I'll never forget the day that a vet in austin texas overdosed my cat with baytril for cattle instead of cats. it detached her retinas and she was blinded for life. they never said sorry or even refunded the vet bill, i tried to sue them but animals are considered property in the state of texas and it would have went to small claims court because the adoption fee at the time was $35 and to file a claim it was $75. She lived with me blind for several years and adapted well, and has since crossed the rainbow bridge but i'll never forget that SOB that took my childs vision. R.I.P. Sabian. be a good kitty in kitty heaven, daddy loves you.

@jenniferallen8699

Жыл бұрын

That's horrifying beyond belief. No words.... 😭

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

OMG I'm so sorry.

@ayeshasidhiqa1556

3 ай бұрын

😢😢😢

@microtyger

3 ай бұрын

Ty for all the Love you gave your cat. 🐾💕🐾💕🐾 I'm so sorry for what happened. 😶

@user-ek2mf8vc3u

3 ай бұрын

That’s messed up, I’m sure your cat was happy to have someone as strong as you ❤

Yes “sometimes a cat’s soul calls to you”

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

It really does! x

@metalcatmom5891

Жыл бұрын

That is how I got my sweet boy!

@gd2234_

Жыл бұрын

I drove from (north of) Chicago to Grand Rapids Michigan (4hr) to get my girl. She spoke to me through the screen, that’s for sure

@NatYourAverageNerd

Жыл бұрын

Both of my kitties found me, and as we've grown together this past year, I can see why our paths crossed. They're so different, but they both share traits with me that give us a happy, loving trio dynamic.

@eddabrandes7395

Жыл бұрын

That is absolutely the case. I saw a picture of Cleo at a local shelter and I had to get her. She had been mistreated and was so full of fear, poor thing. That was three years ago. She is now chilling on my bed and she is the most loving cat you can imagine.

That's just a pair of sentient bunny slippers 😹❤ I don't think my boy knows he's blind - rather, he probably thinks his (sighted) brother is just abnormally good at jumping! 😁

@dianamelamet

Жыл бұрын

Probably! My cat lost his vision and his pal jumps over him and then keeps silent, baffling him everytime!

My parents have a blind cat. She wandered into their yard filthy and covered in burns, with her eyes swollen and unable to close all of the way. They think she had gotten caught in a brush fire. It was the weekend and all the nearby vets were closed (they live out in the rural Tx). They cleaned her up the best they could and tried to keep her comfortable but didn't think she would survive the weekend. She did. Her name is "Miracle", Mira or Miri for short and she is now a my dad's pampered princess.

Thank you thank you for coming to Oman and for visitng us - we loved meeting mew! xox

I love this! My little girl had a ruptured eye when I adopted her. The infection when she was a kitten stunted her growth so now she is half the size of a normal cat. So I call her my forever kitten 🥰

@walkawaycat431

Жыл бұрын

Aww. My little Sweet pea has a deformed right leg, she walks. She's tiny as well. I call her my forever kitten. Sweet story. ❤️😻

@justlikethewizard

Жыл бұрын

A little lady

@eileensnow6153

Жыл бұрын

My mom’s tiny puppy has heterochromia (one blue eye and one brown eye) and I told her some people believe that means he can see in this world and the next. Then I giggled and realized, “Hey Mom, you have a small medium!”

@walkawaycat431

Жыл бұрын

@Rory Long 😻😻😻

What a wonderful woman. Her adoption of a long distance blind cat is inspiring. To learn her accommodation strategies is amazing. Adopt Don't Shop.

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Of course every cat is different and some don't need such drastic measures, but that mum just wants to be 100% sure that we're safe. xox

@eyeeerie

Жыл бұрын

Well yes but i don't find it wrong when people buy cats too. Adopt and shop both to me

@TheCookieeis

Жыл бұрын

@@eyeeerie no

@eyeeerie

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCookieeis wdym no, buying cats is normal, if it wasn't for the people who overbred them too darn much there wouldn't be street cats and shelters

@loui1064

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, she is beautiful inside and out !

This woman does show what real love for cats is all about. Thank you from the bottom of my ♥️

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you from us too! xx

Wow! Her stair wall!!! So nice Moet not only has a PURRFECT home...but now she has a bestie, too! Really great to meet Moet's Meowmy! Thanks!

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you!

We used to have a blind cat, but she still had her eyes and looked like she was staring, which sometimes freaked out our other four. She was the queen of the house and spent most of her time on the living room sofa. Her favourite thing was having a wadded-up bit of tinfoil tossed to her to bat around. She had the fastest reflexes I've ever seen.

