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Puddy_Tat said:
hmm.

cats are naturally long-sighted and rely more on smell and feel via whiskers for anything close.

but that doesn't sound good.

may be worth dangling string a few feet away and see if that gets a reaction
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Ah she's following my finger now! Progress! She's wobbling about a bit but not in a hit by a car way. I've given all limbs a squeeze and it's okay. She has lost her other remaining fang though so I might get the emergency cat food cans out tonight. I fully expected that to go long before now.
 
Mogden said:
Ah she's following my finger now! Progress! She's wobbling about a bit but not in a hit by a car way. I've given all limbs a squeeze and it's okay. She has lost her other remaining fang though so I might get the emergency cat food cans out tonight. I fully expected that to go long before now.
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I'd take her to the vet if you are in any way worried. How old is she? I ask because cats can suffer from strokes, but if treated can often make a decent recovery. Just your description of apparent temporary blindness follwed by wobbling about a bit rings alarm bells in that regard.
 
Epona said:
I'd take her to the vet if you are in any way worried. How old is she? I ask because cats can suffer from strokes, but if treated can often make a decent recovery. Just your description of apparent temporary blindness follwed by wobbling about a bit rings alarm bells in that regard.
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13 so that's pretty likely. I did wonder that myself but she's coming back on a bit more. Not as wobbly. Strength coming back in her legs but I'm keeping the vet in mind. And she's making a run for the garden when I open the door to the room she is in. This morning I almost didn't catch her in time so she's getting speedier.
 
Well keep a close eye on her at least. Also check her diet, taurine deficiency in cats can cause eye and muscle problems.
 
Epona said:
Well keep a close eye on her at least. Also check her diet, taurine deficiency in cats can cause eye and muscle problems.
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I've upped her treats which are taurine laden. Plenty of water. If I let her out properly again I know she'll go straight back to that garden and sit under a bush for umpteen more days but I've really no idea why. Either she's got a urinary infection, but she seems to be toileting okay, which has made her a bit ga-ga, she's had a stroke, which is entirely possible but which would have happened some time ago rather than in the last couple of days, or the old girl is just that, a teenager and getting on a bit.

I appreciate the help though. My cats usually just off themselves in odd circumstances. This is my first full termer I think. That sounds rather callous but I mean I will be upset but okay if I come down one morning and find she's just slipped away in her sleep. Must shut up now. Chopping onions.
 
Jakey often plonks his bum down on the mousemat when I am at the computer.
I just pick his bum up slightly and swivel him round a few degrees.
He really doesn't seem to mind, he purrs throughout the entire process of being shifted over a bit on the desk. He's the softest most gentle cat ever.
 
Hopefully we've "cat proofed" downstairs garden, with the aid of a child safety gate across one exit and by blocking up a favourite escape route round the side of the house with stones etc - we then left the front door open and, eventually, Bobbie came down stairs and made a bolt for freedom. He went straight up to the safety gate (access to "top" garden) and couldn't get through the gate, although he did do the tiger in a cage thing of going up to one of the gate, trying to get through, couldn't, go to the other end of the gate, try to get out, couldn't - repeat

Then he disappeared into the general garden foliage - good thing is, he hasn't eaten so far today so hopefully he won't be going too far and will come in tonight for tea
 
So Charlie's water fountain was the biggest waste of money ever. He won't touch it. Considering he usually makes a beeline for anything containing water that isn't his water bowl I thought it would be a shoo-in, but apparently not. He must sense it's specifically for him to drink from, and so therefore won't even countenance doing so. He's still drinking just fine from his normal bowl though. Idiot.

I fed him earlier, he polished it off, and was back half an hour later crying at me for more. So I gave him more, he sniffed it, and wandered upstairs to sleep in the sun. Shitbird.

I love the little fucker.
 
Hope you've got some replacement plants! for a steady supply.
My current cat is not inspired by catnip - but a friend had to put netting over her plants to get them established as her cat is addicted to the stuff; including rolling in it.
 
