Shadow's
Story:
Greetings
- I was 'surfing' the net, for stories about living and feeding blind cats and
I came across your site. I'd love to share my sweet boy, Shadow's, story.
I left a long term relationship just over a
year ago - it was a challenging process and one of the things that made it
difficult was I lost my precious dog in the custody battle. I had been
thinking about getting another pet but was reluctant to get another dog as I
wasn't sure I was up to the work it would require.
About 6 weeks ago, I happened to go into a
pet store that I rarely frequent. There happened to be the most beautiful
little cat there - almost instantly I became aware that he was blind. He was
actually missing one eye and the other eye was like an opal - blue and opaque
looking. He was a rescue cat and had been found wandering but little else was
known about him.
I asked about him, was taken into the area
where he was living and sat on the floor with him for about an hour - it was,
as you can imagine, love at first sight. I went home to consider adopting him
- what it would take to care for a blind kitty, etc. I phoned the man I've
been dating, who is an avid cat lover, and asked him to go and see Shadow with
me. Of course, he fell in love with him at once but acknowledged it would be
my decision. Again, I went home - talked to my kids and a good friend who
knows a lot about cats - she's the proud mom of 2 beautiful Persians. After
dinner, the 4 of us went back to the pet store to see Shadow. All of them
agreed he would fit well into our family and the next morning, Shadow came
home.
It's been about 6 weeks and I couldn't be
happier. He's an amazing boy - his first day home, he moved around the
perimeter of the rooms to figure out his boundaries - he knew quickly where
his food and his litter box were and loves to play. Sometimes when he gets
running around (I call it the 'kitty 500'), he sometimes forgets where a wall
is and crashes into it - sorry, but it is really funny to watch!
Shadow does not know he has a disability and
I will not be the one to try and tell him he does! He's sweet and cuddly and
our family is so happy we adopted him - he will always be an indoor cat but he
certainly doesn't seem to mind!
Cheers,
Cheryl
Nanaimo, BC Canada