Mustrum’s eyesight

[ramtops]

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[moral_vacuum]

Re: checking eesight. Throw a cotton wool ball (as it won't be able to hear it) nearby at varous different angles to check relative reactions.

Mustrum is utterly beautiful, by the way, not that you need me to tell you that.

[ramtops]

He is utterly splendid, isn't he? We've lived with him so long that we tend to forget how stunning he is, because he's just Mussie to us, but he is a very handsome fellow, and lovely with it. Not, perhaps, the brightest of chaps, but we don't mind. He's a snow spotted Bengal, should you be interested, and to us he is the quintessential cat.

I'll try the cotton wool ball when I can find them (not content with doing the kitchen, we seem to be starting ont he bathroom now, and packed everything up this morning :)

[autopope]

Veterinary ophthalmologist, stat.

It's very hard to tell if a cat's going blind until it's too late to save their vision. There are a variety of causes -- hypertension will do it, as will glaucoma or cataracts -- and they're mostly treatable, but cats are so good at functioning by hearing, scent, and vibration alone that stuff like throwing a cotton wool ball for the cat won't reliably determine whether it's picking it up by eyeball.

(I speak from recent experience, sadly.)

[alexmc]

> Veterinary ophthalmologist,

Make sure you ask the vet's whether they have an eye specialist. Mine didn't - but there was a vet who was "interested" in eyes and she knew a lot more than I had expected.

[ramtops]

Thanks both. I'll ring round.

[blackberry44]

He's gorgeous and very like my Phoebe who is also a nervous little thing; I wonder if it's something to do with being tabby.

I hope he feels happier soon, when the refurbishments come to an end and he can get used to things again.

[ramtops]

Well, he's not a nervous little thing - he's a hulking great creature :) But I'm always concerned when a cat's behaviour changes. He's not a tabby either, he's a snow spoted Bengal.