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Off to the vets with Meg tomorrow and I suspect it's her final journey. I've had to shampoo her with some cat spray stuff today cos she's just not cleaning herself. She's not eating nearly enough and water in going in but not enough. She's been my rock for 13 years and we've been through lots together. She has super big feet and she's noisy and she high fives me and I wanted to make a video of a selection of her high fives cos she's really good at it. She doesn't seem to be in pain but I just needed a few more days with her before I took her to the vet. This on top of the week I have had is not the best for me :(
 
Mogden said:
Off to the vets with Meg tomorrow and I suspect it's her final journey. I've had to shampoo her with some cat spray stuff today cos she's just not cleaning herself. She's not eating nearly enough and water in going in but not enough. She's been my rock for 13 years and we've been through lots together. She has super big feet and she's noisy and she high fives me and I wanted to make a video of a selection of her high fives cos she's really good at it. She doesn't seem to be in pain but I just needed a few more days with her before I took her to the vet. This on top of the week I have had is not the best for me :(
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:(

(((Mogden and meg)))
 
Mogden said:
Off to the vets with Meg tomorrow and I suspect it's her final journey. I've had to shampoo her with some cat spray stuff today cos she's just not cleaning herself. She's not eating nearly enough and water in going in but not enough. She's been my rock for 13 years and we've been through lots together. She has super big feet and she's noisy and she high fives me and I wanted to make a video of a selection of her high fives cos she's really good at it. She doesn't seem to be in pain but I just needed a few more days with her before I took her to the vet. This on top of the week I have had is not the best for me :(
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So sorry to hear this {{{{{@Mogden and Meg}}}}}
 
Mogden said:
Off to the vets with Meg tomorrow and I suspect it's her final journey. I've had to shampoo her with some cat spray stuff today cos she's just not cleaning herself. She's not eating nearly enough and water in going in but not enough. She's been my rock for 13 years and we've been through lots together. She has super big feet and she's noisy and she high fives me and I wanted to make a video of a selection of her high fives cos she's really good at it. She doesn't seem to be in pain but I just needed a few more days with her before I took her to the vet. This on top of the week I have had is not the best for me :(
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:( So sorry Mogden
 
We just went away for a long weekend and for the first time left Archie and Higgins alone together with a mate coming in to feed them. When Tallulah was alive Archie and her (my cats) used to go to the cattery and Higgins (boyfriend's cat) stayed at home with mate coming round to feed him. Tallulah used to beat Higgins up too much to trust leaving them alone together. She loved being in the cattery - any new audiences were always very welcome. Archie didn't enjoy it but it bonded him and Tallulah and it was almost like she looked after him. When Tallulah died we decided that when we went away we'd just get someone round to feed Higgins and Archie when we went away. They're not best mates but they get on alright with each other and they both hate catteries so much we'd not enjoy our holidays for worrying about them being stressed.

So this weekend wasn't a massive success. Since we got back Archie's been attacking Higgins and one of the cat beds was peed on - neither of them ever do anything like this so I can only guess Higgins was either really stressed by Archie bullying him or that he didn't want to use either of the litter trays that Archie had used. I think we're going to have to shut them in different rooms when we go away which is a bit of a faff for the person looking after them, Archie's like greased lightening when he wants to get into somewhere he shouldn't and can get a bit scratchy with people he doesn't know very well picking him up.

I've been feeding them treats together and they're OK now but poor Higgins is just the most submissive cat I've ever met, I've never seen him stand up for himself :(
 
((mogden and mog Meg))

Loancat has been running me ragged this past week by refusing to eat more than half a pouch of anything at once, even all of his favourite stuff, even the expensive stuff, even the special treat of a scrambled egg all to himself, meaning every morning starts off with a scraping-up of long-congealed leftovers and washing up gungy plates <gag> ...

On happier notes, I swear he's got some sort of inbuilt fresh bedlinen detection system: at the weekend he was pootling out the back of the house - at least say 80m away - and must have heard the swoosh of sheets being unfolded from that far away, as he CANNONED into my bedroom to roll himself around on the new linen before the bed was even made.

Then I tried to tidy my room and suddenly of course he absolutely HAD to sit in the drawers. A spot he has never expressed the slightest bit of interest in, for his entire life. ???. Cat - as weird as he wanna be. QED.
 
My dear sweet old Meg is gone. She will be back to live on the sideboard with her son once she has given her all to science. Thanks for all the messages cos they do help. Myself, Sachin, Flinty, Wilbur, Mookie, Stone and Grey are the better for having known her and her passing shot to me, her loving Moma, was to piss all over me and the sofa this morning. I'll see you in my dreams old girl x
 
((Mogden)) I'm typing this lying on my bed with Mousch (black and white fluffy beast) purring under my chin so I am sending some of those purrs to you.
 
Many sympathies Mogden. As I said to the vet when he was taking Rusty away, we don't want her ashes but if you can bring her back as a kitten so we could have another twenty years we'd pay good money for that. :(
 
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