Tips for taking care of a blind cat

• The oral communication between you and your cat becomes paramount when it loses their vision. Speak to your cat and call them often than before so that they can reach you at home in your voice. When you get to a room try to walk making noise so that your blind cat knows that you are entering and avoid scaring them.
• Maintain a calm environment: avoid yelling or slamming doors in the house. They would scare your blind cat more than before and you should avoid stressing your cat. Especially in its adaptation period to its new life.
• Play with your blind cat and stimulate their other senses: you can provide them with toys that give off a smell or that have a bell or that make a noise. This type of toy tends to be especially liked by a blind cat.
• Pampering: do not stop giving them attention and the pampering that you used to give them. The caresses and the moments with you will like them even more than before. Try to spend more time with your blind cat but respect their independence and let them go when they show you that they have had enough.

Adapting your house to your blind cat

• Avoid changes: the first thing is to avoid making changes in the house and avoid moving furniture. What your blind cat needs is a certain stability to recognize its surroundings since it does not see that the arrangement of the objects in the house does not change so as not to lose its reference points.
• Keep their references: always put their food and water in the same place so that they know where to find it. Moving it could be a source of stress for your cat.
• Their litter box: If your cat suddenly went blind, you may have to teach them again: you place them in their tray and let them find their way from there to his basket so that your cat remembers where the tray is. You may need to add another tray in the house if it is large or has multiple floors.
• Safety: close the way to the stairs to prevent your blind cat from falling on them to prevent it from climbing because if it has access to a balcony or a window, it will not be able to perceive the height. They could kill themselves when falling.
• Think in small details: How it can always be to lower the toilet seat. Your cat does not see. It is better to avoid this type of bad experience that could even be dangerous.
• Avoid leaving objects on the floor of the house: your cat could trip or panic and lose the house.

Safety outside the home

A blind cat should not be outside unsupervised: it should only stay indoors or have access to a secure, fenced yard. If you can’t keep an eye on them outside, it is best if they stay indoors. You can also walk them by putting on a harness and a leash.

It is especially important that your cat carries a chip if it is blind so that if it is lost and someone finds it, a veterinarian can read its microchip and contact you.

Caring for a blind cat is difficult at first, but it can be done with patience and love. We recommend that you also inform yourself about how to care for an elderly cat if this is your case. Remember that elderly cats must be treated with much more care and perseverance.