We Have The Impression That He Attempted To Give His Cat Some Mediation, But His Cat Refused
Everyone who owns a pet knows the difficulty of giving a sick animal medication. With other cases, you may need to resort to more extreme measures to get the tablet down their throats, such as coating it in peanut butter or cheese. Even Hercules couldn’t medicate his own cat, it seems.
It would appear from these statues that Hercules was only attempting to mediate between himself and his cat, but the cat would not listen to him or accept his advice. Despite the fact that we have information that suggests otherwise, the similarities are startling. What exactly was he doing if he wasn’t attempting to give the cat some medication?