I was just wondering if others have experienced their cats go deaf and when that happened (age). Sonny went deaf when was 12 years old. I had no idea until we moved (I lived in an efficiency so he always smelled the wet food and came running) to a larger home and he didn't come running if he was in different room to the sound of the can opening like he used to. He gave no indication at all before this. He's always been startled if I woke him up, because he sleeps so deeply, and since we were in one room he was always on my bed so I never really called him name.
I had a (white of course-but not blue eyed) cat who was born deaf when i was a kid so I'm pretty well versed on how to deal with them and such (not to sneak up on them, lead them to the food dish, etc). But I was curious because Sonny seems quite young to have lost his hearing already. A few years ago he had issues with chronic ear infections and maybe they did permanent damage that contributed to the hearing loss. One of his ears is fairly closed up due to his aural hematoma surgery in 2010, but I clean it regularly. The vet looked at his ears and they're clean and there's no infection or ear mites. I'm not sure what happened.
Thanks to anyone who responds who has had a cat go deaf.
I had a (white of course-but not blue eyed) cat who was born deaf when i was a kid so I'm pretty well versed on how to deal with them and such (not to sneak up on them, lead them to the food dish, etc). But I was curious because Sonny seems quite young to have lost his hearing already. A few years ago he had issues with chronic ear infections and maybe they did permanent damage that contributed to the hearing loss. One of his ears is fairly closed up due to his aural hematoma surgery in 2010, but I clean it regularly. The vet looked at his ears and they're clean and there's no infection or ear mites. I'm not sure what happened.
Thanks to anyone who responds who has had a cat go deaf.