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Cats & cataracts
Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please?
I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel........ I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. |
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"silknsox" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ My cat, Duffy, is blind and can do almost anything that a sighted cat can do. I have not had any experience with cataracts in cats, but I thought you might want to look at these articles: http://pets.webmd.com/cats/cataracts...atment-options http://www.petwave.com/Cats/Health/E...Treatment.aspx Are you sure the cat has cataracts? You said the cat "has obvious cataracts," but you did not say this was diagnosed by a veterinarian. I hope this is not something the owner has simply decided for herself. If that is the case, please ask her to have an examination for her cat ASAP. Has the cat's blood pressure been checked? High blood pressure can cause blindness in cats. It must be treated *immediately* to avoid blindness. Incidentally, it is no longer true that humans have to wait until the cataracts are "ripe" and has not been true for many years. My grandmother had cataracts removed a great many years ago. Just as you said, she had to wait for them to be ripe. In fact, she was nearly blind before the procedure could be done. By contrast, my parents and eventually myself also had cataracts removed. We did not have to wait for that stage--the surgery was performed when we felt it would be helpful. I had no cut/no stitch laser surgery, but I am sure that would not be available for cats. I did wait about two weeks between having the surgery on my left and right eyes. It was completely painless and done on an outpatient basis. Quite a change from my grandmother's era! MaryL |
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"silknsox" wrote in message ... Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ My cat, Duffy, is blind and can do almost anything that a sighted cat can do. I have not had any experience with cataracts in cats, but I thought you might want to look at these articles: http://pets.webmd.com/cats/cataracts...atment-options http://www.petwave.com/Cats/Health/E...Treatment.aspx Are you sure the cat has cataracts? You said the cat "has obvious cataracts," but you did not say this was diagnosed by a veterinarian. I hope this is not something the owner has simply decided for herself. If that is the case, please ask her to have an examination for her cat ASAP. Has the cat's blood pressure been checked? High blood pressure can cause blindness in cats. It must be treated *immediately* to avoid blindness. Incidentally, it is no longer true that humans have to wait until the cataracts are "ripe" and has not been true for many years. My grandmother had cataracts removed a great many years ago. Just as you said, she had to wait for them to be ripe. In fact, she was nearly blind before the procedure could be done. By contrast, my parents and eventually myself also had cataracts removed. We did not have to wait for that stage--the surgery was performed when we felt it would be helpful. I had no cut/no stitch laser surgery, but I am sure that would not be available for cats. I did wait about two weeks between having the surgery on my left and right eyes. It was completely painless and done on an outpatient basis. Quite a change from my grandmother's era! MaryL |
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silknsox wrote:
Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. I just had my cataracks removed in both eyes. (one at a time) They donlt use lasers. They replace the whole lens of the eye with a plastic replacement, and they stitch it in place to the muscles that control it. You remain awake throughout the whole operation, which takes less than an hour. the doctor asks you to look down, up, left, and right during the operation, so I donlt know how they would do it with a cat, which would have to be put to sleep, and couldn't assist during the operation at all. It is a painless proceedure that most eye doctors can do un their own facilities and donlt need a hospital for. I recommende you have it done if your lenses are cloudy and have little or no contrast. Your vision will be much improved, and if you are normally near sighted, the new lenses will give you more normal, "far sighted" vision, so you will need reading glasses instead of driving glasses, although you may need some astigmatic correction after the operation has healed for a couple of weeks. I spent my whole life near sighted aqnd now I only need glasses for reading, but I do use them for driving also, because of the new lenses being not perfect and I have some astigmatism in the right eye. My mother had this opoeration and my wife had it both by the same doctor I used. And I have a friend who also had it done by another doctor. The contrast and colors are much improved by the operation, but needing glasses for reading after doint without them for that all of my life is really kind of a pain..... |
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:20:02 -0700, "Bill Graham"
wrote: silknsox wrote: Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. I just had my cataracks removed in both eyes. (one at a time) They donlt use lasers. They replace the whole lens of the eye with a plastic replacement, and they stitch it in place to the muscles that control it. You remain awake throughout the whole operation, which takes less than an hour. the doctor asks you to look down, up, left, and right during the operation, so I donlt know how they would do it with a cat, which would have to be put to sleep, and couldn't assist during the operation at all. It is a painless proceedure that most eye doctors can do un their own facilities and donlt need a hospital for. I recommende you have it done if your lenses are cloudy and have little or no contrast. Your vision will be much improved, and if you are normally near sighted, the new lenses will give you more normal, "far sighted" vision, so you will need reading glasses instead of driving glasses, although you may need some astigmatic correction after the operation has healed for a couple of weeks. I spent my whole life near sighted aqnd now I only need glasses for reading, but I do use them for driving also, because of the new lenses being not perfect and I have some astigmatism in the right eye. My mother had this opoeration and my wife had it both by the same doctor I used. And I have a friend who also had it done by another doctor. The contrast and colors are much improved by the operation, but needing glasses for reading after doint without them for that all of my life is really kind of a pain..... What can I say, Bill? All that work, and you're still blind. You voted Republican, right? -- |
