Within the first two months of working in this clinic, all the hospitalized animals that I was assigned to feed just so happened to be cats. For me, feeding them can be a mind refreshing timeout from the busy workday, as I get to sit and spend some time with them. I really enjoy it and I know they do too when they purr.

There was one older cat that came in quite sick, and after the first day of being hospitalized, I noticed it only ate each time I held up its food bowl, but as soon as I put down the bowl and walked away it would stop eating. (This cat reminded me of my cat because mine demands for my company and my fur-combing service when he eats.) So for the next few days, I spent more time with this cat and patted him until he decided he was done with his meal. By the end of his hospitalization, he recovered so well that Dra. Alex said he was like a completely different cat.

A week after the discharge of this cat, I came across a study done at the Ohio University, which fed rabbits food that was extremely high in cholesterol. There was one group of rabbits that had only half the damage to their circulatory system despite being fed the same food as the rest of the rabbits in the same study. In the end they found out that the technician who fed that group of rabbits with better results had cuddled them a few times a day.