[JRandomFreeper]

Cats rely on vision and hearing. This cat now has only 50% of these faculties. And it must live for the rest of its life without them.

Welcome to FreeRepublic.

You are pessimistic.

Tom (dad named him... dad was not original, dogs were Spot, cats were Tom), 1968, stray cat gets ass kicked by squirrel, loses right eye and a fair chunk of skull.

Dad pays for vet, feeling brotherly, Dad being blind in right eye and all after a bad fight. Tom lived until .... 1979.

Tom would laugh. And avoid you.

/johnny

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Tom would laugh. And avoid you.

Tom would have avoided me for other reasons: I’m a dog person with very little time or patience for cats. I don’t like to see them cruelly treated, but equally I see them as little better than large rodents with sharp teeth and claws. A bit like possums, only cuddly.