Anyone owned by a one-eyed kitty?

Honey, I have the worlds most cross eyed cat you can imagine. When I moved
she nearly got a concussion running into things, door ways, new and old
furniture etc. Once she becuse accustiomed to things she was fine again.
So long as I don't move anything or, one thing at a time.

Even blind cats learn their surroundings. They learn to jump on things and
go around thngs just like people, ask me I know cause I don't see well
either!
"Sue" wrote in message
...
PatM wrote:

On Sep 25, 5:55 pm, Sue wrote:
Any of you have a cat with a vision impairment - is it safe to leave
them
alone for a long work day? Don't know how many things she may try to
negotiate that her vision could be a problem. She is young enough to
adapt to a solitary kind of life I think, with toys and windows to keep
her occupied even with a bit of vision handicap.


Way to go Sue! Has the kitty always lived at the shelter or has she
been fostered? She may need to adjust to a different way of life, but
especially as an indoor cat she'll soon fine tune how she gets
around. My sis has a neutered male barn cat (built like a mack truck)
who lost his eye about 5 yrs ago, and he's a terror to the mouse
population, and is all over and under every building out there.

PatM

No, she has never been in a home. She was born there and all her brothers
and sisters were adopted eventually. The small town shelter I am visiting
doesn't really have a foster program though sometimes with the
teenyweenyitsybitsy types in kitten season they farm a few out

She is quite lovely. Short hair black/white tux. Just a normal cat. In
photos the eye looks more disturbing than in real life
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=8662960
where it is really just very blue and still. Except for her poor jump she
seems fine.

Hey, my Shadow was an awful klutz. We lived in a river shack for awhile
with MANY windows and a huge amount of wild life. I had my father and
stepmother over for Sunday once there. Shadow had radar for an open (or
not!) window. In this case, I had the window on the porch open for a few
when I was cooking in the adjacent kitchen but closed it when we were
about
to eat. Shadow took a marathon run from the living room to the window (no
longer open and with barely any sill for a kitty). Oops. Was a classic
comic cat when she bounced off the glass and scraped down the wall. She
meant to do that really, and nonchalanty groomed after the spectacle

Bethany does have a very nice temperament. Likes other cats but is young
enough to adapt to being an only cat, I think. In the mean time, I don't
think there is anything wrong with bringing food and supplies and spending
two hours a week lavishing attention on the kitties.

you know Sue I am not sure if you really want a cat but are afraid to get
attached because of the eventual hurt or if you really want a cat because
you think it is the right move... I hope I am wrong, but love doesn't
matter when it comes to looks and abilities... if you find a cat and love
it, will love you back and like any other relationship will adapt. Lee
Granby wrote in message
...
Honey, I have the worlds most cross eyed cat you can imagine. When I
moved
she nearly got a concussion running into things, door ways, new and old
furniture etc. Once she becuse accustiomed to things she was fine again.
So long as I don't move anything or, one thing at a time.

Even blind cats learn their surroundings. They learn to jump on things
and
go around thngs just like people, ask me I know cause I don't see well
either!
"Sue" wrote in message
...
PatM wrote:

On Sep 25, 5:55 pm, Sue wrote:
Any of you have a cat with a vision impairment - is it safe to leave
them
alone for a long work day? Don't know how many things she may try to
negotiate that her vision could be a problem. She is young enough to
adapt to a solitary kind of life I think, with toys and windows to
keep
her occupied even with a bit of vision handicap.


Way to go Sue! Has the kitty always lived at the shelter or has she
been fostered? She may need to adjust to a different way of life, but
especially as an indoor cat she'll soon fine tune how she gets
around. My sis has a neutered male barn cat (built like a mack truck)
who lost his eye about 5 yrs ago, and he's a terror to the mouse
population, and is all over and under every building out there.

PatM

No, she has never been in a home. She was born there and all her
brothers
and sisters were adopted eventually. The small town shelter I am
visiting
doesn't really have a foster program though sometimes with the
teenyweenyitsybitsy types in kitten season they farm a few out

She is quite lovely. Short hair black/white tux. Just a normal cat. In
photos the eye looks more disturbing than in real life
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=8662960
where it is really just very blue and still. Except for her poor jump
she
seems fine.

Hey, my Shadow was an awful klutz. We lived in a river shack for awhile
with MANY windows and a huge amount of wild life. I had my father and
stepmother over for Sunday once there. Shadow had radar for an open (or
not!) window. In this case, I had the window on the porch open for a
few
when I was cooking in the adjacent kitchen but closed it when we were
about
to eat. Shadow took a marathon run from the living room to the window
(no
longer open and with barely any sill for a kitty). Oops. Was a classic
comic cat when she bounced off the glass and scraped down the wall. She
meant to do that really, and nonchalanty groomed after the spectacle

Bethany does have a very nice temperament. Likes other cats but is
young
enough to adapt to being an only cat, I think. In the mean time, I
don't
think there is anything wrong with bringing food and supplies and
spending
two hours a week lavishing attention on the kitties.

