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    Newly Blind Cat

    Oh, i've been bad about updates - to be clear, he recovered very quickly the last few days. This is why, sans random blindness last Spring, we're ok with the neuro's assessment. Our assessment of his vision a couple weeks ago could be more linked to vertigo than actual vision issues.
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    Newly Blind Cat

    -10 outside but the cat neurologist says he'll be fine. ♥️ I can trust him because Kanine, hater of vets, CLIMBED INTO HIS LAP as part of his quest to get back to the carrier. He might have more 'spells' and the temporary blindness last spring remains a mystery, but he's not overly concerned...
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Heading to the neuro today. It's only -7 degree windchill factor. :headshake:
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    Newly Blind Cat

    It's really cool, it's just that he would destroy it. :-/ Quite dog-like. We've had other cats ruin soft-sided carriers before, too.
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    Newly Blind Cat

    <3
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Had to miss the appointment. A jeep crashed outside our house due to snow, and we don't have all-wheel-drive. :-/ Even if safety weren't as big a concern, it's an hour-plus drive on a clear day, would probably take two or more each way now. His new stairs came (the thing I used to use got...
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Thanks. Unfortunately, Kanine lacks much of feline grace (and skill). I think of him more like a yellow lab in a cat body, though his energy level is way down from what I first named him thirteen years ago. And when he was completely blind last spring, my boyfriend was sitting in the middle of...
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Ever try weighted ones? I love them. I just have to find some place to wash the one my (other) cat peed on. :hmmm:
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Poor guy. First pic is him napping with me (and halfway decent, the lower pic was my laptop camera). Second is him with his new heated pet bed. Hoping it helps with his anxiety some, and his legs seem to bother him so maybe this will ease that a little, too. Neurologist tomorrow.
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Thank you. I found a place that is reasonably close with a neurology specialist/radiology/oncology etc, so we're going to give them a call. I guess this time around it's not as panic inducing because it's not as bad and he did bounce back well, and is otherwise super healthy... maybe surgery for...
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    Newly Blind Cat

    Unfortunately, after many months of doing pretty well and returning to normal, to the point of taking down the baby gate and putting away the crate, he started some vague symptoms again - pacing, anxious, things that happen now and then so we didn't worry - and on Christmas his vision became...
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    Newly Blind Cat

    He was confirmed blind because, apart from personal observation, when light was shined (shone? both look wrong) in his eyes his pupils stayed fully dilated and he didn't blink. Those weren't the type of ear meds we gave him. It was something I looked into back then. One of the causes of my own...
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    Humping!?

    I had a blanket that was 'popular' so I switched it out with less appealing one. :) Two males, one was neutered over ten years prior, other about seven years. I found out while using the blanket. Woke up to some intense stares and activity. If the toy solves the issue of creeping out your...
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    Hacking/Coughing, but no hairballs

    The cats around here (farm country) seem to be running a trend the last decade where they are really, really bad at bringing up hairballs. They are definitely hairballs,  occasionally just vomit, but they can't seem to get them up without some degree of excitement or help. Since we took a few of...
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    The Great Hairball Epidemic of 2017 :-)

    Having a cat but no sense of humor is totally pointless. ;)
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