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We
welcome two new cats to our home, adopted from Safe Haven for Cats.
The
gray cat on the left is Grayson, and his sister, on the right, is
Princess Maui.
Their names at the shelter were
Hopper and Trundle, but that didn't feel quite right (sorry,
Pam!).
Gary went for Radar and Sonar. Cyndi's vetoed that. (You'll see
why next)
They are serious love-muffiins. Grayson likes to have his tummy
rubbed. Maui likes everything. She's the active
trouble-maker. He
follows behind. Which might surprise you, once you realize that
in
the picture, she doesn't have her eyes closed – she doesn't have eyes
at
all! She was born blind, and the pair were rescued while standing
in
the middle of the road near Smithfield. Brother has limited
vision
– he was born with inverted eyelids, and probably some other eye
problems.
Was he taking care of her, or was it the other way around?
Probably
some of both.
We knew we wanted special-needs cats, and fell in love with these two
right
away. Only problem was, they're so loveable that they might have
been
"too adoptable." But Pam, Doug and the crew at Safe Haven decided
we
were the right match. It breaks our hearts to know that there are
thousands,
probably millions of other cats who need a home but won't get one
because
they're too old, or have a disease like FIV (kitty-aids) or
lukemia.
Cute kittens are adopted in a heartbeat (and their heartbeat is very
fast).
There are lots of web sites about blind cats, and the advice we've read
seems
solid. When she plays with a teaser, you'd swear she could
see.
But she'll follow that teaser up onto n a table or the bed, and pace
the
edge trying to feel a way down. Make some noise with your foot,
or
tap the teaser on the floor so she knows where it is, and she'll jump
down
like any other cat. Soon she'll know the horizontal and vertical
landscape
of the house, and this won't be a problem.
I'd say more, but I've got to go play with them now!
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