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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2006?Deaf Kitty?
We just got a new kitten... and we think she is deaf. She doesn't respond to any noises whatsoever. She is a grey tabby with a white chest,belly, and 'boots' and appears to have bluish green eyes. I have heard that white cats w/ blue eyes can sometimes be born deaf... but I'm not too sure this little one falls under that category. I called my vet and they should be getting back to me sometime today or tomorrow. Any help/advise would be great. Thanks. =) > We just got a new kitten... and we think she is deaf. She doesn't > respond to any noises whatsoever. She is a grey tabby with a white [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > vet and they should be getting back to me sometime today or tomorrow. > Any help/advise would be great. Thanks. =) I read that deaf cats should be raised with a hearing cat companuion. They take cues from the hearin cat. dont know if this is so. >> We just got a new kitten... and we think she is deaf. She doesn't >> respond to any noises whatsoever. She is a grey tabby with a white [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >I read that deaf cats should be raised with a hearing cat companuion. >They take cues from the hearin cat. dont know if this is so. It makes sense in a funny way. I think you're right. Also remember that a cat gets by more on scent than we do. The loss of hearing is not as important as it would be for us. > We just got a new kitten... and we think she is deaf. She doesn't > respond to any noises whatsoever. She is a grey tabby with a white [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > vet and they should be getting back to me sometime today or tomorrow. > Any help/advise would be great. Thanks. =) another poster here has a cat that is deaf AND blind the cat does very well, and no special tricks employed... the biggest thing is they have to be careful not to startle her would make for a nervous cat so for example, they may approach her in stages like.. shaking the bed before they pet her that sort of thing I used to have a deaf cat. He got along really well. He was completely deaf. We also had a dog inside the house at the time. We would round up the cat, by telling the dog to go get the cat. We did leave him inside only, since he would have been defenseless outside. I think that with a little extra special care that you can handle a cat with a hearing disability. > > We just got a new kitten... and we think she is deaf. She doesn't > > respond to any noises whatsoever. She is a grey tabby with a white [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > like.. shaking the bed before they pet her > that sort of thing
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