I just had a close look at one of the feral mamas, Agnes, who has been living with us for two month and a bit. Finally her eyes are clearing up after six days of antibiotic treatment. She has had poring eyes with constantly infected skin around them and dark spots in the fur below them, since I saw her the first time. Now I had a good view since she was sitting still watching, as her babies was climbing all over me.
I have noticed before that she doesn't blink at me as the other mama, Moa, does. Now she was really staring at me, and her pupils seem to be slightly displaced. They are not in the middle of the eye but pointing slightly outwards. It hit me that she might not see properly after being infected with Chlamydia probably since birth. I guess she is about a year now.
I moved my hand, slowly not to spook her, and she doesn't follow the movement as the kittens do. Either she keep staring at me or at my hand but not the movement. When I talk soft with her for a while she blinks at me but not when she see me. I don't want to take her to the vet again since that would just be another trauma and it isn't possible to give her any close up treatment yet. I am happy she eats the antibiotics in raw meat.
I don't think she is blind but she might see very poorly.
Could this explain why she still is so afraid for us compared to Moa? And is there any other friendly communication I can use if she doesn't see my face clearly? Could this also explain why she is so talkative with her kittens? Wild cats are normally quiet and Moa never say a "word" but Agnes is constantly talking to her babies and a really worried mama.
What more should I look for to determine how bad it is?
By the way - it is her babies in the signature picture.
I have noticed before that she doesn't blink at me as the other mama, Moa, does. Now she was really staring at me, and her pupils seem to be slightly displaced. They are not in the middle of the eye but pointing slightly outwards. It hit me that she might not see properly after being infected with Chlamydia probably since birth. I guess she is about a year now.
I moved my hand, slowly not to spook her, and she doesn't follow the movement as the kittens do. Either she keep staring at me or at my hand but not the movement. When I talk soft with her for a while she blinks at me but not when she see me. I don't want to take her to the vet again since that would just be another trauma and it isn't possible to give her any close up treatment yet. I am happy she eats the antibiotics in raw meat.
I don't think she is blind but she might see very poorly.
Could this explain why she still is so afraid for us compared to Moa? And is there any other friendly communication I can use if she doesn't see my face clearly? Could this also explain why she is so talkative with her kittens? Wild cats are normally quiet and Moa never say a "word" but Agnes is constantly talking to her babies and a really worried mama.
What more should I look for to determine how bad it is?
By the way - it is her babies in the signature picture.