My cat abby is deaf. The vet says she has her eardrum thhough.
Now on friday night we left her home alone. On saturday we came back ever since she has been acting super strange. She now sometimes responds to some sounds. She meows for no reason. Sometimes when you touch her she jumps three feet in the air, where as before she acted like a ragdoll, happy to be picked up. She normally can't stand being away from you, and she wont sleep by me. You will be petting her and all of a sudden she will get really scared and back away really fast, then approach you like she has never met you, sniffing and walking really low. She has started squinting. Every now and again she looks like she gets really disorrientated for a while then goes back to normal. There are no plants in the house. No chocolate, no catnip. And she has been left alone before. I am ultra worried. It seems like she might be getting back her hearing. But I am not sure why this would happen. Also only sometimes does she respond to any sound. A friend brought up that she might have a tumor in her head I hope this si not true.
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Oh bless your heart, this is a really strange situation. Your cat does need intensive veterinary help and very fast.
Frankly, she could be regaining her hearing - you didn't mention the cause of her deafness, but it may have been due to something temporary and since she has the equipment needed to hear, this might be happening. Imagine how scary the world must seem if this is the case.
Or she may be having a major infection in her ears. Some of the behaviors you describe jive with that idea.
Anyhow, take the cat to your vet for a first step. If he/she is stumped, then seek out a feline specialist. If there is a veterinary college within driving distance, I would recommend contacting them and setting up an appointment for an evaluation. Very often the veterinary schools offer services that are above and beyond what you can get otherwise.
Best wishes to you. Let us know what happens.
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We never really knew the cause of her deafness. We suspected brain damage.WAe got her from the shelter. WAhen we got her she was al torn up, she had been attacked or something and had an abcess on the outside of her ear. We didn't know she was deaf when we got her, but realized it pretty quickly. We took her to the vet to see if she had ear drums. They checked and she did, and thats all I know.
She is behaving a little better today. I am still searching for a feline vet.
>>She is behaving a little better today. I am still searching for a feline vet.
Ok, first of all let me tell you, I have both a cat and a husband who are deaf and they are both a little jumpy and have some personality quirks! She may very well have just gotten a bad scare, and it twitched her out for awhile. The world is very confusing and overwelming when you are missng your hearing. Things that seem obvious and non-threatening to us hearing folk are sometimes really unexpected and frightening to a'deafy' (my hubby's term, not mine). Annabel (our deaf cat), is very friendly and loving, but she doesn't like to be picked up or petted much unless she comes to us. She has gotten scared a few times by things just 'jumping out at her' or coming up behind her without warning that she wasn't very friendly for days. If she was home alone, she may have been more insecure an if something unexpected happened she ay not trust her 'reality' for a little while. I'm not saying not to take her to the vet, as it may be something medical. I was wondering if your cat is white, with either one or both blue eyes? Most of those cats are deaf, they lose they're hearing just days after they get their hearing when they are very little and it will not come back. Let me know if she's white and I'll post a couple links. Either way, good luck!-- Jennifer
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And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE
"I saw Othello's visage in his mind,
And to his honours and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate."
She is not white she is a tabby mixture, probally with some maine coon in her. I have never truley known why she is deaf. The doctor say her eardrums so she has the right equipment. When I first got her I noticed she never responded to sounds. I tryed clapping really loud behind her head and not even a twitch. Keys begs, music you name it. I knew for sure when she tryed to sleep on the vacume while I was vacumming!
>>She is not white she is a tabby mixture, probally with some maine coon in her. I have never truley known why she is deaf. The doctor say her eardrums so she has the right equipment. When I first got her I noticed she never responded to sounds. I tryed clapping really loud behind her head and not even a twitch. Keys begs, music you name it. I knew for sure when she tryed to sleep on the vacume while I was vacumming!
Yeah, sounds like she's definately deaf lol, but keep in mind that the eardrum is only a minisule part of what makes hearing. Having her eardrums doesn't nessessarily mean that she has all the equiptment. For instance, there is the choclear nerve, the hammer, the anvil, the sterup, and cillia (the vibrating tiny hairs, behind the eardrum in the inner ear). If any of these things are not functioning or not present at all then she will not be able to hear. Depending on the problem, she may have been deaf from birth, lost it slowly (or quickly) over time, or she may have lost her hearing due to the injuries you spoke of. How is she doing now? Hope all is well! -- Jennifer
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And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE
"I saw Othello's visage in his mind,
And to his honours and his valiant parts
Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate."
Acting better. only jumping around a lttile now.
