My blind from birth cat Jenny does amazing things!

[stephenq]

Hello!  My blind from Birth cat Jenny is amazing! she loves to climb!

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• stephenq
• Dec 9, 2013
• 1

And in this video she comes running to the sound of a "Meowing" Christmas card along with her older step brother Simon.


Jenny loves new friends so please visit her public facebook page at www.facebook.com/jennytheblindcat

 

[betsygee]

That's cute!  And Jenny obviously has good taste in "music" as well, she was ready to turn that card off in pretty short order!  LOL

 

[stephenq]

She does have good taste in music, however i must mention that she is very attracted to ring tones and comes running to them!

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• stephenq
• Dec 30, 2013

 

[my4llma]

She is a beautiful cat

 

[stephenq]

Thanks! So are all yours.  Below is Simon, Jenny's Step brother, and the black cat is Felix, who was Simon's real brother and whom we lost 2 years ago.

Simon

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• stephenq
• Dec 9, 2013
• 3

Felix

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• stephenq
• Dec 9, 2013
• 1

 

[cprcheetah]

That is so cute how she runs.  Your kitties are beautiful.  Jenny has a new FB friend :-)

 

[stephanietx]

She is adorable!

 

[natalie_ca]

Adorable.

One of our members, Whitecatlover, used to have a blind kitty who loved to play fetch!  She had a foil style ball that crinkled and her kitty used to run after it following the sound, and then return to her via the sound of her voice. 

I haven't had a blind kitty, but my RB kitty Chynna became deaf with age, and we had to learn a new way to communicate.  Vibrations and sign language turned out to be quite effective.

 

[stephenq]

Crpcheeta, jenny LOVES new FB friends, please let her or I know who you are on FB so we can give you a proper meow hello!  If you followed Jenny's posts on FB you will see that she sometimes has an outdoor life. Know that she is _highly_ supervised at all times, and never strays from us.  There are neither cars no predators where we take her, a small island off the coast of maine, and a tightly enclosed roof deck in NYC with constant supervision. :-)

Her first year on a beach, she figured out on day 2 or 3 that there was nothing to bump into, and she was sooo happy!

Stephanietx, than you!  We think she is adorable too! 

Natalie_ca, thanks for those stories! Jenny likes to play fetch too!

 

[konstargirl]

She is so cute. Me and Misa are going to follow her on FB!

 

[stephenq]

Konstargirl, please do. and please "like" her and feel free to make a comment, she likes them! And if you say its from Konstargirl we will know who it is!  I have to read everything to her of course because she is blind!

 

[callista]

I saw her navigate her way down the hallway... she kind of bumped against the couch to figure out where she was. Does she use her whiskers kind of like a human would use a cane to feel her way, or does she bump her head or shoulders against things?

It'd be interesting to see the differences between a cat like Jenny, who was born blind, and a cat who lost their sight in adulthood. Does Jenny find it easier to get around than a cat who has been able to see but now can't? Would a cat with acquired blindness learn the sames skills Jenny has or would they always be slower at it?

She's a smart one, though, isn't she? Figured out that card right away.