Yes, and as mentioned her other senses are helping her as wellSo is there such thing as maybe partial vision loss?
Yes, and as mentioned her other senses are helping her as wellSo is there such thing as maybe partial vision loss?
Also one other thing someone here made me try and tried this morning. So her eyes pupils are kinda round a bit this morning, but its kind of dark in my room - its dark dreary day. Sun was coming out and she looked in direction of window, her pupils constricted to the narrow shape it goes when lit. I also tried flash light and her pupils went from round to thin for brief moment, until i turned off flash light and her pupils went back to roundness.Yes, and as mentioned her other senses are helping her as well
Definitely partial vision loss is a possibility. The one dilated eye would make me wonder if something is going on, and maybe she's lost vision in one eye and her peripheral vision isn't the best? I've known some who could detect shadows but didn't seem to see everything in front of them as well as they once did. I've heard that people who go blind develop a sort of 6th sense, a "radar" around them that helps them navigate, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true for animals. Is she holding her head differently than normal at all?Well, she sit in her bed for a while cleaning her face, then gets off it to walk elsehwere but then returns to it. Like I know shes not I guess, THAT blind? Because even this morning, I shifted her bed in different area to where my desk is apposed to my bed, she looked down on it and wanted to get inside of it. Plus at times, Id walk in front of her slowly as she walks to see if she manuevers around my leg, without any whiskers touching me, and she managed to get out of the way. Plus she knows when im placing her food bowl down, no matter where it goes down. However, when I pour dry food into her plate she doesn't track that, but once she smells it then eats it. Sometimes. Also, she still knows at times where her scratching post is. LIke 3 days ago, i came home, she waits for me by door, sees me walk towards the room where I feed her, so she still follows me, and scratches her scratch post like normal. So is there such thing as maybe partial vision loss?
Hello,I am just going to second the idea that if your cat has suddenly gone blind in a home that is completely familiar to her, you won't see her bumping into objects and not finding food. I had a blind dog once who was fine....until we moved. In the meantime, rearrange nothing in your house. Walking off the bed is a definite red flag.
The one blind cat I had did go blind very suddenly, but it was from Cryptococcus. His pupils were greatly dilated; we did put him on atenolol, but the route to his diagnosis was very lengthy and it did not help. Definitely call the vet now.
I groomed a dog who went 100% blind overnight. He had SRA (sudden retinal atrophy). I don't know much about it, but apparently it can happen. I actually knew a person who went blind, completely, just sitting there watching TV one day. (Thank God she wasn't behind the wheel of a car.)Right, most of what I've read about cats who become blind - sudden or gradual, seem to just calm down most of the time because they fear of surroundings or unaware of it in some sort. Which makes sense. But with my cat it's the total opposite, like right now what she would normally sleep right after eating her 4:30pm meal, its now 7:30 and JUST now, after getting in and out of her bed like at least 5 times, has settled down. The wierd thing also, she circles around in her bed, but has always done that. I'm guessing to find a good comfortable position? But nowadays, she does it spinning in her bed, by even doing so, she vocalizes until she finally lays down and tucks her head inside and sleeps. But for this afternoon, it took her nearly 3 hours for her to go sleep! that used to be her old self, just staying up walking around and such, but back in her prime years. Not even like that in past 2 years. Im sure at some point she'd be BOUND to be sooo tired and exhausted and eventually go back to sleep in her bed. Only other fear is that would throw off her short frequent meals timing. However, so far she's eaten three times in that span of 3 hours...so her hunger is still there at least.
My other fear is that taking her to the vet ALWAYS stressed her out. She cries like crazy once put in bag and taking her out. So once she gets checked, she already gets agitated and becomes rather angry at times. But afraid that once they take her blood pressure, that would most likely return back as high due to her stressed out from the visit/outdoors itself? Then that could be a misdiagnosis?
If its a misdiagnosis, and perhaps she just lost vision due to her age...is that something that could occur within span of a week?
And sorry, I don't think I said only one eye is dilated? None of them are at the moment, at least they seem normal for this time of night?Definitely partial vision loss is a possibility. The one dilated eye would make me wonder if something is going on, and maybe she's lost vision in one eye and her peripheral vision isn't the best? I've known some who could detect shadows but didn't seem to see everything in front of them as well as they once did. I've heard that people who go blind develop a sort of 6th sense, a "radar" around them that helps them navigate, and I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true for animals. Is she holding her head differently than normal at all?
Edit: I just saw your last post about her pupils being more normal
Hello,Have you tried a purr toy or Cat Music to help her be less distressed?
I asked my vet but he said its up to me? But at the very least he advised to check her blood pressure...
... I don't think that makes them restless? She cries so much...
Ok. No, you were the first post or so that have mentioned about High blood pressure. I hadn't even think of that when I first noticed her nose change color to darker color back around September 16th. For one, it had gone away in few days and outside of that nose color, she seemed fine. She did begin to cry a bit a little more and more prior to sleeping and wondered if she wanted attention. I'd go right up to her, pet her and laid on bed next to her bed and then she would go sleep. But over days and days she kept crying a bit more, other times she'd go right to bed. Then suddenly her vision became an issue a week or so later leading up to now, and just now I've been realizing it could be high blood pressure or some other issue underlying. This was initial response when I asked vet last week about vision issue and vocalization:.
miguel99nyc - It's absolutely obvious to me that you care deeply for this little cat. It's also clear to me that you haven't grasped the seriousness for the potential that she may have high blood pressure...and, what that alone could cause to happen. IF she does, any degree of vision loss will be the least of her (and your) problems.
So, in the hope that you'll better understand the dangers of untreated HBP, I'll leave you with this: Urgent Symptoms of Hypertension
One further point. Your Vet has already done you (at least) two disservices. First, upon the detection of the murmur, the everyday 'standard of care' calls for a blood pressure test. (from what you've written in here, you weren't advised). Secondly,
there's no indication that he expressed any urgency in having this done. Standards of care indicate that this is an urgent issue requiring intervention at the earliest opportunity. Fact, not my opinion.
FWIW, I just read your description of another HBP symptom:
This is from the info I first gave you:Vet then replied saying it can't be reversed but managed...