Patients in diabetic ketoacidosis often smell of acetone. Donuts to dollars that's what Pippa is detecting.
This article made my day/night today. This cat is a hero to me. Plus made me feel better after reading what had happened in NYC when there was a cat that was kicked in this news article via the NY Daily News. It got me upset. I volunteer at a local cat no-kill shelter in the hometown I live in.
Here is the article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/cat-flying-kick-heartless-creep-bk-article-1.1780412
What a great story!
It's pretty amazing Pippa knows that particular smell means harm for Mia, and that she (Pippa) has to go get help. I say it again---I believe the minds of God's little creatures go deeper and wider than we know.
What you say is true, that patients in diabetic ketoacidosis produce acetone, which has a characteristic odor. But ketoacidosis is almost always associated with HIGH blood sugars (HYPERglycemia). However, the article talks about the cat detecting HYPOglycemia - too low a blood sugar level for the girl. The possible mechanism is that the girl might be having seizures, which are often associated with hypoglycemia, perhaps even seizures not dectected all that readily by the naked human eye, but nonetheless detectable by the cat's sense of movement or vibration of the girl's bed.
Sorry, you’re wrong-—that is something that
occurs w/ a HIGH blood sugar
That makes sense, I think you might be right :-)
An Update: Did watch “Hannity” last night, and he did do a report on that perp that kicked the cat and from what I have heard, she was rescued and she is doing okay, but she must have been traumatized mental-wise as a cat. She WILL NEED A LOT OF TLC .
A friend of mine is diabetic and her cat does the same thing.