One small sweet moment.

[kyrielle]

Despite all the worry, there are still good moments. Earlier, I had Babe cuddled on my lap and was petting her. Just now, I got her to play for the first time, really, since her sight went. It's hard to play with a cat that has always responded to things like feather toys, and now can't see them. But for a brief while - very brief, it got boring for her after a bit - I had her playing. Mind you, I'm lucky she was having trouble targeting and was soft-footing her blows, or I'd've been in pain. I was dragging my finger back and forth along the carpeting, letting the nail run along it to make a noise so she could track it, and she was swatting at it (connected several times, but never with claws out and in my finger, so that works).

I love this cat so much. Not just because she's the last of the ones my mama raised, either. Also because she's a sweet, caring little cuddle-bug, because she was so nervous and needy when she first moved in and has become so much more confident, because she's so playful and funny when she goes for those feather toys. She's only five. She should have lots of years left ahead of her.

And I hope, I really really hope, she's a medical oddity and does have those years. Please, please.

Comments

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Wow, only 5, hoping she can be helped. She is very young.

Get something with a bell on or in it. That is what I did for my little Jacques. ( I have to say though, he still liked the regular balls, really did not like the ones with a bell, lol.

[kyrielle]

The feather toys and balls have bells, actually. But that doesn't make a steady enough noise for her to track and it actually seems to upset/unnerve her.

Dragging the stick end of the feather toy along the carpet so it rasps works as well as my finger, though. (Better, actually. Revelation: this cat is SO SWEET. Because when she realized she was swatting plastic this time, not finger, the strikes got harder, surer, and with more claws. She was holding back last night!)

[joyoflj.livejournal.com]

Here is hoping for many, many years of you having her with you!

[kyrielle]

Thank you. Fingers crossed!