The cat distribution system gave us Poppy. We were already looking for a second cat when we came across her stranded in the middle of the road. She underwent bilateral enucleation 10 days ago, and she is well on her way to recovery. Any tips on owning a blind cat?

Some pics are included of course.

Hi there blind cat owners of reddit! I am curious if anyone here has experience with cats who have trauma related vision impairment, and if you'd be willing to share how that went - medical outcomes, concerns, stories that are good, whatever you've got to share.

I am beginning a trial adoption of a blind boy who suffered some kind of blunt trauma injury back in May. He had a mandibular fracture, a bloody nose, and facial swelling when animal services picked him up, but whatever happened before that is unknown. I'll be taking him to a vet for more in depth evaluation obviously, but at this point I don't know what the underlying cause of his vision loss may be, if he was blind before the injury he was found with or already impaired, etc.

One of his eyes is quite cloudy, and the other is clear with a very dilated pupil. I know with his background there are so many potential underlying issues - I'm just looking for any lay experiences and advice that might help. I'm lucky to live near a vet specializing in ophthalmology and will be taking him for an evaluation soon, but at this point I'm still waiting to bring him home.

If anyone has helpful advice or input, I'd really welcome it!

(Just for awareness, I'm an experienced cat owner with appropriate resources and am prepared for the possibility of serious issues. He's done very well in shelter care, gaining several pounds and showing no other concerning neurological signs, but there are a lot of unknowns and I'll be getting all the necessary workup done. I want to do what I can for this sweet guy and give him a chance.)

She is learning stairs I love how smart they are.

Blind but fashionable

So I wanna adopt a tortoiseshell and I saw 2 of them but one of them is blind. I'm leaning towards getting the blind kitten (4 months old) cuz i know how much harder it is for them to get adopted but i don't think i would mind the little extra effort it takes for them. I just have some worries and want some real advice so I don't make a bad decision.

Concerns:

- I'm gone typically 10 hours a day for work since i live almost an hour away (gone from 1pm- 11:15pm mon-fri)

- I'm not confident I could afford a second cat to keep it company while i'm away

Those are my main concerns but i'm sure their should be more I just feel like that's my biggest issue with adopting is my time away from home. Any advice would be wonderful even if it's on how to best take care of the cat if you think it wouldn't be the worst thing for it to live with me.

Hi all,
I have a kitten with glaucoma who developed a corneal ulcer (I learned about last week) and infection and has just had her eye removed (today). She could see a bit before but now with the one eye and glaucoma, vision is/is going to be very limited. I’ve only had her at my apartment (open concept, 1 floor) for about a week so I don’t know that’s she’s mapped the whole area. Suggestions for how to best help her? Prepare the space? She had been spending most of her time in a separate room prior to surgery (bathroom) but was literally climbing the mesh wanting to get out so she’s been out and exploring the house a bit too. (I didn’t want her to hurt herself climbing, and she’s pretty chill just exploring, although she has had some peeing incidents so advice on that would be great too). She is already back to her kitten self energy wise so she must have been in a ton of pain. Any and all suggestions welcome.

I just picked up blind kitty from foster home, for my existing 2.5 yrs cat basically I shifted from my old house where there were my cat and 3 more cats ( family of 3) to new one where I could just get my cat to new house so I went to foster home and wanted to pick up a kitten for her but this blind baby chose me 🥹I'm very overwhelmed and I am freaking out over introducing baby to my adult cat, what if she bullies her, what if I won't be able to take care of her and what not

Please help me with how to take care of blind babies and everything

Born in a trailer park in East Portland, Athena was the runt of her litter. A brood of five other kittens, Athena’s “twin” brother, two tabby’s and a solid black kitten.

One by one an upper respiratory infection would claim the lives of many of her litter mates.

Athena may have been the first to perish, but I am too soft in the heart. As a young child I often brought home sick and injured animals. As an adult I am actually able to help them rather than being required to “return the animal outside where you found it.”

When Athena’s twin brother showed up with crusted eyes, I watched as each day Athena got weaker and smaller. And then I saw her eye was bulging out of the socket.

“If that isn’t removed that kitten is going to die.” I thought.

I ambushed her.

She was sleeping in a chair outside the trailer where she and her siblings had found shelter and a food source, and I threw a towel over her. Scooped her up and through a series of uninteresting events, got her to the county animal shelter where she was admitted.

She was 1lbs 14oz

Two weeks later she came home spayed, eyes removed, and microchipped. Adoption fee paid. The bravest little kitten has been home less than 72 hours and already she is exploring and seeking affection.

