Oggy the Cat’s Weird Behavior Was the Reason Owner Discovered She Had Breast Cancer
“I can’t help but wonder if I would have observed his conduct and paid attention to him sooner.”
When dogs and cats employ their keen sense of smell, they’re not just being nosy. In reality, their super-hero status is a result of this sense. They have even been known to use their senses to find people, drugs, and bombs in order to keep humans safe by sniffing out potential health issues and impending hazards!
And even though to some that may be old news, I bet you didn’t know this: The sense of smell in domestic cats is 9–16 times more acute than in people. They can out-smell (and out-cuddle) every human companion thanks to their noses, which have over ten times as many odor-sensitive cells. According to experts, pets use this sense to identify ailments.
It therefore comes as no surprise that Oggy, a cat owned by Minnesotan Kate King Scribbins, has garnered news in the medical field. The New York Post reports that Scribbins believes her cat buddy “let the cat out of the bag” by revealing to her the existence of a malignant lump developing inside her left breast.
Oggy the cat had “always loved to snuggle up in my arms,” she told the newspaper, “but he began to snuggle more aggressively than usual, which was weird.” Oggy was “determined” to get near to her left breast and appeared to be doing so more so than before.
When dogs and cats employ their keen sense of smell, they’re not just being nosy. In reality, their super-hero status is a result of this sense. They have even been known to use their senses to find people, drugs, and bombs in order to keep humans safe by sniffing out potential health issues and impending hazards!
And even though to some that may be old news, I bet you didn’t know this: The sense of smell in domestic cats is 9–16 times more acute than in people. They can out-smell (and out-cuddle) every human companion thanks to their noses, which have over ten times as many odor-sensitive cells. According to experts, pets use this sense to identify ailments.
It therefore comes as no surprise that Oggy, a cat owned by Minnesotan Kate King Scribbins, has garnered news in the medical field. The New York Post reports that Scribbins believes her cat buddy “let the cat out of the bag” by revealing to her the existence of a malignant lump developing inside her left breast.
Oggy the cat had “always loved to snuggle up in my arms,” she told the newspaper, “but he began to snuggle more aggressively than usual, which was weird.” Oggy was “determined” to get near to her left breast and appeared to be doing so more so than before.
After seeing Oggy’s peculiar behavior for several months, Scribbins experienced “shooting pain” in the morning. She then performed a self-examination and discovered a tumor in her breast. Scribbins was found to have Stage 3 breast cancer shortly after, and she has since undergone numerous surgeries, rounds of chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
According to the Post, Scribbins claims that she now thinks he was attempting to warn her about the illness. I genuinely think he was attempting to warn me about the hazards developing in my body when I reflect back on the changes in his conduct toward me before to receiving a breast cancer diagnosis.
Patients who have been diagnosed with cancer are never truly free of the disease due to regular doctor visits. However, Scribbins reports to the newspaper that Oggy appears to have stopped staring at her chest after finishing treatment.
She thanks him for telling her she had cancer fifteen years after saving Oggy. Our admiration and hats are out to you, rescue-kitty. Another illustration of how amazing animals’ senses are: a lovely and cuddly cat by day, a doctor and detective at night!