Sue, I am not attacking you but thank God people usually accept people for
what they really are, not what they look like. I am an albino and inevery
picture unless I close my eyes, my eyes, because of lack of pigment look
red. My kids don't care and neither do my friends. Close your eyes, hold
the kitten and see if your heart talks to you.
"Stormmee" wrote in message
...
you know Sue I am not sure if you really want a cat but are afraid to get
attached because of the eventual hurt or if you really want a cat because
you think it is the right move... I hope I am wrong, but love doesn't
matter when it comes to looks and abilities... if you find a cat and love
it, will love you back and like any other relationship will adapt. Lee
Granby wrote in message
...
Honey, I have the worlds most cross eyed cat you can imagine. When I
moved
she nearly got a concussion running into things, door ways, new and old
furniture etc. Once she becuse accustiomed to things she was fine again.
So long as I don't move anything or, one thing at a time.

Even blind cats learn their surroundings. They learn to jump on things
and
go around thngs just like people, ask me I know cause I don't see well
either!
"Sue" wrote in message
...
PatM wrote:

On Sep 25, 5:55 pm, Sue wrote:
Any of you have a cat with a vision impairment - is it safe to leave
them
alone for a long work day? Don't know how many things she may try to
negotiate that her vision could be a problem. She is young enough to
adapt to a solitary kind of life I think, with toys and windows to
keep
her occupied even with a bit of vision handicap.


Way to go Sue! Has the kitty always lived at the shelter or has she
been fostered? She may need to adjust to a different way of life, but
especially as an indoor cat she'll soon fine tune how she gets
around. My sis has a neutered male barn cat (built like a mack truck)
who lost his eye about 5 yrs ago, and he's a terror to the mouse
population, and is all over and under every building out there.

PatM

No, she has never been in a home. She was born there and all her
brothers
and sisters were adopted eventually. The small town shelter I am
visiting
doesn't really have a foster program though sometimes with the
teenyweenyitsybitsy types in kitten season they farm a few out

She is quite lovely. Short hair black/white tux. Just a normal cat.
In
photos the eye looks more disturbing than in real life
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=8662960
where it is really just very blue and still. Except for her poor jump
she
seems fine.

Hey, my Shadow was an awful klutz. We lived in a river shack for
awhile
with MANY windows and a huge amount of wild life. I had my father and
stepmother over for Sunday once there. Shadow had radar for an open
(or
not!) window. In this case, I had the window on the porch open for a
few
when I was cooking in the adjacent kitchen but closed it when we were
about
to eat. Shadow took a marathon run from the living room to the window
(no
longer open and with barely any sill for a kitty). Oops. Was a
classic
comic cat when she bounced off the glass and scraped down the wall.
She
meant to do that really, and nonchalanty groomed after the spectacle

Bethany does have a very nice temperament. Likes other cats but is
young
enough to adapt to being an only cat, I think. In the mean time, I
don't
think there is anything wrong with bringing food and supplies and
spending
two hours a week lavishing attention on the kitties.

Sue wrote:

She is quite lovely. Short hair black/white tux. Just a normal cat. In
photos the eye looks more disturbing than in real life
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=8662960
where it is really just very blue and still. Except for her poor jump she
seems fine.


She is beautiful.


Bethany does have a very nice temperament. Likes other cats but is young
enough to adapt to being an only cat, I think. In the mean time, I don't
think there is anything wrong with bringing food and supplies and spending
two hours a week lavishing attention on the kitties.

Nothing wrong with that.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

Sue wrote:
jmcquown wrote:

There's nothing "disturbing" about her appearance. I'm starting to
think you are the one who is disturbing. You're so damned picky, no
cat seems to meet with your expectations.

What is disturbing, is those who attack for no reason. And now,
finally, enough of it.

Ta-ta usenet and the leagues of those who attack just for well, what
is it that you people attack over? To make up for?

I will stick with the animals as long as they never get the opposable
thumbs and internet access it is unlikely they will backslide into
vicious lower life forms.

I never attacked you in your previous "four cat hunt". You assumed everyone
was attacking you or expecting you to take on a "problem cat" when no one
suggested the slightest thing. As I recall you sort of flounced out of the
room at that point, saying you'd just given up. Now you're asking about a
half-blind cat. Excuse me, wouldn't that qualify as a "problem cat" in your
way of looking at things? Now you're going to flounce out again. Fine,
honey. Don't let the screen door hit ya on the way out.

Honestly, I don't care if you adopt a cat or not. You seem more inclined to
whine about their faults rather than actually bring one home. No skin off
my nose, Sue, whatever you choose to do. I'm glad you decided to volunteer
at the shelter. But really, I have more important things on my mind than
whether or not you bring home a cat.

