Do cats get autism(Cats have symptoms of autism)

Speaking of autism, I believe most people are familiar with it, and we often call children with autism “children from the stars.” Once a child develops autism, it is often a huge blow to a family.
Children with autism have a different understanding of the world than ordinary people, and they often do things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand. Sometimes, the unusual aspects of these children will give us unexpected surprises and create works that ordinary people cannot complete.
But do you know? It’s not just humans who can suffer from autism, animals are also likely to suffer from it. We see that some cats always look arrogant, are not enthusiastic about anything they do, and do not like to have any intimacy with their cat owners.
Sometimes the cat will always look cold when he holds it, like a piece of wood, making people unable to feel the slightest warmth. This can easily create a sense of distance between the cat and the cat. Some cat owners will gradually lose their initial patience with cats because of this, and are unwilling to have any interaction with cats at home.
This is not because the cat is too aloof or has a cold personality and ignores the owner’s approach, but because the cat is suffering from autism.
The impression of a cat’s natural aloofness is too deep-rooted in the mind of the cat. It is hard for the cat to imagine that it will suffer from autism, and it will never be considered as autism if the cat ignores its own problems. . But it is possible for cats, just like us humans, to suffer from autism without our knowledge.

Although autism is not an infectious or malignant disease, it is still difficult to cure. The symptoms can only be appropriately alleviated so that daily communication with others will not be impossible.

How do cat owners recognize that cats are not really aloof, but have autism?

1. Communication barriers

Like autistic children, cats can exhibit significant communication difficulties at an early age. When a mother cat gives birth to a kitten, as long as it is born autistic, it is easy to see that it will not communicate properly with the mother cat and other cats born in the same litter.
When other cats are playing, kittens with autism will not easily come forward to join them, and may even stay in the corner by themselves.

2. Expression disorders

Cats with autism are quite indifferent and rarely show emotions such as joy, fear, sadness, etc. Difficulty expressing emotions normally is a classic symptom of autism, and this applies to cats as well.

When the cat’s actions cannot cause any emotional changes in the cat, the cat should be vigilant. The cat may not be reacting because it doesn’t want to pay attention to you, but because it has autism and is unable to react. Give you a reaction.

3. Restrictive Behavior

Once a cat suffers from autism, it is very likely that it will tend to have inherent living habits and behavior patterns, and will be unwilling to do actions it has never done before or try new games.
What also reflects the cat’s restrictive behavior is the cat’s lack of interest in the new toys that the scavenger has bought home. The scavenger ignores the new cat food made for the cat and has no intention of even tasting it.

4. Repetitive behaviors

Cats with autism will always perform certain behaviors more or less repeatedly, such as chasing their tails, licking and biting themselves, etc.
Of course, normal cats often perform certain behaviors repeatedly, and we cannot easily tell whether a cat has autism. However, some behaviors are difficult for normal cats to carry out all the time. If the cat repeatedly performs behaviors that ordinary cats do not often do, the cat should be careful.
Humans with autism will also have language difficulties, but this does not exist for cats. It is difficult for us to understand the language of cats in our daily lives, and there are many normal cats that do not meow. This is not a symptom of autism.
Although we all know that autism is a disease, most people do not know in detail why humans suffer from autism, let alone the reasons why cats suffer from autism.

So, why do cats suffer from autism?

1. Family factors

The cat was brought home to be raised by the owner, but because the owner was too busy and did not have much time to accompany him, the cat would be in a lonely state for a long time.
If the cat stays alone for too long, it will lose enough ability to communicate with the outside world due to lack of love and care, which will lead to autism. This situation is the most unsafe for cats to suffer from autism. One of the reasons for neglect.

2. Genetic factors

Autism is not caused by a simple genetic mutation, but is a comprehensive result of certain deletions, duplications or mismatches between chromosomes during meiosis to produce sperm and eggs.

To put it simply, although autism is congenital, it is not because the parents’ genes are defective, but because there is a problem with the chromosomes during the process of gestating the next generation, which ultimately leads to the kitten being born with autism. 

3. Infection during pregnancy

The mother cat was infected by a virus during pregnancy, which caused damage to the brain development of the kittens when they were still fetuses. Finally, they were born with autism.

4. Brain injury

Cat mothers suffer from distress abortion and other factors during pregnancy, resulting in underdeveloped brains of kittens in their belly. During the birth process, premature birth and dystocia lead to brain injuries in kittens, and kittens are infected with encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases in their childhood. Factors such as brain damage will increase the chance of a kitten developing autism.
Although we know the cause of autism in cats, we have no way to cure it, and this disease is also a difficult problem among humans that has not yet found a solution.
The only thing we can do is to try to let the cat live in a relatively stable and safe environment, reduce external stimulation to it, spend more time with it, and at the same time, we must avoid letting it have offspring.
After we humans suffer from autism, we still need to learn how to be independent, otherwise we will not be able to live alone when our loved ones leave. But there is absolutely no need for a cat to learn this. As long as it can find a cat who loves it, and it will not cause any harm to the cat because of autism, it can spend its life happily. .
A cat’s aloofness is not entirely true. Autism can also lead to a cold personality. Don’t misunderstand it, let alone abandon it because of this.