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We have a 14 year old, a 10 year old and 2 year old cat, all males. We suspect our 10 year old has gone completely blind (and a possibility of him being inbred as we got him when he was 1 and the family we got him from, all their cats were related) over the last couple of years or so. Recently we have noticed that our other two cats, that we have had both from 8 weeks old, have been pushing him away from the food, so sometimes he doesn't get anything to eat or even has started waiting until the others have finished eating before attempting to eat anything. We have to stand and watch them all eat to make sure Jack gets enough to eat without the others pushing him away and he always seems to back down to either of the others when they want his food. We have noticed this for the past month or so and he has lost weight, where before he was quite a chunky cat. They don't bully him outside of feeding time, they let him use the litter trays and even sleep with him at night, they have never had any fights in the years they have lived together and have always eaten in peace right next to one another up until recently. Would the other two pick up on the fact that he has gone blind and has anyone got any ideas for how we can work around this or fix this problem?
We have thought about feeding them apart in separate rooms but would want to avoid this if possible as we would like them all to eat in harmony if they can.
Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated as we are feeling very sorry for our boy, thank you, Katie.
We have a 14 year old, a 10 year old and 2 year old cat, all males. We suspect our 10 year old has gone completely blind (and a possibility of him being inbred as we got him when he was 1 and the family we got him from, all their cats were related) over the last couple of years or so. Recently we have noticed that our other two cats, that we have had both from 8 weeks old, have been pushing him away from the food, so sometimes he doesn't get anything to eat or even has started waiting until the others have finished eating before attempting to eat anything. We have to stand and watch them all eat to make sure Jack gets enough to eat without the others pushing him away and he always seems to back down to either of the others when they want his food. We have noticed this for the past month or so and he has lost weight, where before he was quite a chunky cat. They don't bully him outside of feeding time, they let him use the litter trays and even sleep with him at night, they have never had any fights in the years they have lived together and have always eaten in peace right next to one another up until recently. Would the other two pick up on the fact that he has gone blind and has anyone got any ideas for how we can work around this or fix this problem?
We have thought about feeding them apart in separate rooms but would want to avoid this if possible as we would like them all to eat in harmony if they can.
Any suggestions or help would be much appreciated as we are feeling very sorry for our boy, thank you, Katie.