Hi guys, as I've said in some other threads, my moggy went blind seemingly overnight. On Thursday he went to the vet and had a clean bill of health. His CKD was found to be good, except that the vet thought his eyes were really big, which she thought was because he was scared. The next day, he started bumping into stuff and we found that he was completely blind.
Right now, we are postponing the MRI because we're terrified of having him undergoing anaesthesia. I feel like a horrible pet owner for doing this, and it makes me feel lousy and guilty. I also know that if he went for the MRI and something happened, I would also feel devastated, lousy and guilty. At the moment, I really don't know what to do. We think we'll ask the vet to treat it as inflammation first and see what happens.
Based on everyone's experiences here, what's the likelihood this is a brain tumour? Apart from his sudden blindness, he's eating very well, drinking very well, using the toilet properly (although a week or so before this happened, he kept marking our couch... but this was after we had guests over and we put it down to the behavioural changes he had after he got really sick just back in May with a 3-week bout of anorexia which led to 5 vet visits and a 1 week stay in hospital. Funnily enough, once he went blind, he stopped marking and went back to using the toilet perfectly). He's not circling, falling over or anything like that.
Right now, we are postponing the MRI because we're terrified of having him undergoing anaesthesia. I feel like a horrible pet owner for doing this, and it makes me feel lousy and guilty. I also know that if he went for the MRI and something happened, I would also feel devastated, lousy and guilty. At the moment, I really don't know what to do. We think we'll ask the vet to treat it as inflammation first and see what happens.
Based on everyone's experiences here, what's the likelihood this is a brain tumour? Apart from his sudden blindness, he's eating very well, drinking very well, using the toilet properly (although a week or so before this happened, he kept marking our couch... but this was after we had guests over and we put it down to the behavioural changes he had after he got really sick just back in May with a 3-week bout of anorexia which led to 5 vet visits and a 1 week stay in hospital. Funnily enough, once he went blind, he stopped marking and went back to using the toilet perfectly). He's not circling, falling over or anything like that.