Tips on caring for a blind kitten?

Originally Posted by Kumbulu

I think Mouse has a new home already! A lady and her family about 3hrs from me are going to give her a furrever home after she has recovered from her operation.

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YAY! She is such a lucky little girl! Keep us posted!

She sounds absolutely gorgeous I'll look at her pics. Sounds like she's making great progress already.

Oh that's wonderful! Yay for Mouse!

Bless her little cotton socks! I was thrilled to read all of this wonderful news this morning!

~gf~

Here's a video of Mouse: http://media.putfile.com/Mouse85

It takes quite a while to load, even on broadband, so you may want to make a coffee, have a shower or something while it loads.

Excuse the baby-talk. I find she responds well to it.

Mouse goes in for her operation today at 11am (it's 12:17am now). I'll let you know how it goes.

fingers and toes crossed for mouse. that video is wonderful, and you can see how important you voice is to her! What a doll!!!!!

She's in my prayers!

The vet had to cancel the operation because he had a horse with an eye emergency. She's now booked in for Tuesday morning.

Oh dear - Hope it goes ok!!

Mouse has decided that she doesn't want to eat or drink. I'm syringe-feeding her kitten formula at the moment so she gets some calories and fluids. We'll need to sort that out before any more thoughts of sugery.

Oh dear, I do hope that there is nothing serious wrong. She is a darling and was doing so well.

Just an update on Mouse.

She is doing just OK. I have begun to syringe-feed her some canned kitten food. We both end up covered in it and Mouse just ends up upset and shaking.

She vomited after the formula a couple of times, so it may be too rich for her, hence the swap to kitten food. She does drink a little bit of water on her own but is still refusing to eat at all. I'm offering her different foods, trying to think of what she ate when she was on her own. She has ignored everything. I'll try other things and try and find something she will eat.

After the last feed, I was holding her wrapped in a towel as she was shaking. I talked softly to her, giving her scritches on her face. I asked her what she wanted, what do I do with her? I was really wondering whether she has any quality of life.

And she started purring and purring.

I know that the purring could be that she is frightened or stressed but she often begins to purr and do head smooshes (like head-bumps but very soft) once all the drama of the syringe-feeding is over.

She hasn't ever really eaten on her own since she's been here. She's taken maybe 5 mouthfuls on her own in that time.

I don't want to give up on her and I don't want her to give up on herself but I don't want her to become more distressed by being force-fed all the time.

I am taking her to the vet tomorrow for another thorough check-up and to see if there's anything we can give her to boost her appetite and demeanour.

Tania,I just read through your thread here of Mouse......oh how my goes out to you and the little darling........please know my thoughts and prayers are with you both. Let us know what the vet says.........KEEP FIGHTING LITTLE MOUSE!

Tania and Mouse...you both are in my prayers.

Come on Mouse!!!

Thinking of both of you in this hard time!!

Tania, how's it going with you and little Mouse? I've been thinking about you both all day today ...

Hugs,

~gf~

Sorry for the delay in updating - kittens, kittens, kittens!

I moved Mouse from the kitten pen to my bathroom, where she has a lot more room. I put down a beef flavoured kitten sachet for her (even though I knew she wouldn't touch it) and left her in there overnight afer a lovely 2 hour cuddle with her. Went into the bathroom this morning and her bowl is licked clean! She had also done 3 little wees in her tray, meaning she is drinking as well.

I figure the kitten pen reminded her of the cage at the vet, so she just sat and slept, not eating or drinking.

She is a changed kitten today, curious, cheeky (giving me bites on my lip) and very playful. It's amazing what a bit of good food and a lift in spirits can do.

If she keeps eating and drinking for another few days and when she's really good, probably late next week, I'll arrange for her to have her operation.

Also, if she's strong enough, I'd like her spay to be done at the same time I know it's an extra operation for her to recover from but it means she won't have to be given another general anaesthetic later on.

Thank you for all your prayers and vibes for Mouse. She is a little sweetheart and I'm so, so glad, she's on the way up.

Awww Tania that made me feel all fuzzy and warm

Oh how wonderful to hear that she's acting like a kitten again!!! Give the little one extra cuddles for me. We are all pulling for her!

Oh, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to jump in earlier, but everyone's said what I would have. The one thing we noticed is that Smudge liked sleeping in kitty beds we laid all over the floor, and he liked it when you talked to him or played the animal planet on the TV. After the first few days, he got around so well we thought he'd regained his sight! I'm so happy she's doing better.