I work at a cat shelter/rehab and two of our retail cats are blind. They get around so good that if you didn’t notice their lack of eyes you wouldn’t know they were blind. I’ve even seen both of them catch flies. They can run and jump and only rarely crash into things.

@skatingcanuck9837

Жыл бұрын

They catch flies? That is amazing. Animals have an amazing resilience!

@cjohnson4342

Жыл бұрын

My blind cat catches flies in mid air. She is my hero

@iJamesmoncada

Жыл бұрын

Blind cats are dope. My blind cat Boba catches flies and kills spiders all the time too.

@Romanticoutlaw

7 ай бұрын

to be fair, sighted cats also rarely crash into things

I had one she came to our front door, I thought it was just a eye infection but she was born blind, my vet told us that in her condition she wouldn’t probably make it, and if we took her to animals regulation she would be put to sleep. Well she was with us for 15 years, I didn’t have to do anything special in my house, she did have a safe room where she had all her things and where she would sleep at night. I had a chihuahua that she became used to him, when we had visitors she would go in her room, but she was all over the house without no problem, I love to move furniture around a lot but she did very well with that, even in the backyard, we were always with her in case of a hawk. She was an amazing Kitty. Her name was Hessie since at the beginning that is all she did. We miss her tremendously.

I have SUCH a weakness for “imperfect” kitties. These two are so precious.

What lovely cats and lovely cat mom!

How lovely is Emily! What a nice lady.

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much! xox

Bless you for caring for these beautiful but more fragile animals. The world needs more big-hearted people like you.

they're beautiful 💗💗

@stankythecat6735

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are !

I love the detail of the little bells. Like sure, carpets make sense. I'm not sure I'd have thought of the method of enclosing the stairs, but you know, it's a safety thing so you'd probably address it. But the bells just so the girls know where and who the others are 😭😍

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! xx

@KougaJ7

Жыл бұрын

Definitely safety first. The bells are a detail.

Im a pet sitter here in la and regularly take care of a beautiful blind cat. I keep forgetting about her being blind bc it's not that different. Sometimes toys wise I'm learning that she prefers ones with predictable paths, like a track toy machine or automated feathery machine. If we do something that doesn't have a predictable path i have to be ultra sneaky and quiet bc her hearing is so good! And sometimes i feel bad bc im clumsy and dropping something makes her jump (i jump too). Reading behavior is a little more difficult bc i can't tell sometimes if she's play pouncing or annoyed but context clues help!! Love to everyone who gives love to shelter kitties

@cjohnson4342

Жыл бұрын

Try a ping pong ball in the bath tub, my blind cat and I play this and she plays it alone

Bless this lady for taking care of these kittens

This is so incredible! Our family cat lost one eye to end stage glaucoma, and we think he is partially blind in his other eye. His pupil does not contract past a certain point. He is very responsive to sound and likes to be where the conversation is! And even though he is a senior, he loves to play, and he still gets the zoomies :)

@Ashly765

Жыл бұрын

My cat just got surgery yesterday and got both eyes removed due to glaucoma!

Omg🥺🥺❣️❣️I just Love them ❤️❤️❤️

My kitty has iris melanosis and will have to have her eye removed. It's encouraging to see kitties can still get on without vision.

Oh my goodness, thank you for taking care of this beautiful cat. Poor girl but so happy she has a good life ahead of her 💞 Love that door mat too! 😋🥰🤗

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Aww fankew! xox

Oomi and I want to thank you for helping people show how amazing blind cats are!❤

@sohatanwirkhan583

Жыл бұрын

Oh, my goodness, you're Oomi's mum! I followed you guys on instagram when you started fostering Oomi. Such a pleasure to encounter you here! Hope you and Oomi are doing well. ^-^

@cerena

Жыл бұрын

@@sohatanwirkhan583 hi! ❤️❤️ thank you so much for following her journey! We have met so many amazing people because of it! ❤️

I really do love people who take the precautions to protect their pets! The stairwell being well-enforced with no gaps is wonderful! :) Safety for the fluffy friends comes first!

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Honestly we got criticism on IG for over-doing it and it not being necessary, but that mum feels better safe than sorry. xx

They are both beautiful and gorgeous cats!!😘😘🐈🐈😘😘

I had an elderly blind kitty, I found with her that scent was very important. I would have incense in my room so she wouldn't get lost, she could always find her way back to me if she got overwhelmed.

