Does a cat sensing a miscarriage looming seem unbelievable to you?

I just read “When Fraser met Billy”, a book about a cat helping a little boy with autism. I liked the story, but didn’t like the writing much. May have been due to reading the German version, though.

In the book, the mother gets pregnant. At some point, Billy – the cat – acts weirdly toward her. He is trying to tell her something, jumps at her, meows, knocks over some stuff on the counters. She then finds out her unborn child is gone.

Ever since I learned that a dog can smell half a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in an Olympic swimming pool, I am convinced that we miss a lot of the animals’ world. I can easily see how Billy might have reacted to pheromones or other tiny clues, not knowing what they meant, but knowing they meant something.

What do you think?