My Siamese Cat named Sam has Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA) which is a common disease in Siamese cats. PRA means that the cats will go blind over time.
At first, we noticed that Sam seemed to not function well at night so we would turn on night lights in every room just so he could see where he was going. We learned early on that if Sam had this disease that he would go blind and that there was no cure.
We were told that blind cats can adapt well to the disease and as long as we did not move furniture, food bowls, water bowls or litter boxes. To not make major changed to our home.
We were assured that our 18-year-old FIV cat named Sam would adapt and could life a full life and be a great kitty. Sam would use scent to mark his way through the house and we always call him by name before we approach him as not to startle him.
We have other cats and in our observation of them we can see that even our alpha cat Hairy a large Ragdoll seems to be caring when it comes to Sam. We have seen Hairy grooming Sam and also backing away from the food bowl to allow Sam to eat.
Sam has lived a very long life and we know that he is at the end of his life. He is still eating, drinking and using his litter box. He still sleeps at the foot of our bed and he still loves his catnip toy. When it is Sam's time, he will let us know and we will take him to the veterinarian to be euthanized. But for now, he still has more kitty lives to live.
Sam
was rescued in 2008 when he was abandoned by his people who moved away. He was skin and bones and was infected with
FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus)
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