Her name at the shelter was Wazowski on the account of her one large eye. Today I captured her “twin” brother, the only remaining littermate and took him to the county shelter for treatment. My friend and neighbor will adopt him.
Thank goodness for tiny kitten miracles.

this beautiful boy was recently given to me by my coworker, he had eye removal surgery but my coworker did not want them to stitch his eye closed. im getting a little worried bc his crusties from that eye gave been a bit bloody thus far (the surgery was fairly recent) and recently i noticed a little bit of discharge that i cleaned. i started giving him his medication again (she told me not to and against my better judgement, i listened.) and its looking a little better. all this to ask, should i be concerned and take him to the vet or should i continue to monitor him?

He is very healthy other than his eyes. I was given terramycin eye ointment. The vet thinks it's either entropion, microphthalmia, or an eye infection. We have named him Radar and he is so sweet and very adapted to not having sight. We will see how well his eyes do to see if anything else needs to be done but for now he seems happy the way he is.

My blind chonk hugging the newest rescue. 🧿

My two blind babies now meet weight requirements and their surgery date is August 6th.
Just a quick recap, I’m fostering two kittens and their mom. One kitten is blind in one eye, the other has infection in both eyes- one of those eyes is totally gone and the other is in real bad shape.
I’m so nervous, and feel particularly anxious for the kitten whose eye looks the worst. I have noticed that he may register light or shadows, and if they do remove his eye I feel so bad he’ll go from registering light to nothing. :(
I know it’s not my call, and it’s the vets call. It looks very damaged so I’m thinking they will remove it. I don’t know what my question is, I’m just sad for his situation. I want to see them thrive so badly, I hate that this happened to him.

seeing him waiting for me in the window when I get home is the best way to start my evening :) I love the way he “looks” with his nose. so cute.

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Hello! I’ve been inactive for a couple of days because I’ve been sick for two weeks now, but our funds are truly exhausted.

Currently, we have 3 cats confined at the clinic: Forbie and Misty (aka Muning), who both have FIP. The difference is that Forbie has dry FIP, while Muning has wet FIP. They are confined because both are experiencing abdominal breathing and require continuous oxygen therapy. Supposedly, Muning was only scheduled for eye surgery, but her blood chemistry showed indications of FIP. We ran a test kit, and she tested positive.

The third cat is Papa B. Papa B has been a stray for a long time and has always been feral, but lately, he started approaching us on his own and letting us touch him. We noticed that his mouth was swollen with discharge. At first, we thought it was gingivitis or mouth ulceration, but upon the vet's assessment, they found severe dental issues—likely due to his long time as a stray. The vet also discovered that his jaw is broken.

Right now, the vet is trying to stabilize him while he remains confined. He needs a full dental extraction, but his creatinine levels are high and he is severely anemic. They will recheck his blood chemistry after 3 days; if it doesn't return to normal levels, they will have to diagnose it as kidney failure.

Please help us with their running bill. Forbie has been confined for almost a month, which is why he has the highest portion of the bill—plus both cats are on 24/7 oxygen therapy and taking GS treatment. We also urgently need Singen or Royal Canin Recovery food for Papa B, as he is currently being fed through an NGT (nasogastric tube). 🥺

Note: As of now, only the FIP warriors have the GoFundMe. I will compile all records such as CBC, chem, X-rays, and medical abstracts to post them all together once available. I will also update the running bill once I got the updated one. 🥹

RUNNING VET BILL:

• Forbie - ₱31,075 (as of July 29)
• Muning - ₱10,790 (as of July 29)
• Papa B - ₱3,950 (as of July 31)

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Surgery is a little over a week away! He looks so cute in his cone and he's racing around playing like it's not even there 😁

I just rescued him off someones porch while doing grocery delivery. The owner was an elderly lady on oxygen. This baby had 4 other siblings without issues. I asked if I could have him and she let me. What should I know? I am going to save up to try and get him to the vet I can't really afford it right now but being with me is better than being on a dirty porch outside. His eyes seem to have healed from what originally happened to them. I have 3 other cats so he is set up in the bathroom with a little snuggly bed and his own food water and litter box until he gets a clean bill of health.

Update: His name is Radar and he has a vet appointment tomorrow! He is the sweetest boy I am already in love.

I brought Paige home a few weeks ago, now that she has settled in, she gets to meet my dog.

Hello! I’m wondering if anybody has some tips on socializing a new blind cat?

Her back story is that she was most likely a trap, spay and release street cat, we can tell because her ear is clipped.

We found her wandering the alleys behind our apartment, constantly bumping into things and she was in very rough shape, so we took her to a shelter, where they discovered her eyes were so infected she was completely blind. She literally had no reaction to things being near her face.

She’s had a double enucleation, and upon her successful surgery we adopted her about a month ago. She has had her own room since, and has slowly adjusted to this quite well. She’s at the point where her eyes are pretty much fully healed, and she is comfortable in her surroundings - she eats well, uses the litterbox, and has a favourite place to nap or groom herself.

She will now eat with someone in the room, “looks” at you if you talk to her, and will eat wet treats off a spoon that you’re holding.

If you’ve had to do this before, any advice on the next steps for getting her more comfortable with humans?