squibs and cats

[lmthib at earthlink.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 67255

>It's not just that they own cats, they seem to understand them >too.  Theres'a been a lot said about the strange way that Filch >is almost able to talk to Mrs Norris. And how on earth did Figg >manage to send Mr Tibbles off to spy on Harry? More to the >point, what sort of special cat is Mr Tibbles to understand and >obey that command, and then alert her when Mundungus Fletcher >took off?

-ElDee

They are not just cats but witches' familiars.  The squibs must have some small amount of magic to communicate with the familiars.  Witches and cats have been associated together for centuries.  One of the reasons cats were killed in the Dark Ages.  This lead to even more people dying of the plague because the cats couldn't keep the rat population down, being dead.

Good question - thanks for pointing it out.

Lynette