Abstract
Pet-attachment among the pet owners total 91 those were admitted in a
government hospital for COVID-19 was studied in two wards, one ward was
for patients with mild symptoms and other ward was for moderate
symptoms, the researcher talked to the patients on intercom from where
she could see them also and asked two questions from them, do you have a
pet, yes or no and do you miss your pet, very strongly, strongly,
sometimes, occasionally, and never? It was assumed that the pet
attachment may vary due to the nature of symptoms and related ailment
stress among pet owners in the two wards? The findings revealed that pet
owners remembered possession of their pets similarly(r=.012,
p< .001) in both wards(r=-.016, p<.001) with
strongly correlated remembering. It emerged that stressful situations do
not effect pet attachment and pet attachment continues in mild and
moderate levels of stress. The study provided useful information about
pet-attachment in stressful situations.