Squibs and Cats

[mongo62aa]

No: HPFGUIDX 73315

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rania Melhem <dunknegg at y...> 
wrote:

I dont know if this is a topic that has already been discussed or 
not. I couldn't find any sign of it in the archives or in the VFAQ 
files so I am going to ask it.

Have you guys noticed that for all  their lack of magical ability 
the two squibs we have met so far Filch and Arabella Figg seem to 
have methods of communicating with their cats ? Is this a squib 
ability to make up for their lack of magic? What do you all think?

Me (Bill):

Well, cats are a very important part of the HP series.  McGonagall 
is a cat animagus, Hermione's pet Crookshanks is a cat-kneazle 
crossbreed, in OotP Ginny is described in cat-like terms...

It looks to me that it is not so much that squibs have the ability 
to communicate with cats, but that cats are able to recognise and 
understand squibs.  In other words, the ability to communicate is 
inherent in the cats, not the humans.

Bill