Jill

"Sue" wrote in message
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Well, I am going to shelter regularly and have an application for
volunteering - they need somebody to brush kitties and I like brushing
kitties! Have been down with a nasty flu myself and did manage to get all
my kitty essentials but not yet the kitty. Charlotte the attention whore
is my love but don't know if she will be happy as a lone kitty and left
alone so much. So petting and brushing kitties at least spreads the love
around while I try to decide, ok.

Anyway, there is a little girl there, was born at the shelter and she is
about a year old. She has one normal eye and one that although it looks
cloudy in photos, in real life it looks very still and very blue. She is
actually quite fetching. They say she had an eye infection when she was a
kitten and it left her eye like that. I doubt she sees much out of it and
do believe her depth perception is a bit off because of it (she tried to
jump to the chair that my handbag was on and went *boing* off of it. Of
course, she recovered nicely since she probably "meant to do that"

Any of you have a cat with a vision impairment - is it safe to leave them
alone for a long work day? Don't know how many things she may try to
negotiate that her vision could be a problem. She is young enough to
adapt
to a solitary kind of life I think, with toys and windows to keep her
occupied even with a bit of vision handicap.

My Duffy is totally blind, and he can do almost anything a sighted can can
do. He is also happy, active and a real joy to be with and to watch. I
originally thought that I would need to make many adjustments for his
"handicap." Well, blindness hasn't been a handicap at all to him. If I
move a chair, I will find him sitting on it within a couple of minutes. He
can't jump to distant locations like Holly can (she can make the most
incredible, graceful landings), and he doesn't run full-speed through the
house. Other than that, he does *everything* -- and he does it with ease.
He loves to climb, and he's like a little gymnast on his cat tree. At
times, he whips up and down the poles on the cat tree with amazing speed.
If you adopt the kitty, be sure to get a tall, sturdy cat tree for him. I
know you have limited space, but a cat tree only needs about 2 feet square
of floor space. Duffy also loves his Turbo Scratcher. It is a heavy round
disc with a fixed track around the perimeter. He can tell exactly where the
ball is from the sound of it rolling in the track, and he will bat it back
and forth and sometimes even jump from one side to the other of the circle
while doing so.

Here's a picture of a Turbo Scratcher. I have seen them sold for less than
this, but this is a particularly good picture of it.
http://www.thecatconnection.com/page...RTCH/PLAY-2602

MaryL

Photos of Duffy and Holly: 'o'
Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e

Stormmee wrote:
you know Sue I am not sure if you really want a cat but are afraid to
get attached because of the eventual hurt or if you really want a cat
because you think it is the right move... I hope I am wrong, but
love doesn't matter when it comes to looks and abilities... if you
find a cat and love it, will love you back and like any other

I don't think Sue really wants a cat. Sue looked at exactly 4 cats the
first time around, which I don't think qualifies as really looking for a
cat. She finds fault with every cat she runs across. Either they aren't
attractive enough or she proclaims they have some sort of health problem.
Or she thinks they can't be "only" cats, which is just plain silly. I'm not
going to buy into this she wants a cat thing anymore. I don't think she
wants a cat so much as she wants attention. Perhaps I'm being too harsh.
If so, I accept that and you can slap me with a wet noodle.

Jill

Lee Granby wrote in message
...
Honey, I have the worlds most cross eyed cat you can imagine. When
I moved she nearly got a concussion running into things, door ways,
new and old furniture etc. Once she becuse accustiomed to things
she was fine again. So long as I don't move anything or, one thing
at a time.

Even blind cats learn their surroundings. They learn to jump on
things and go around thngs just like people, ask me I know cause I
don't see well either!
"Sue" wrote in message
...
PatM wrote:

On Sep 25, 5:55 pm, Sue wrote:
Any of you have a cat with a vision impairment - is it safe to
leave them
alone for a long work day? Don't know how many things she may
try to negotiate that her vision could be a problem. She is
young enough to adapt to a solitary kind of life I think, with
toys and windows to keep her occupied even with a bit of vision
handicap.


Way to go Sue! Has the kitty always lived at the shelter or has
she been fostered? She may need to adjust to a different way of
life, but especially as an indoor cat she'll soon fine tune how
she gets around. My sis has a neutered male barn cat (built like
a mack truck) who lost his eye about 5 yrs ago, and he's a terror
to the mouse population, and is all over and under every building
out there.

PatM

No, she has never been in a home. She was born there and all her
brothers and sisters were adopted eventually. The small town
shelter I am visiting doesn't really have a foster program though
sometimes with the teenyweenyitsybitsy types in kitten season they
farm a few out

She is quite lovely. Short hair black/white tux. Just a normal
cat. In photos the eye looks more disturbing than in real life
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=8662960
where it is really just very blue and still. Except for her poor
jump she seems fine.

