Poppy is my 13 month old beauty shown in the my profile picture. She's an indoor cat.
For a while now I've noticed her eyes are almost permanently dilated unless in sunlight. She is clumsy too. The vet looked hard at her eyes the other evening and concluded that she is partially sighted. The retinas are not detached.
She is not totally blind as she played with the laser toy this morning. Yesterday I noticed that she bumped into the coffee table, my leg and Milo twice. The morning before she walked into a wardrobe door that was open.
Does anyone have any ideas about anything that may be wrong with her? The vet thought it may be underdeveloped eyes and said an ophthalmic vet may be the next step but seeing her playing with the laser just threw all my thoughts into turmoil. Could it be tunnel vision? Short or long sighted?
Your experiences of blind/partially sighted cats would be appreciated.
For a while now I've noticed her eyes are almost permanently dilated unless in sunlight. She is clumsy too. The vet looked hard at her eyes the other evening and concluded that she is partially sighted. The retinas are not detached.
She is not totally blind as she played with the laser toy this morning. Yesterday I noticed that she bumped into the coffee table, my leg and Milo twice. The morning before she walked into a wardrobe door that was open.
Does anyone have any ideas about anything that may be wrong with her? The vet thought it may be underdeveloped eyes and said an ophthalmic vet may be the next step but seeing her playing with the laser just threw all my thoughts into turmoil. Could it be tunnel vision? Short or long sighted?
Your experiences of blind/partially sighted cats would be appreciated.