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I'm sorry hear to that, OP. I hope Lauren makes a full recovery. Glad she has a loving family.
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Cats can adapt well to being blind. My Father has a cat that has glaucoma. He has no trouble finding his food, or litter box. Water is hard for him though. He can find it, but because he is blind as a bat. He has to feel for it with his paw. He's forever walking around with one wet foot.
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OP, ever use essential oils in the house? I've read they can have adverse effects on cats.
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Poor kitteh . My family's cat we had when I was a little kid was blind, I remember her being able to get around and do stuff just fine. I don't know how old she was when she went blind, but she lived to the ripe old age of 17.
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Originally Posted By burnka871: Detached retinas from high blood pressure. Shes fucking blind View Quote Sucks to hear that, but blind cats can live kick ass lives. My aunt had a cat that had to have his eyes removed when he was 2 or 3. He had to be put down at 18 years old. Fucker used up his 9 lives plus a few extra. He faired well outside, would even catch a bird every so often. He'd disappear for a week or 2 but always found his way back. His whiskers were long as fuck, I'm assuming to help him feel around. he knew his way around the house just fine, until my aunt wanted to rearrange the furniture. |
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Originally Posted By DegralDan: Sucks to hear that, but blind cats can live kick ass lives. My aunt had a cat that had to have his eyes removed when he was 2 or 3. He had to be put down at 18 years old. Fucker used up his 9 lives plus a few extra. He faired well outside, would even catch a bird every so often. He'd disappear for a week or 2 but always found his way back. His whiskers were long as fuck, I'm assuming to help him feel around. he knew his way around the house just fine, until my aunt wanted to rearrange the furniture. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By DegralDan: Sucks to hear that, but blind cats can live kick ass lives. My aunt had a cat that had to have his eyes removed when he was 2 or 3. He had to be put down at 18 years old. Fucker used up his 9 lives plus a few extra. He faired well outside, would even catch a bird every so often. He'd disappear for a week or 2 but always found his way back. His whiskers were long as fuck, I'm assuming to help him feel around. he knew his way around the house just fine, until my aunt wanted to rearrange the furniture. Quoted: Poor kitteh . My family's cat we had when I was a little kid was blind, I remember her being able to get around and do stuff just fine. I don't know how old she was when she went blind, but she lived to the ripe old age of 17. I'm convinced cats have a much stronger threshold for pain than humans, maybe less nerves or something. They are also uber tough....9 lives is a term for a reason. Really pulling for OP's kitty, few things like a good kitty! Sadly you can't just buy them either. |
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Dangit. Hope it turns around. I'm seeing so much more stuff online about peoples' young cats getting sick. Worst case scenario she's blind but damn do I see the same amount of blind cats on Instagram living the life. Good luck, homie.
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Apples and oranges, I know but we had a dog get SARDS (Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome and was permanently blind. Happened suddenly, no warning or treatment.
She was only about 7 years old when it happened and she adapted really well, lived to be about 14 years old. For the most part could hardly ever tell she was blind, had kind of a sixth sense. Fixed |
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Hoping the best for OP's cat.
If you all want to read a cool book, check this one out. It's about a cat that was born with no eyes and some of the things he was able to do are amazing: Homers Odyssey |
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Hopefully the cat's sight will return but blind cats can do just fine as house cats.
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Quoted: That could definitely be a factor. Cats are pretty sensitive to insecticides, especially permethrin based ones. ETA: I just looked up the combat roach stuff. Cypermethrin is a main ingredient. I'd mention that to the vet first thing. Hopefully it's just a mild case of poisoning (fwiw, if it were bad, she wouldn't be functional 2 days in but I'd keep a very close eye on her and get vet opinion ASAP.) View Quote |
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Quoted: That does seem strange but sometimes cats are odd as fuck. I'd certainly have kitty checked out by the vet tho. My female cat will sometimes get really excited and wide eyed and begin frantically looking around the room like she is watching things fly through walls and the ceiling. I was concerned that it was some kind of seizure behavior, it happens randomly a few times a year that I've witnessed ...but the vets say she fine lol. View Quote https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cat+zoomies Their daily hormones set them off in play/fight/display mode. Only doing it once a month is abnormal. Most do it a couple times a day. |
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Originally Posted By RR_Broccoli: Yeah probably this is what's going on. Though I would get the cat some blood work done to test liver and kidney function. Cats tend to fight through it and then go down hard and fast when their stubborn streak reaches it's limits. View Quote She had bloodwork. Nothing to do with roach spray. |
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Caturday update.
