Guess who’s feeling economy stress? Your pet

by Lauren on October 21, 2008

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The economy, the election, and myriad other problems are really stressing out … pets.

When humans get stressed, often their pets take on that stress, too.

“Dogs and cats are very good at picking up stress in people, as are birds,” said James Morrisey, a veterinarian at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Cornell University in New York. “I’ve worked with a parrot who lived with a woman who had a seizure disorder, and the parrot could tell when she was about to have a seizure and warn her.”

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