Feline Blindness – Why Can’t Your Cat See Anymore?

Cats by instinct have a keen eye sight and in the wild they much so rely upon it. However there are a variety of common illness’s that can cause your domestic cat to go blind over time. Your cat may be suffering from Retinal Atrophy which unfortunately is not a curable illness and only worsens over time until your cat may go completely blind.

Cats can have trouble seeing from Kidney Disease, Cancer or Hypertension as well. Cats much like us humans can even be diagnosed with Glaucoma. This is most common for cats from any of the other illnesses. If you want to learn more about the cause of Feline Blindness. When you have a cat it is a good idea to become familiar with these problems because some can be treatable and the sooner you notice the better chance’s your cat will have of getting the proper care.

I once had a cat that was blind in one eye but it was from a vehicle or maybe another cat that must have done the damage. This cat was my favorite cat when I was still a kid. His name was Sim and it’s quite possible he out lived more than just the average 9 lives. I believe it was his third time being hit by a car on our busy street that made him blind in one eye. My family and I took Sim camping with us one weekend up in the Gold Country in Northern California and it wasn’t the first time the cat went with us. Although this time the day we were ready to pack up and go, Sim was no where to be found. We yelled him a bunch too. We walked a good amount around the outer part of the site into the woods and he just wouldn’t show up. We eventually decided we better go because we had reasons to get back soon and were very sad all the way home of the five hour drive even.

Well we thought for sure we would never see him again but hopped he would be ok to survive in the wild. Several months later we had an opportunity to go camping again and drove up to the same site we camped before. We couldn’t believe it the very next day we woke up to some noise in our camping spot only to find Sim looking perfectly healthy and ever so happy to see us as we were to see him. On our way home the following afternoon with our furry friend Sim being reunited with us was absolutely wonderful and I will never forget it.

Besides Sim being blind in the one eye I personally have never had a cat suffer with any kind of illness causing feline blindness. If you think your cat might be going blind it may not be the end of the world for your cat. Get more information about why your cat is having trouble seeing and if it isn’t treatable your cat has excellent hearing and smelling capabilities it will fine tune those skills to get around better than you would think.

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