How to Care for a Blind Cat

Blindness is a partial or total loss of vision. It can be congenital, or occur suddenly as a result of illness or trauma. It can also come on gradually from progressive diseases such as high blood pressure, cataracts, or glaucoma. Since cats are extremely good at compensating and adapting, complete or even partal loss of vision can be challenging to detect.

Signs of vision loss can include any of the following: cloudy, discolored or inflamed eyes large pupils that do not contract when hit b...