Coping With Blindness In A Pet

Nurul’s story on how she coped with Fang has been most inspiring, and here, we share another similar experience from one of our readers:

Your posting on the cat Fang that suddenly became blind brought my attention to the attached file on side effects of baytril. My experiences with my cats I have noted that their medications have side effects on their behaviours and well beings.

I have a blind cat Olie which we found abandoned in a car park as a kitten; she was too tiny to go through any procedures and she is blind till today (she’s now 7 years old). She is as normal as any cat that is not blind. I prepared her for her blindness; although she is blind but she is very confident and independent.

I researched that in order to help a blind cat cope we need to enhance it’s existing sense i.e. hearing and motion. I used to snap my fingers around her so she will train herself to get use her using her hearing as a radar to detect any approaching objects i.e. other cats or people or be afraid of sounds (when a cat is blind it’s hearing senses magnified many times i.e. sounds became louder and this will freak them out). I tapped on the floor and tables (any surfaces) to create vibrations so when I called her she can follow the vibrations towards the location where I want her to go. It works really well for her, she can go anywhere in the house i.e. upstairs, downstairs without freaking herself out. She is totally a happy cat and make friends with other cats easily by sniffing� them out first.

I wish Nurul is able to cope well with her cat sudden blindness and hope it’s only temporary.

Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/07/05/coping-with-blindness-in-a-pet/

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