If I close my eyes, I thought I’m listening to Kate Winslet talking….. and I don’t mean because of the accent. It’s her voice. Love how she cares for her two blind cats ❤

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you! xox

This brought tears to my eyes! What a Beautiful woman, inside and out!! Providing for, and ensuring her cats safety was Amazing to watch. And the kitties are Gorgeous!!

Lovely lady, beautiful cats!!💖

I just love how they have their eyes are closed SO tight

@nkbujvytcygvujno6006

Жыл бұрын

The eyelids are actually sewn shut after the surgery that removed their ruptured eyeballs. This keeps dirt and dust out of the empty eye sockets.

They are beautiful and adorable. 🥹🧡

Oh gosh I love them. They’re just beautiful 💗💗💗

Beautiful cat and house. A very happy cat.

Precious fluffy angels ♥

So Beautiful Amazing 🥰, you give so much Love to those kittens in need!

How can you not love these two they are so beautiful

I have a blind cat and you would never guess that she was blind and when I move furniture around she has to be right involved so she knows where everything is and it's funny I actually have a picture of her making her way into a bird cage on a standalone table while my bird was sitting on top looking at her as if to say what are you doing in my cage

We have a blind kitty and I can say that nothing slows her down. She jumps up on the dresser and knows her way around the room. Once she's figure out where something is, it's imprinted forever!

This woman is such a kind soul and a paradigm of the ideal cat parent.

lovely story everything needs a chance.I have dealt with strays for 40 years and cats have a will to live that i find incredible.

I live with two blind cats and they really are completely normal. I agree with having banisters and outside areas secured (also for sighted cats!). The bit about moving furniture really depends on your cat. Cats as a species do not like change very much. That said, my youngsters LOVE new and moved things and immediately want to explore and climb all over them. As long as you don't rearrange your entire house on a weekly basis, many blind cats will be fine with normal household amounts of moving or changing furniture. They are also perfectly capable of finding and biting their sighted brother (yes, it's usually this way around) without any bells!

@bookbunny9

Жыл бұрын

That's my experience, too! I think the difference comes down to cats who were born blind vs. cats who went blind - my parents' older cat, who went blind, is much slower and careful than my born-blind zesty boy, who regular hunts flies and tackles his brother

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I got criticism for the bannisters and garden from another blind cat owner. But we also feel it's important to be 100% sure and safe! Agree that perhaps we overemphasized the not moving things around.. we do of course, but not often. Many or most blind cats will cope with that fine. But Chandie is tentative and likes things to be the same, or it stresses her a bit. :) xx

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

@@bookbunny9 Yes totally agree - and of course, all cats are different - some way more chilled and adventurous that others! :)

@meikusje

Жыл бұрын

Do you feel that a house can't have much clutter, or, say, plants etc around? I just saw a message in a FB group I'm in about a blind cat needing a (foster) home, and I would love to open up my home to him, but my house is quite cluttered, and that's just the kind of person I am, so not very likely to change. I do have a guest bedroom I could keep the cat in and then slowly introduce him to the rest of the house as he acclimatizes.

@anleet

Жыл бұрын

@@meikusje I think that'll depend on the cat. I have a neat house but with a lot of things and decorations and it doesn't bother my cats at all. A cat who isn't skittish of their environment will probably do fine

What a beautiful and sweet cat Moet is such a sweetheart.

I have a blind cat. Very important that they don’t get outside!

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Our space is safe and enclosed so nothing gets in and nothing gets out, so it's totally safe and we're always supervised.

@blindlife4668

Жыл бұрын

I have blind cats, and they are in and out of the garden all day long. The problem, is if I have to go out and they don"t want to come in, and then I have to round them up lol. From what i've learned since my first two came home, is that the biggest hurdle for a blind cat, is us, and our lack of confidence in their abilities, because for them, it's all perfectly normal.

@thomasmeagher8941

Жыл бұрын

I have one as well he is mostly outside we bring him in but he will fight raccoons afew days ago he climbed a tree looking for a squirell

@Lisa-pl6gv

6 ай бұрын

I'm getting ready to adopt one. How long did it take your cat to figure out your house? She's gorgeous!

@anthonyrees6362

6 ай бұрын

We have a blind cat also a three legged cat,they are in and out all day no problems, it is a safe fully fenced garden.

Thank you so much for this video. My elderly Siamese is going blind from a previously undiagnosed problem, so we are working to make our home as accessible and comfortable for him as possible. He’s such a wonderful companion, so I want to be sure to give him the best possible twilight years. He’s only 16, so hopefully we’ll have him for many more years. There are lots of good ideas here, so thanks

I uses to have a blind cat. He went blind halfway through his adult life. Sami was an awesome, brave, fun & caring lil dude.

