Comments | bunn: Footie's eyes and lurcher problems

bunn

Footie's eyes and lurcher problems

May 18, 2011 19:30

I think Footie cat's eyesight is going. Yesterday he was sitting next to me when Yama Bungle came and sat on my lap. Footie hissed at Yama feeling he was too close. So, I pushed Yama over to the other side and reached out to stroke Footie to reassure him. And he bopped me something fierce! I now have a nasty scratch. I think he couldnt' see ( Read more... )

foster, cats, dogs, oldies club

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inzilbeth_liz May 18 2011, 21:06:23 UTC

Hope the eyesight doesn't get any worst as it could be dangerous!

Good luck with the new adoptee.

bunn May 19 2011, 14:31:27 UTC

Foster dog! I am NOT adopting another one. Oh no, not me. Definitely not. :-D

puddleshark May 19 2011, 10:46:03 UTC

Sorry to hear about Rusty - in a dog that size, any hint of aggression has got to be a huge worry.

I hope all goes well with the Beardie X!

bunn May 19 2011, 14:30:34 UTC

I kind of hate that behaviour that small dogs get away with is an automatic death sentence in big dogs, but you are quite right that you can't take a risk with a dog that is as tall as a person when on hind legs :-(

It is a bit of an odd one, there wasn't a sniff of a problem at the pound, whereas when he arrived at the new kennels he started growling and lunging within a day. It *may* turn out to be pain-related, in which case it might be workable, but I'm not holding my breath. :-(

puddleshark May 19 2011, 16:39:59 UTC

Poor Rusty... Maybe he's just had to cope with too much change in too short a time, particularly if he was a one-person dog. From what you were saying of the owner, there's no chance of finding out any details of his medical history?

bunn May 22 2011, 18:57:23 UTC

No, we are kind of stuck with what we can find out about Rusty. I'm hoping that he may settle, but we'd have to be awfully sure that he was past the problem to be able to rehome him :-(

endlessrarities May 22 2011, 11:39:48 UTC

Poor Footie cat! What age is he?

And that's such a shame about Rusty.

bunn May 22 2011, 17:56:09 UTC

Footie is... oh um, about 13ish now I think. So not terribly old for a cat, but getting on a little bit.

endlessrarities May 22 2011, 18:02:22 UTC

Not long ago, 13 was considered very old for a cat. Most of ours lasted around that length of time - except for Polly, who was 23. And pretty much blind. And profoundly deaf, too...

bunn May 22 2011, 19:08:51 UTC

I think my family must have been quite lucky with cats, all of ours have always lived well into their teens - well, excluding one that was sadly run over.

Footie is not the healthiest of our cats, as he has skin troubles, and I'm not sure if his vision is a bit impaired because it's spring and his face tends to get a bit itchy and swell up at this time of year. If it gets really bad we whip him to the vet for steroids but he can be a bit of a stressy boy so we try not to take him in unless it's unavoidable.