It is recorded (somewhere) the order of psychic abilities in animals is (starting at the most sensitive)....horse, cat, dog, monkey, wild animals.

my experience with a black cat is different.in my college days,i teased the cat by making it afraid.it has looked into me for some time.on that day i changed my room.my uncle was not at all happy at this incident.he has scolded me all the day long.i felt crying like anything.from that day onwards i have never scolded a cat.i always tried to put love towards it.so no bad happend later on.

All animals are naturally psychic - they operate by their own instincts.

in Hindu almanacs they have particularly allocated a topic to Lizards sounds & their falling on the human body.
I had a grave experience with lizard.One night  when I was praying to GOD ,one lizard has fallen on my right hand,when i have read the almanac it said there will be money loss.the time when the lizard has fallen on me,at that time our transport lorry had met with an accident.I was forced to rush to that place in that mid-night hour.It is really a big loss for us.the next day my relative who looks after our farm has made suicide attempt & ended his life.it is a big loss for us.

Could also the belief in loss have been a self fulfilling prophecy for you and yours?  We do create with our minds.  Had you not believed, would it still have happened?