blind kitten

I am getting a 7 week old blind kitten. I have been doing rescue work for ten years and have had neuralogically disabled kittens but need information about caring for a blind kitten.

Judy,

Here is a link that might help you.

http://messybeast.com/disabled.htm


Good luck and God bless you!

Donna

Good luck with your new kitty! You are so great for adopting a special needs cat! I would like to see her pics -- bet she (or he) is cute!
There was a cat at a local no-kill shelter, and his name was Helen Keller, because he was both blind & deaf. What a beautiful cat, though!

Once the kitty acclimates to the house, he/she will surprise you at how fast it adapts. When we got our two blind kitties Tag and Marbles, I decided to make the living room their place and boarded up the doorway so that they couldn't get out of the room. I put out several litter boxes, and plugged all the small holes that they could wander in. In a matter of days they knew the lay-out of the room and unless we moved a stick of furniture they were fine. Eventually we opened up the whole house to their exploring. Tag would reach out and grab our ankles as we passed (thus earning his name) and he loved to sit in the dog's feed bowl. If there was a fly in the room, Tag would be the first kitty (out of 10 at the time) to catch it, and I learned more from Tag and his sister than I could of learned in books. Good luck and if I can be of any help, feel free to email me.

Originally posted by hissy
Once the kitty acclimates to the house, he/she will surprise you at how fast it adapts. When we got our two blind kitties Tag and Marbles, I decided to make the living room their place and boarded up the doorway so that they couldn't get out of the room. I put out several litter boxes, and plugged all the small holes that they could wander in. In a matter of days they knew the lay-out of the room and unless we moved a stick of furniture they were fine. Eventually we opened up the whole house to their exploring. Tag would reach out and grab our ankles as we passed (thus earning his name) and he loved to sit in the dog's feed bowl. If there was a fly in the room, Tag would be the first kitty (out of 10 at the time) to catch it, and I learned more from Tag and his sister than I could of learned in books. Good luck and if I can be of any help, feel free to email me.

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that is so sweet

No advice for you, but just wanted to say "YEY" for you being so good as to adopt this baby!! Let us know how thigns go!!

Hi Judy

I was reading this Thread and I was hoping things were going well for you and your new baby. If you have time, will you keep us posted. I had a blind kitty once and he was soooo intelligent and they do adapt to the layout of a home incredibly well! They're very special!

Hugs,
Catarina

That's wonderful--good luck

Judy - what is the update on your baby?

This is my first time reading this thread, but I too am interested in hearing how your new addition is doing?

you are you sweet i am happy for you and hope you give him lots of love and take good care for him i know he will apreciate it a lot . you are his angel.
i see that you live in c.a. i am also looking for a cat do you think you could help me find a cat?
thank you and have fun with your cat.

So how is the new baby doing...I haven't seen any posts lately and I really want to know how it's going with this one....

It is a wonderful thing that you are doing ... you aren't going to spoil the kitten are you??? I know I would...all my kitties can see and I've taken great care to spoil them all.

Judy, thank you for allowing me the opportunity to post a link introducing my favorte BunerKitty Pet of the Week:

http://pets.burnerkitty.com/1361

As you will see, even though Max has been blind since kittenhood, that certainly does not stop him from leading a full kitty life, including going boating in his cute little life jacket and catching fish on a pole!

I don't have personal experience, but as Max may demonstrate, a blind kitty is far from a disabled kitty!

My brother's cat went blind as she aged, but no one even noticed it until one day they rearranged the furniture and she kept trying to jump on furniture that wasn't there and bumping into furniture that was! They had no idea how long she had been blind because she kept going outside, eating, sleeping, using the box, etc. like she always had with no change in her behavior or routine at all. The vet said she probably had been blind for months and no one ever knew it.