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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat do your pets do in thunderstorms?
We had a loud one go through yesterday, and my two cats reacted this way:
Charlotte the calico during a building-shaking boom looked up, said "Was that thunder?" and went back to sleep.
My little black female Raven laid on my lap, but at full alert, and grabbing my hand at random for head-petting and reassuarance.
samnsara
(17,650 posts)..thank god we only get a boom about once a summer. I have lots of hemp oil for dogs.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)lost survivor. He was in horrible shape when a rescue team found him, we adopted him. The cat just looked around and wondered WTF the dog was so upset about!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)notices thunder, but people other than those he knows well scare him to death.
dameatball
(7,400 posts)between each of her three beds as each peal of thunder takes place. The cat tends to run upstairs and hide in the dirty clothes basket in my closet.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,900 posts)Otherwise they don't pay any attention.
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)under the bed, and won't come out for hours.
Fireworks are even worse.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Oh, and sirens! Whoooo watch out, it's howling time!
Harker
(14,056 posts)looks nervous about both fireworks and thunder. I reassure her, and she's okay, the sweetheart.
I like thunder, but having suffered a sizeable gash in the forearm from a small explosive at a ZZ Top concert in '76, I can do without the fireworks.
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