Hey, my Shadow was an awful klutz. We lived in a river shack for
awhile with MANY windows and a huge amount of wild life. I had my
father and stepmother over for Sunday once there. Shadow had radar
for an open (or not!) window. In this case, I had the window on
the porch open for a few when I was cooking in the adjacent kitchen
but closed it when we were about
to eat. Shadow took a marathon run from the living room to the
window (no longer open and with barely any sill for a kitty).
Oops. Was a classic comic cat when she bounced off the glass and
scraped down the wall. She meant to do that really, and
nonchalanty groomed after the spectacle

Bethany does have a very nice temperament. Likes other cats but is
young enough to adapt to being an only cat, I think. In the mean
time, I don't think there is anything wrong with bringing food and
supplies and spending two hours a week lavishing attention on the
kitties.

I was borrowed by a one-eyed stray once, and she was fine in the house
even though she'd never been in one before. She also was fine outside
and preferred it. I borrowed her to take her to the vet and see what
was wrong, and he said the eye had never developed so she was used to
seeing that way. (I am a member of the Pet Adoption Society so the
vet will take care of strays I bring in for free.) She ended up going
back to the place where she had already adopted some people who
couldn't have indoor cats but fed her outside. (This happens a lot in
Japan-- cat-lovers stuck in apartments take care of the ferals so many
are outdoor non-ferals.) She was a sweetie. She stayed with me for
a couple of weeks and then went back to her real family.

Cantate

I hope you are as wrong as I hope I am, Lee
jmcquown wrote in message
...
Stormmee wrote:
you know Sue I am not sure if you really want a cat but are afraid to
get attached because of the eventual hurt or if you really want a cat
because you think it is the right move... I hope I am wrong, but
love doesn't matter when it comes to looks and abilities... if you
find a cat and love it, will love you back and like any other

I don't think Sue really wants a cat. Sue looked at exactly 4 cats the
first time around, which I don't think qualifies as really looking for a
cat. She finds fault with every cat she runs across. Either they aren't
attractive enough or she proclaims they have some sort of health problem.
Or she thinks they can't be "only" cats, which is just plain silly. I'm
not
going to buy into this she wants a cat thing anymore. I don't think she
wants a cat so much as she wants attention. Perhaps I'm being too harsh.
If so, I accept that and you can slap me with a wet noodle.

Jill

Lee Granby wrote in message
...
Honey, I have the worlds most cross eyed cat you can imagine. When
I moved she nearly got a concussion running into things, door ways,
new and old furniture etc. Once she becuse accustiomed to things
she was fine again. So long as I don't move anything or, one thing
at a time.

Even blind cats learn their surroundings. They learn to jump on
things and go around thngs just like people, ask me I know cause I
don't see well either!
"Sue" wrote in message
...
PatM wrote:

On Sep 25, 5:55 pm, Sue wrote:
Any of you have a cat with a vision impairment - is it safe to
leave them
alone for a long work day? Don't know how many things she may
try to negotiate that her vision could be a problem. She is
young enough to adapt to a solitary kind of life I think, with
toys and windows to keep her occupied even with a bit of vision
handicap.


Way to go Sue! Has the kitty always lived at the shelter or has
she been fostered? She may need to adjust to a different way of
life, but especially as an indoor cat she'll soon fine tune how
she gets around. My sis has a neutered male barn cat (built like
a mack truck) who lost his eye about 5 yrs ago, and he's a terror
to the mouse population, and is all over and under every building
out there.

PatM

No, she has never been in a home. She was born there and all her
brothers and sisters were adopted eventually. The small town
shelter I am visiting doesn't really have a foster program though
sometimes with the teenyweenyitsybitsy types in kitten season they
farm a few out

She is quite lovely. Short hair black/white tux. Just a normal
cat. In photos the eye looks more disturbing than in real life
http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=8662960
where it is really just very blue and still. Except for her poor
jump she seems fine.

Hey, my Shadow was an awful klutz. We lived in a river shack for
awhile with MANY windows and a huge amount of wild life. I had my
father and stepmother over for Sunday once there. Shadow had radar
for an open (or not!) window. In this case, I had the window on
the porch open for a few when I was cooking in the adjacent kitchen
but closed it when we were about
to eat. Shadow took a marathon run from the living room to the
window (no longer open and with barely any sill for a kitty).
Oops. Was a classic comic cat when she bounced off the glass and
scraped down the wall. She meant to do that really, and
nonchalanty groomed after the spectacle

Bethany does have a very nice temperament. Likes other cats but is
young enough to adapt to being an only cat, I think. In the mean
time, I don't think there is anything wrong with bringing food and
supplies and spending two hours a week lavishing attention on the
kitties.