how to tell if my cat is gone blind

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Barlyn - 19 Apr 2006 19:37 GMT

My cat barlyn is 6 months old and was hit by a car. I took him to the vet he
had major surgey to put his insides back together he died during his surgrey
for about 6 minutes the vet said. He stayed in a coma state for about three
days after.He came home today day still in very fragile condition.He can walk
but i think he may be blind and deaf how can it tell for sure.Any advice.
thank you

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xkatx - 19 Apr 2006 20:22 GMT

> My cat barlyn is 6 months old and was hit by a car. I took him to the vet
> he
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> but i think he may be blind and deaf how can it tell for sure.Any advice.
> thank you

Does he walk into things? If he never did but does now, then maybe. Does
he jump at loud noises or come when called?
If he used to come when called and loud noises scared him, but that no
longer happens, then maybe.
DH had a cat who was deaf. The cat would actually fall asleep to the floor
or furniture vibrations of DH very, VERY loud music.

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studio - 20 Apr 2006 01:48 GMT

My neighbor had a blind cat.
It would on occasion walk into things.
He would sometimes take double steps to first
feel what he was walking on then take the step.
You could tell how he really used his whiskers
when walking near/around objects.
Even for a blind cat, he got around, just a lot slower.
He could even find his food/water bowl by himself.
He didn't trust strangers petting him though, only his owner.
The other outside male cats seemed to know he didn't
present a threat to them, so they would leave
him alone.

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mlbriggs - 19 Apr 2006 23:53 GMT

> My cat barlyn is 6 months old and was hit by a car. I took him to the vet he
> had major surgey to put his insides back together he died during his surgrey
> for about 6 minutes the vet said. He stayed in a coma state for about three
> days after.He came home today day still in very fragile condition.He can walk
> but i think he may be blind and deaf how can it tell for sure.Any advice.
> thank you

What did the Vet tell you? IMHO he needs much more time to recover from
the accident and surgery . Purrs for your kitty's wellbeing.

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