hiya, well, took Tinks and the kittens to the vets yesterday to get Tinks checked over before she gets spayed on Wednesday and get them all stronghold etc,

The lovely vet who delivered them was booked as she wanted to see them all again and it now turns out, yes i must be stupid, Angel with her entrancing bright blue eyes is deaf, i really thought she wasn't, but did have a few suspicions over my time off over christmas and so asked the vets opinion, so, I am definitely keeping her. Anyone have any experience of a deaf kitty ?? x

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Oh I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sure she'll be in great hands with you though.

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sorry to hear that, yes blue eye pure white kittens are nearly always if not always deaf (think the expceptions are khao manoee cats) so sad

no expereince but Im sure that their must be someone on here with a deaf cat, sure I read about it, or you could contact a foster group or ask online? he is lovely

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Thanks hun...Angel is a girl and the tiiny one out of all three, very very cute and from the start wanted to keep her, this has now made it fact!
Will hope to have advice if anyone has a deaf cat, she is fantastic with affection and very playful, hopefully she will adjust to my cats and home and they will accept her xx

aww! love the name to I think that it will probably be easier than with a blind cat, well, in my opinion that is. Not sure if it will hold her back much, maybe use hand commands from when she is doing something naughty or dangerous? as she wont hear you calling her etc

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I dont think you needed an excuse to keep the little sweetheart I know it's not great, but a blessing in disguise .... she now get's to stay with her mummy (you and Tinks!)

I dont have any experience of having a deaf cat, but Paddypaws on here does, am sure it's Millie that's deaf Am sure she will give you some advice!

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Don't be sad! It really is not a huge impediment at all.....I presume though that she will be an indoor cat? Are all your others, I cannot remember.
I think deaf cats are Special in many ways, certainly Millie is.
I agree that starting to teach some hand signals would be a good idea, Millie was around 8 months when I got her ( and very stubborn ) so this has not really worked out for us but I know others that do use them.
Deaf cats seem to love to climb and sleep in in-accessible places, maybe it is a security thing. They can appear to be destructive....For most cats if they knock something off a shelf the resulting noise is so shocking that they dont repeat the action or go to that place again. Not so deaf cats, in fact Millie knocks things off on purpose to get my attention!
She has no problem communicating with the other cats or they with her so do not worry about that.
I cant think of anything else relevant right now but give me a shout if you have any questions.

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I had a partially deaf cat, the only way we could get his attention was by making a lot of noise

I used to wave his food spoon under his nose when it was tea time, but he always heard the biscuit box.

He was let outside, but back then I didn't know any different, we lived in the country away from busy roads. But he never went far.

If I had my time again I would make him an indoor cat.

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oh no, thats sad

but good as well,(not because she is deaf of course) because she is very beautiful!!!!!!!!
i have had no experience of deaf kittens but i think you are doing the right thing keeping her!

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I can't even say that Millie has a great sense of 'vibration' either, as when she wants to she falls into the deepest of slumbers which are not disturbed by my banging the front door or walking on the wooden floor.
She does spend much of her time in fairly close contact to me though and wakes up to follow me whenever I move from the sofa or bed.
Just to make you laugh....there is a man who posts over on MSE and when he lost his dear old cat a few years ago he took home a deaf white cat from the Rescue centre soon after. He took her back less than 48 hours later as she had wrecked his house, pulled down shelves, smashed crockery etc so I dont think that Milie's quirks are unique, I think they are common to deaf cats.
She is pretty talkative as well ( which I like in a cat ) with a rather harsh screechy miaow on waking.

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