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Mack A. Damia wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:20:02 -0700, "Bill Graham" wrote: silknsox wrote: Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. I just had my cataracks removed in both eyes. (one at a time) They donlt use lasers. They replace the whole lens of the eye with a plastic replacement, and they stitch it in place to the muscles that control it. You remain awake throughout the whole operation, which takes less than an hour. the doctor asks you to look down, up, left, and right during the operation, so I donlt know how they would do it with a cat, which would have to be put to sleep, and couldn't assist during the operation at all. It is a painless proceedure that most eye doctors can do un their own facilities and donlt need a hospital for. I recommende you have it done if your lenses are cloudy and have little or no contrast. Your vision will be much improved, and if you are normally near sighted, the new lenses will give you more normal, "far sighted" vision, so you will need reading glasses instead of driving glasses, although you may need some astigmatic correction after the operation has healed for a couple of weeks. I spent my whole life near sighted aqnd now I only need glasses for reading, but I do use them for driving also, because of the new lenses being not perfect and I have some astigmatism in the right eye. My mother had this opoeration and my wife had it both by the same doctor I used. And I have a friend who also had it done by another doctor. The contrast and colors are much improved by the operation, but needing glasses for reading after doint without them for that all of my life is really kind of a pain..... What can I say, Bill? All that work, and you're still blind. You voted Republican, right? Yes. My brain works a lot better than my eyes...... |
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On 3/24/2013 3:01 PM, silknsox wrote:
Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. i have a friend that has a cat that was born blind. it's now 3, and gets around the house and lives alongside 4 dogs just fine. if you didn't know, you wouldn't be able to tell the cat was blind. |
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chaniarts wrote:
On 3/24/2013 3:01 PM, silknsox wrote: Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I have a lady who's cat has obvious cataracts. I know that in humans we have to wait until the cataracts are ripe & then only when they're ready to be lasered away. And, additionally,only one eye can be treated at a time..? Is the process the same with cats? She didn't exactly plan on having a cat- she moved into her new flat & found her new lodger waiting on the doorstep every evening It would seem the last tenants left him to fend for himself. Humans can be shameful cruel....... I must say for a cat who's virtually blind, he has an amazing ability to find his way around his own little kingdom~jumping from window sill & on to his radiator cat bed...no problem locating his litter trays or negotiating his way around the entire house for that matter. I know alot is attributed to his sense of smell, hearing & balance. He's only 4 yrs old. This is the first time anyone has ever asked me about cataracts-I've dealt with blind cats & all manner of other problems & challenges..But never cataracts. No appetite problems,oozing with confidence & he is SOOO friendly.He hardly seems phased at all. He's a Big fat tabby cat (Yes, I fell in love immediately- of course I am green with envy ) Nevertheless, Clearly they need attending to.Does anyone have any personal experience that may help this young lady's cat, "Frazer". I'm sure she would appreciate the advice the group has to offer, especially with making his life a little easier during this transitional period Many thanks in advance. i have a friend that has a cat that was born blind. it's now 3, and gets around the house and lives alongside 4 dogs just fine. if you didn't know, you wouldn't be able to tell the cat was blind. If a cat, or any animal, is born blind, it learns from birth to get along with what its got, and nefer suffers from its disability. but our Junie went blind when she was about 16 years old, and havd a very hord time adjusting to it. She became very dependent on my wife qnd myself, which was not her normal nature. She was the mowt independent of all of our cates for the five or six years we had her. (we got her from the next door neighbor when her mother died, because her husband was allergic to cats) Junie ruled the roost for most of her time with us, and was not able to handle blindness well. |
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On Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:01:59 PM UTC-5, silknsox wrote:
Can anyone tell me a little bit cats & cataracts please? I agree with Mary--has this cat been actually diagnosed with cataracts, or is this a guess/assumption? Our Benny (12) regularly sees an animal opthamologist (sp). This doctor says that cats having cataracts is quite rare. However, our doc thinks Benny was born with cataracts in both eyes. The right eye has a tiny cataract in the middle, which has not changed. The left eye, his bad eye, has a cataract that has matured and "reabsorbed" into the eye, taking the lens with it. Therefore, he can't focus with that eye and his sight is nearly non-existent there. He unfortunately has glaucoma in that eye, so we give two different kinds of drops in that eye to manage the pressure. Removing the cataracts in cats is tricky and not always possible. In Benny's case, it is not an option (according to the specialist). The only option, if we had to resort to it, would be to remove the eye. Eye problems in cats are uncommon, and in all the years I've been to this specialist (2x a year for 10 years), I have NEVER seen another cat in that office, only dogs. Why do you think they need attention? Is there oozing, excessive watering, or other symptoms? Has a vet looked at them and made a diagnosis? If there are no related health problems, there is no reason this cat can't live a full and happy life with limited sight. Benny has done just fine. Rene |
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