Hi everyone,
I am new here, I am a cat lover and have 6 cats. I help with TNR in my neighborhood and volunteer at a local free roam cat only shelter. I just adopted cat, number 6 ( and am now over my 5 cat limit
), he is blind. He is 11 months old and was blinded as a result of a severe reaction to anethesia during his nueter in september. He has been living in a cage at the vets office until I "sprung him" this past saturday. He is wonderful, very sweet and loving.
I have been scouring the net for info on blind cats and been posting on several websites, basically looking for tips and what to expect from him etc. I am slowing introducing him to my house, as it is rather large and open. He is banging into the walls...ALLOT. I think this is because he was caged so long, he is now learning how to "map" a room. He is seeing my vet on friday, for a checkup and then I am taking him to a veterinary opthamologist, for an evaluation. I wonder how profound his sight loss is.....it's seems pretty bad.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks for listening! I've been lurking for awhile and thought I would finally registar and join you, everyone seems so nice.
Laura
I am new here, I am a cat lover and have 6 cats. I help with TNR in my neighborhood and volunteer at a local free roam cat only shelter. I just adopted cat, number 6 ( and am now over my 5 cat limit
I have been scouring the net for info on blind cats and been posting on several websites, basically looking for tips and what to expect from him etc. I am slowing introducing him to my house, as it is rather large and open. He is banging into the walls...ALLOT. I think this is because he was caged so long, he is now learning how to "map" a room. He is seeing my vet on friday, for a checkup and then I am taking him to a veterinary opthamologist, for an evaluation. I wonder how profound his sight loss is.....it's seems pretty bad.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks for listening! I've been lurking for awhile and thought I would finally registar and join you, everyone seems so nice.
Laura