Hi all!
3 days ago, I adopted Maya who is a little older than 4 months - she had one of her eyes removed (5 days ago) before I received her and looks like she is about 90% blind in her other eye. I live on an island in Malaysia - and a lot of backpackers will find strays and care for them until they need to leave the country and I came across Maya on Facebook - a backpacker had found her and had taken care of her, treated her eyes and because it got worse Maya had to get her eye removed. The lady that had been taking care of her had to leave 2 days ago and was looking for someone to adopt Maya or she would have to go back to living in a guesthouse and was the only blind cat with caretakers that didn't have a lot of time for her.
So I welcomed little Maya into our home. She is a wonderful cat, loves cuddles, and is extremely calm. So here I am looking for some advice from others that have blind cats or have taken care of a blind cat before.
I have 3 cats - 2 which seem to be fine around Maya, just curious of her.... and 1 that dislikes her (but she doesn't like most cats...) and when I am in the room with Maya and the other cats come in, I make sure to calm them all and give them cuddles so there aren't any problems. Maya is very hesitant of all the catsat the house and there is a lot of hissing - I do understand as it's a new home and she can't see.
I have placed 2 litter boxes through the house - one where she enjoys laying and 1 next to my daughter's room as she likes sleeping in my daughter's room. This morning Maya had an accident in my daughter's bed so that's why we moved the litter box just outside my daughter's door. We also have to help her to her food every day by bringing the bowl closer to her so she can smell it before she walks over to eat.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to make her feel completely loved and how best we can do things to make life easier for Maya. At the moment she loves cuddles, occasionally will be found walking around and going to my daughter's room to sleep or lay down but a lot of the time I find her hiding in another room hiding...
Attached is a picture of Maya our beautiful furbaby that we are really trying to make as comfortable as possible right now.
3 days ago, I adopted Maya who is a little older than 4 months - she had one of her eyes removed (5 days ago) before I received her and looks like she is about 90% blind in her other eye. I live on an island in Malaysia - and a lot of backpackers will find strays and care for them until they need to leave the country and I came across Maya on Facebook - a backpacker had found her and had taken care of her, treated her eyes and because it got worse Maya had to get her eye removed. The lady that had been taking care of her had to leave 2 days ago and was looking for someone to adopt Maya or she would have to go back to living in a guesthouse and was the only blind cat with caretakers that didn't have a lot of time for her.
So I welcomed little Maya into our home. She is a wonderful cat, loves cuddles, and is extremely calm. So here I am looking for some advice from others that have blind cats or have taken care of a blind cat before.
I have 3 cats - 2 which seem to be fine around Maya, just curious of her.... and 1 that dislikes her (but she doesn't like most cats...) and when I am in the room with Maya and the other cats come in, I make sure to calm them all and give them cuddles so there aren't any problems. Maya is very hesitant of all the catsat the house and there is a lot of hissing - I do understand as it's a new home and she can't see.
I have placed 2 litter boxes through the house - one where she enjoys laying and 1 next to my daughter's room as she likes sleeping in my daughter's room. This morning Maya had an accident in my daughter's bed so that's why we moved the litter box just outside my daughter's door. We also have to help her to her food every day by bringing the bowl closer to her so she can smell it before she walks over to eat.
I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to make her feel completely loved and how best we can do things to make life easier for Maya. At the moment she loves cuddles, occasionally will be found walking around and going to my daughter's room to sleep or lay down but a lot of the time I find her hiding in another room hiding...
Attached is a picture of Maya our beautiful furbaby that we are really trying to make as comfortable as possible right now.
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