Love that faint splash of cream color across Shandy 😺

What a very wonderful women you have meant in your life. Thanks for bringing this to light with blind cats. ♥

hello from California. thank you for taking care of these two beauties

What a wonderful well-spoken person! Such a treat to listen to such a lovely and lucid person.

Aww. I love them ❤️😻

Hannah God bless you for taking care of these sweet babies and all the others. You have such a beautiful heart🥰❤️

@parryyotter

Жыл бұрын

These aren’t Hannah’s cats though…

@jillybean4480

Жыл бұрын

Thank you parry otter for letting me know that. I wasn't able to watch video completely. Still I appreciate everything Hannah and others do for all the beautiful kitties.❤️

Beautiful Kitties ❤ I love this video. Ty for sharing.

I'm legally blind, and I love cats, so this is wonderful. That said, I've never had a blind cat before, and I'm unsure how we'd do. I've had some cats who react great to me, my occasional trouble navigating or seeing them, and other cats who had trouble understanding that about me and how to adjust their own behavior to work around it. I'm so glad cats I've dealt with haven't had serious eye issues (from illness or bad conditions), so we've been fortunate about that. -- My personal situation is not good; I'm hoping to get SSDI and other assistance before things get really untenable, but it's likely I could be offline indefinitely during late December and after. Hopingg things will improve before then. But in case, letting people know.

I love your dad so much!!!! I knew he's the guitarist of Styx but I had no idea that you were his daughter!!!! The night I discovered that you were Tommy's daughter, I went absoluyely BEZERK. I went on a MASSIVE Styx kick for a solid month straight. My dad showed me Styx. When I was 14. I'm 23 now and they are STILL by far one of my favorite band of ALL TIME!!!! And My top 11 favorite songs of AL TIME by them are⬇️ 11. Renegade 10. Lady 9. Helix 8. Blue Collar Man 7. Crystal Ball 6. Grand Illusion 5. Lorelei 4. Babe 3. Come Sail Away 2. Mr. Roboto 1. Too Much Time On My Hands

Charming lady and beautiful cats! What a lovely house too!

Oh my goodness. These two are so sweet and adorable. Sass and spice. We should all have a little Sass and Spice in our life. 🤍🤍🤍 Thank you for this glimpse into Moet and Chandie's life. 😍

They are precious

I adopted a blind 4 mo old outdoor kitten. She can do everything that a cat can do but see; favorite toy, a paper ball, she can hear where it goes and she will play fetch. She plays with her ping pong ball in the bath tub. She doesn't feel sorry for herself and I keep the furniture in the same place. She gets startled with sudden loud noises so I always tell her "turning it on" before hand. She is the love of my life and my other 4 don't cut her any slack. Thank you for highlighting cats with different abilities

You are such a kind person, you precious fur babies really hit the jackpot.

I was a teacher of children with visual impairments for 40 years. Our advice to parents and caregivers was so similar to what she said about her blind kitties. The importance of setting up the environment for safety, and then keeping it the same. One difference here though is we always used "child first" language. So, they were children with visual impairments, not blind kids. The emphasis meant that they were children who were more alike others than different from. I'm sure Moet and Shandy don't care what they're called. 😉Those are two beautiful, fortunate, well loved cats.

@poppytea3333

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping children who has visual impairments and letting their parents/caregivers know how they can help them themselves.

@teaartist6455

Жыл бұрын

Most blind people prefer identity first rather than person first, which is often enforced by nondisabled people without actually asking disabled people about their option. Pretty paternalistic and depending on the disability it can be a huge red flag, after all, needing to continuously remind yourself that disabled people are indeed people, all while going against their actual expressed wishes, isn't really a great look. A recent study found that it may even increase stigma as disability is linguistically treated as a terrible thing that one must use euphemisms to describe. It would be better to actually listen to disabled people instead of trying to enforce linguistic standards that are opposed by them just to make yourself feel better, wouldn't it? EDIT: This is not to say that person first language has absolutely no place, there are a few communities (mainly people with down syndrome if I recall) that do prefer it, but it has been forced on many, many more groups than would have ever chosen it and in some cases even weaponized against them.

Great show! So amazing. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story.

I have a deaf cat who's been that way since birth and you wouldn't know it. They just get on with things, they don't let their disability slow them down. It's truly amazing how they take it all in their stride. I would absolutely take on another deaf or a blind cat in future and give them the love they deserve.

