Hi ,
I've not had a deaf blind cat but I should imagine you need to keep
things such as litter trays and water bowls etc in the same place so
she can find them easily.
Cats and dogs feel vibrations through their paws so are perhaps more
aware than a deaf blind person would be.  She still has her sense of
touch and sense of smell/taste so you could think of ways to stimulate
these senses.
Alison

The best thing you can do is keep things like furniture in their place
and not move things around too much. You will be amazed at how well your
cat gets around despite her disabilities. We sort of inherited Jasper
just about a year ago. His mommy died and as a favor to the mommy's
daughter, who is a dear friend of the family, we took him. We had no
idea that he was deaf and blind. Anyway, keep things in their places and
in terms of dealing with the deafness, try to get her attention in other
ways, like tapping on the floor or the couch (wherever she is hanging).
If we dont do this, it scares the sh.t out of Jasper. :)  Other than
those few things, we just keep on loving him and he seems to be quite
happy. :-)

Pam

Hi...I wouldn't worry too much about the cat adapting..

Since she's been in the same environment, she'll be used to all the smells..
She may be frustrated about going deaf and blind..but not in the same way
that a human would be since she doesn't have an "outside" knowledge of her
condition...or a "woe is me" attitude. Cats are plucky!

Maybe she might enjoy a vibrating massager (the nice kind!), or a scented
cloth to play with...Or catnip.

I have a blind cat that I adopted at a shelter last year..but I forgot that
she is blind...She' s just like a normal cat, including the sit-on-the-bed 5
AM "feed me" stare that wakes me up! She also likes to hit my leg with her
paw when I'm eating. She's voracious! I guess eating is a major pleasure for
her. She also likes to sit in the window and "watch" the birds.

The only major adaptation was that I have to keep things away from the edge
or bottom of the bed so she doesn't hit herself jumping off or on.

Your cat is lucky to have you as an owner - some ignoramuses would just go
and put the poor thing to sleep!  

Check out this website, I think it's called www.handicappedpets.com..you'll
find advice, encouragement there. Good luck!

Hey Cool! I bet you mesh real quick.

I agree about pre-touch vibrations, little warning bumps.

I bet a pattern develops. If it was me, I'd hang a rubber mallet on a
couple of door post, (strategically). This way, when you come home or
leave, you can send morse code to her.

Please post back often; I have a huge heart for little animals like
yours.

My Sig Right Now.

It changed who I used to be, a reason to start over new, and the reason
is you, and the reason is you.

Years ago my Stacy became deaf and then blind.  She got along great as long
as I did not move things and watched where I stepped more often.  She would
not jump up on the bed anymore but would go up and down stairs.  She would
get pissed off and hiss and swat when she walked into one o my other
kitties.  She had a very good quality of life before she had a stroke.

I had a dog that went blind and 4 years later lost part of her
hearing. And my current dog is slowly losing both.

The main thing is to keep things the same and simple so that
navigation is not constantly chaging.

Lots of extra attention since boredom/depression can become an issue.
They can't really do a lot on their own for intertainment, so you need
to keep them active, both mentally and physcially.

If she has trouble finding or avoiding certain things, mark them with
scents. Use different scents for different locations so that they
learn to associate each scent with the correct location. Extracts are
really good for this.