Yes, they are both beautiful; and yes, Duffy is blind.  He is an
extraordinary little cat.  He has adjusted so well to his blindness that it
often takes visitors awhile to realize it.  He can't go "storming" through
the house like Holly does, but he is a little gymnast on what I call his
"vertical space" -- a big cat tree, a pole that I had mounted to the side of
the computer hutch, and climbing up the back of chairs (remarkably, without
damaging anything).  He will even run at a pretty good speed if Holly is in
front of him; I call her his "seeing-eye cat."  Duffy even notices tiny
little insects.  He gets around so well that I thought he might have a small
amount of vision. I arranged for an evaluation by an ophthalmologist at
Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine because I wanted to see
if there was some vestiges of sight (and, if so, what I should do to
preserve it).  There, I learned that Duffy is completely blind and that he
has a condition known as "anterior cleavage syndrome." There should be space
between the iris and the cornea. In Duffy's case, the two components are
pressed together, and there is no space between them. This probably happened
before birth and possibly was caused by infection in the mother.  He is
content, active and happy.  I suspect that the fact that he has been blind
since birth helped him to compensate for his blindness -- he has never known
anything else, so it is normal to him.

MaryL