Posted on 01/12/2015 4:37:42 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Honey Bee is a cat, born in Fiji, who just so happens to be blind. Nevertheless, her lack of functioning eyesight hasn't stopped this inquisitive feline from hitting the hiking trails in her new forever home in Seattle -- an appropriate story to tell in January, which is National Walk Your Pet Month.
Now rolling with the motto "Bravery, adventure, cuteness," she has also become a YouTube sensation after a video of one of her jaunts escalated to viral heights.
The story of Honey Bee begins in Fiji, where she was living in the care of the Animals Fiji organization.
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Quite amazing, thanks. Seeing how well she does, it makes one wonder how much (or little) cats rely on vision to begin with.
This made me smile. One of our cats is blind and way more fun and smarter than the seeing cat. Her name is Jellybean. Im really NOT a cat person but ‘The Bean’ is very mild and gentle of disposition. :)
She was born blind and left by her mother at a busy intersection. A passer by discovered her, had pity and dropping her at a clinic where my daughter used to work. She came in wet, muddy and loaded w/ parasites not expected to survive. However, she sure did and in short order was healthy enough to be adopted out. We wound up w/ her and I really glad. If you ever have a chance to adopt a blind cat you’ll have found a great companion and a smart one at that!
Cats are the most resilient animals I’ve ever known.
-JT
So sweet. She has him trained so well. She’s a master. : )
My cats have their staff well trained.
After living with cats with various degrees of apparent vision acuity and watching them I think I have an idea.
Seeing an article that puproted to show how good a cat's vision was compared to ours helped. They really do not see very well. What it appears they do is use their ears to cue them as to where to look.
We have an outside cat with obviously bad vision. He is very jumpy and does not see things worth a damn, but sure does hear everything. He wil jump and run from noises the other outside cat ignores, probably becasue he sees well and knows there is nothing there.
This is True!
I never really noticed it with other cats before; but with our new Leroy, I’ve noticed how his ears keep turning around, like little satellite dishes.
He’s been here a week, and he’s attentive to every new sound in the house. The dishwasher, the washing machine, the dryer; those little ears turn all over the place.
Cats are one of God’s most ingenious creations!
-JT
*chuckle* It all comes out in the end.
Well, he seems fine, so far; but I wonder if he’s big enough to, um,................pass it.............
(We’re still trying to find the darn thing, wherever he may have batted it :-)
-JT
*grin* Best of luck.
Make that a priority - right after all babies (and babies yet unborn) have same.
How do they navigate the house and find the litter box?
I agree about their hearing. My cat will be napping in her little bed in another room and I can pick up a piece of dried catfood off the floor and drop it into the food bowl where it makes a faint “tink” when it hits the bowl and my cat will hear it and come running into the kitchen......
What a cute kitteh and great story.
I’ve got a blind Maine Coon and I would never have found out he was blind except the vet sad he had two detached retinas on the last visit. He could see when we got him almost ten years ago but I don’t know when he lost his site yet he walks around the house and knows it intimately so he never falters. Obviously, he’s an indoor kitteh.
I would take honey Bee home in a minute.
He is a nicer pup now than when he could see. He knows his way around the house and yard and rarely bumps into anything. Outside he can fetch his squeaky ball as good as when he could see.
Playing ball with a blind dog and having him fetch it and return it to you for another throw is quite an experience.
Yup, youd never know she was blind. Ive watched her chase a tiny spider across the living room and catch flies in flight (ya she eats them). Its really quite impressive. When startled she will run into things tho. Other than that no issues. We’ve moved home several times as well and she never has had a problem adapting to the new lay out. LOL, in fact on one move my wife made a pen for the van to keep them corralled. The seeing cat never figured out how to escape. Our blind cat was out in about 30mins. :) She spent the ride neatly curled up in the passenger seat next to my wife. She’s really an amazing cat!
Sounds like y’all have been blessed with some great furbabies.
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