I dont want to get my hopes up...but I think the medicine is working. She jumped up on her cat tree today with 0 hesitation. Keep those prayers up brothers. |
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Quoted: Caturday update. I dont want to get my hopes up...but I think the medicine is working. She jumped up on her cat tree today with 0 hesitation. Keep those prayers up brothers. View Quote What is normal BP for a cat? |
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Are you having to take her to the vet for BP checks? Will they change her med dosage based on that?
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Originally Posted By DrFrige: You bet man!! What kind of medicine are they giving her for the BP? and I am just curious, How do they test a cat for blood pressure? What is normal BP for a cat? View Quote Blood pressure is often measured in pets in the same manner as in humans. An inflatable cuff will be placed on the cat's paw or tail, and standard blood pressure measuring instruments will check the pressure. It is important to keep the cat still long enough to get an accurate reading. And In general, normal BP in cats ranges from 120 to 140 mm Hg systolic and 70 to 90 mm Hg diastolic, with a mean of about 110 mm Hg. Awesome news about your cat Op hope the improvements keep coming. |
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They prescribed her Amlodipine. Her BP when we took her in was 240 or something like that.
She has a followup on monday to make sure its going well. I hope these awesome vets just saved my kitties eyes. |
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Good vibes sent for kitteh. Glad to hear things seem to be helping
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Maybe you caught it soon enough to prevent full blindness. Sounds like kitteh is doing better!
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Keep those prayers coming brothers.
This morning she jumped up to the bathroom sink for her favorite morning activity. Drinking from the faucet! |
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Originally Posted By burnka871: Caturday update. I dont want to get my hopes up...but I think the medicine is working. She jumped up on her cat tree today with 0 hesitation. Keep those prayers up brothers. View Quote That is a good sign, how does kitty do walking/sitting on a bannister or 2x4? |
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Quoted: Blood pressure is often measured in pets in the same manner as in humans. An inflatable cuff will be placed on the cat's paw or tail, and standard blood pressure measuring instruments will check the pressure. It is important to keep the cat still long enough to get an accurate reading. And In general, normal BP in cats ranges from 120 to 140 mm Hg systolic and 70 to 90 mm Hg diastolic, with a mean of about 110 mm Hg. Awesome news about your cat Op hope the improvements keep coming. View Quote @Godzilla705 Thanks man! I had no idea it was the same as humans. Yeah my cat wont sit still for that. But it is close to human BP |
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Prayers for Lauren’s full recovery. I take amlodipine myself, works well with no real side effects for me.
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Glad to hear kitty is doing better. That would have had me pretty upset.
Cat (who was helped here on Arfcom last year and was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease) sends cat thoughts to Lauren. Attached File |
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Quoted: Waiting for an email response from out vet. Maybe 2 days ago I noticed our kitty has had her eyes dialated most of the time and they are very reflective. Didnt really think anything of it as she has been acting and eating normally. Today she missed a few jumps to her cat tree and the sink. Anyone seen this before? https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/371724/received_1095795247480485_jpeg-1404411.JPG View Quote |
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Somebody had her followup trip to the vet today and she is PURRFECT.
I'm still baffled how high blood pressure can do that so quickly, but as of this morning she is acting like it never happened. Thank you for the prayers brothers. She needs to recheck pressure and blood work in a week, as of today they said her pressure was perfect. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By burnka871: Somebody had her followup trip to the vet today and she is PURRFECT. I'm still baffled how high blood pressure can do that so quickly, but as of this morning she is acting like it never happened. Thank you for the prayers brothers. She needs to recheck pressure and blood work in a week, as of today they said her pressure was perfect. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/371724/20200511_170545_jpg-1411421.JPG View Quote Kitties are Teflon, and Lauren is no exception. Thank God!!!! |
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Originally Posted By burnka871: Somebody had her followup trip to the vet today and she is PURRFECT. I'm still baffled how high blood pressure can do that so quickly, but as of this morning she is acting like it never happened. Thank you for the prayers brothers. She needs to recheck pressure and blood work in a week, as of today they said her pressure was perfect. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/371724/20200511_170545_jpg-1411421.JPG View Quote Awesome man. Good work getting her in to the vet so quick. That definitely helped her prognosis. Same thing happened with my childhood cat. Dilated pupils and blindness. High BP hyperthyroidism and her retinas detached but we got her in quick enough where the meds turned things around and her vision came back to normal. Glad the little shit muffin is better. |
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