@cjohnson4342

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Cutest family 💕😍 a lot of love for this family 🥰

They are so cute 🥰 Idc if they are blind or anything

Lucky sweet cats

Thank you for giving these two blind cats a safe loving home!!!

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful 😻🐾😘

I think the only sad thing about blind and eyeless cats is that they'll never be able to see how cute they are

Thanks for this! I just adopted a blind kitten a few weeks ago, so this is really timely.

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too - for adopting a blind kitty. Aren't we amazing?! xx

@KougaJ7

Жыл бұрын

Aren't these cats amazing, though?

What a lovely lady and Fur-Mom to these two cuties. They won the Kitty Lottery for best Hooman, and a safe, enriching and happy life. So brave, learning how to navigate life with no sight.

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

What a lovely thing to say, thank you so much! xox

Those cats are beautiful. Just as she said a blind cat learns to navigate their world. I had a blind dog, and if you didn't know him, you wouldn't know. Animals are very resilient.

Oh my heart is full of joy watching these beautiful babies and their wonderful momma xxxx

I absolutely LOVE this woman for providing a loving furever home for the blind cats; may God continue to bless and strengthen her to take care of herself and her fur babies!

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! x

I'm so happy that you get to travel and meet all these cat lovers. Cat love has no borders!

They're just gorgeous 😍 Congratulations

It’s good that they have a safe and happy place to call home 💕

There are some really wonderful people in this world. It makes my heart warm to see so many people giving disabled animals a good life. God bless all of you!

I adopted a stray. She developed glaucoma and lost all sight in her eyes. Shes blind,but beautiful as are your babies.❤

They are absolutely adorable! I adopted a deaf cat who when I saw his picture on the shelters website I just knew I needed him. He sadly passed last year from congestive heart failure and it broke me

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss. xx

What a dear sweet woman with so much love for her fur children.😍

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

She really adores us - she says we are her life. xox

Thanks for being kind and caring for these lovely disabled cats. You are great people!

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! xox

Omg they are sooo fluffy and adorable! They remind me of Choo-Choo! 😻🥰🙏 Thank you for teaching us about blind cats! ♡

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

Yes - we think we look like ChouChou as well!

What a beautiful woman to have these two beautiful cats and the love gives them and her home is tailored to their needs and safety! Bless this beautiful woman and these amazing kitties. 😻🙏 My heart is warmed and renewed today. Thank you Kitten Lady for sharing this incredible story!👏👏👏👏🤩😻

Beautiful cats❤️

They’re so beautiful! And they look like twins! I adopted a deaf white kitten and he was so squirrelly and wonderful, but blindness would be more challenging, for sure.

Thank you, Emily, for sharing those great tips! Is a pleasure to watch your cats 🤍

@MoettheBlindCat

Жыл бұрын

And thank you too! xox

I am not sure what inspired this tour of cat rescuers/ owners/ culture in the Middle East, but I am enjoying this series. This is a part of the world whose pet culture I don't know of.

My vet suggested putting my blind kittens to sleep so they wouldn’t suffer. The cats have always been happy, playful and loving so I was quick to graciously tell him no and have chose their life...life with them has been more completed 🥰 they spoil me 😻

شكرا لاعتناءكم بهذه القطط المسكينة ليحفظكم الله ايها الطيبون 🤲🤲🤲🤲

They are both adorable and I’m glad they have a great owner!

I have a blind cat named Dixie. We had to nurse him when he was a newborn cause mom rejected him. He slowly learned his way around the house. I have 15 indoor cats. They all seem to help him get where he's going. He's very happy and spoiled 😁. He knows where the doggie door is to get to the garage where the litter boxes are. I love him so much as I do all of them but he was one of the first we rescued ❤️

Beautiful story! Those cats are so lucky to have her as their mom

what a gorgeous family!

What a lovely and kind woman! The cats are beautiful too.🧡

I love that she has TWO blind cats. We actually adopted a cat from South Africa, you should see the shipping box that someone made for her flights, it's so well made we've kept it to use as an interesting end table on the porch. Malika is almost blind, and so she's taught us how to use sound more, so she knows where we are...we had a deaf cat, no volume control with her MEOWS, but she liked us stomping on the floor so she would know we were coming. Malika is a dear, and it's good she's slowly losing her sight so she'll know everything.

Glad these pretty babies got adopted. Sad to know they lost their sight, but inspiring that someone made sure they have a good home, and are doing well. ❤

I Foster neonatal kittens and my blind cat thinks they are loads of fun she doesn't spend too much time with them after they start running around so the Bell ideas actually very good idea

Thank you for tips on taking or adopting blind cat to be safe at home.