to be self-sufficient and aloof, but this little rascal craves company and attention. At least he gives the mice a reason to cry because he’s a regular mouse murderer. Maybe I should get him a big puppy for company.
- B and N says:
we took our cat to the vet today and gave her her vaccinations and she seemed very upset after we got home which was expected, but what was not expected is about an hour later when she calmed down I came into the room and she walked up to me and lays her head on me and she was crying, it made me cry!
- Jamie Drilling says:
My Dobby will be eight years old on September 4th. She has a son (she had 6 kittens, but when she had her kittens the laws in our city were very strict, so we could only keep one. The rest were given up for adoption.)
I have witnessed her cry many times, and I’ve decided to ignore any vet who says, “Cats don’t cry,” or, “Dogs don’t smile.” Everyone who’s had a dog knows they smile. They may use different muscles than a human, but they certainly smile.So does my Dobby. She wept when she thought she had “lost” five of her kittens, she has wept if I’ve been away for an extended time and friends have been taking care of her.
Recently a third cat adopted me. The laws have relaxed (now you can have up to 6 cats in city limits) and while I was trepidatious about adding a young member (he is a little more than 2 years old) to our family.
Needless to say, Dobby was very unkind to him initially, and I was worried. I asked my mother (very good with animals) what to do, and she advised me to “discipline” Dobby.
I have never gotten mad at her, no matter what she broke or what she shredded. Even our $3,000 was fair game.
So when she hissed at the new cat and swiped at him, I yelled at her and smacked her rump.
She ran from me (I sobbed for hours after this and afterwards just told her firmly, “No”), hid for a few days (if I went to her hiding place she would rub her face over my hands and purr, but she wouldn’t come out).
Tonight when I came home, I was relieved to see her run up to greet me with her son and the new cat.
But she has been crying and hasn’t stopped all night.
I am the worst thing that has ever happened to the individual I love best in the world. I have been crying and it’s just a very sad time.
Whoever says cats don’t cry tears hasn’t observed them closely enough.
- Janice Carter says:
My boyfriend and I went on vacation for two weeks and left our cat Egypt to the care of a friend. Upon our return we were told by the friend that Epypt had refused to come into the house for the past 4 days, seemingly awaiting our return. Since home, Egypt has been very vocal (which she never is) and needful of a lot of closeness. My boyfriend told me that I was spoiling her a bit much and should maintain some boundaries with her. So last night, while reading a magazine in bed, Egypt started to move out of her designated foot-of-the-bed space and towards the pillows for some extra cuddling, at which point I shooed her back to her space. Within seconds, she recoiled backed into her space on the bed and her eyes became sticky and watery. I stared at her for a while to try to see if there were any signs of her not feeling well. Her eyes stayed watery for 10 minutes or so and 3 or so tear drops actually landed on the bed. I was worried and was about to run into the other room to ask my boyfriend what we should do since the cat appeared to be getting ill. Moments later, after me stroking her for a while, her eyes dried up as though she had never been tearing. This really freaked me out, as I have never EVER heard of a cat crying before. But my boyfriend explained that he’s seen her tear on a rare occasion when really upset. Seeing an animal cry has to be one of the weirdest things I have ever witnessed which is how I arrived at this blog space.
- peggy wallace says:
My male cat cries when I take a shower. He comes in when I’m finished and likes to get into the sink. Today he was crying in the bathtub so I let it drip for a few minutes while he played with the water. Just now he started howling incessantly while in the tub. He stopped after a while, got into the sink and continued to howl. I picked him up, held him and talked to him for a while and closed the bathroom door. He cried for a while but eventually stopped. He seems fixated on the bathroom!
- Charlene says:
I just saw, what I think was, my cat crying. I was giving her new lil sister (just adopted a kitten) a bath. The kitten was meowing excessively, along with her big sister outside the bathroom (the door was closed). When I wrapped the kitten up and took her out to the bed my big cat jumped up and had a tear in one of her eyes, it wasn’t like gunky or anything, it was like a real tear. She’s perfectly healthy, just saw the vet this week, indoor cat whom I’ve had for 6 yrs, never seen anything like it. I can see how anyone could be skeptical of it if they hadn’t seen it themselves, but I whole-heartedly believe that it was tear…
- Jenna K. says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzaWucwShE
I saw my cat cry the other day. He was laying on my lap kneading on my tummy and i was telling him no. He jumped off my lap onto the top of the couch and started crying. I video taped it. It was the weridest thing i ever saw. I never knew cat could cry.
- Bailey says:
Hey, this happens with one of my cats quite often. Most of the time it seems it’s because she’s staring out the window - and I swear- “wistfully”. Last night she and my other cat started real fighting (caterwauling meows and it got ugly) over a male stray they saw outside the window. After the crying one started backing off, my other cat was still pissed. I watched as her eyes started welling up with tears, almost as if she was saddened by the conflict between them. I was baffled.