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This mornings lesson. Let her figure it out. She is vision impaired not a cripple.
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For her it isn't an emotional issue like it would be with us. For her, its a puzzle that she is learning to solve.
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We have always made a point of treating our cats like cats. Animals no matter how much we humanize them have a distinct set of behaviors and instincts. Treating them like little people is a breeding ground for behavior issues. Still it's very hard to watch and not want to go assist or put her up where she wants to go. Sitting on my hands.
Right however with our cat sometimes we find that to teach her we have to help her, particularly with judging whether and how to get up or down from something, and that with a little help she learns how to repeat it on her own.
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Well I wouldn't let her fall in a box of butcher knives. Not that we have boxes of pointy objects sitting around. I can't find my clickers so she got a jar of baby food and the lids make excellent clickers. When I see her trying to gauge something I give her time to work it out. If it goes on for a period of time I hold the clicker where she needs to put her feet. She's quite careful making sure she has solid footing. One benefit of her age I guess.
How do you introduce new objects into your home ? Nothing moving or coming in for now in consideration of her but all homes have change over time.
My little fluffy puffy rolled over for belly rubs and some air treading.
The worst now is seeing the stress on my husbands face. He continues to see my optimistic view of how Kitten is coping as accepting what happened and being OK with it. I try to tell him all things in their proper order.
The vet has a short list. Ask her to be responsible for reasonable follow up bills we have incurred. Take her to small claims and try to make her responsible there. Send in the reports along with a complaint to the SVB along with all the documents after Kittens next follow up.
Hmmm, well if we introduce a new thing that's big enough to warrant an intro we usually just put it near her for her to explore. Otherwise we let her find it on your own.
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I've meant to get back here a number of times the last week. You will probably never understand how much your reaching out and sharing your story meant to me during those first days. There was so much anger and fear during the first week. While the ophthalmologist said there is no improvement there was no new deterioration in the follow up. She did have an actual menace response in both eyes and can follow the cotton ball as it falls to the ground. Its an odd sensation to have the vet tell us we were some of the lucky ones as most they see are blind by the time it's noticed. While I can pick out the little nuances that show she's not seeing fully she has adapted beautifully .
I adore and cherish every picture you post of your Jenny. Not because she's blind. She's just one cool cat.
Sometimes one puts up a post that gets a "thanks". Sometimes (often) one puts up a post that gets nothing. And while we don't do it for the thanks, yours was particularly sweet and and generous. I hope and like to think that Jenny has helped many people "see" that blind cats are pretty much like any other cat.As I write this, we are all out on our little roof deck taking in the morning, jenny is listening for flies and birds :-)
Maybe someday your cat will have a FB page and then your cat and Jenny can become FB friends
What's your cat's name and maybe someday you can post a photo? Stay in touch.
And yes thank you, i agree Jenny is a cool cat. New photos of her just went up on her page the other day.
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Her name really is Kitten. And she's my avatar.
Sometimes one puts up a post that gets a "thanks". Sometimes (often) one puts up a post that gets nothing. And while we don't do it for the thanks, yours was particularly sweet and and generous. I hope and like to think that Jenny has helped many people "see" that blind cats are pretty much like any other cat.As I write this, we are all out on our little roof deck taking in the morning, jenny is listening for flies and birds :-)
Maybe someday your cat will have a FB page and then your cat and Jenny can become FB friends
Stay in touch.
And yes thank you, i agree Jenny is a cool cat. New photos of her just went up on her page the other day.
the Jenny the Blind Kitten blog popped up. I watched every youtube you had embedded and watched you teach Jenny to see her world. Laughed my heart out over the I'm going to get you hiding game. It's one that's played here often.
She's gorgeous! That's funny you found the blog, i stopped working on it after creating the FB pge. My voice is humiliating but glad you liked it!
Oddly I've lost track of her old blog.....do you have a link?
FOUND IT: jennytheblindkitten.blogspot.com
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The video is priceless to anyone looking to cope with blindness or in my cats case diminished vision. When Kitten is unsure I see her doing that pat down gesture. You also demonstrated the incredible bond you have with Jenny. Her running through the screen curtain and jumping in your lap was priceless. I hope that someday you write the book on your thought process in giving her eyes. All the things you were doing expanded her world and confidence. Our biggest fear was Kitten would have a diminished life. At 10 she was as playful as a little kitten. And she still is. She got a clean bill of health. Good blood panel.
Again thank you and chin scritches to Jenny.
Jenny still likes to leap over thresholds whether its the screen or just coming through a doorway, and she will be 4 years old in just a few days! She lost her buddy and my best friend Simon last Feb to complications from IBD, and we still plan on getting her a new buddy at some point.
Thanks again for all your kind comments.
