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[gwynraven]

I am a bad kitty mommy -- I can't believe I didn't notice before

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[rhicat]

I had a deaf cat once and she was perfectly content that way. We learned to thump on the floor as a "here kitty!" and not to startle her when she was sleeping. I would hold her against my chest and put my mouth on her so she could feel me speaking. Otherwise, she purred and meowed like a hearing cat.

[noetickerf]

Wow, that's amazing.

[gwynraven]

What is? That he's deaf or that I didn't notice?

[noetickerf]

just the way that the false bottom can drop out of familiarity, with animals or humans.

[cissa]

It's not that surprising you didn't notice. He's not an all-white with blue eyes, for instance! And I know a lot of people can be slow to figure out that their kid is deaf- it's just not something that is usually one's first explanation.

He's clearly doing great- and the tail thing is too funny!

[opakele]

It took a while before I realized Kitty was deaf, there towards the end. It doesn't mean you are a bad kitty mommy. Fionn is a lucky, lucky cat.

[gwynraven]

Yeah, I wasn't really serious about being a bad kitty mommy. Like I said, it doesn't seem to bother him any, and it's not like the other cats who can hear listen to me anyway ;)