i saw a cat today and the owner said he/she was retarded...is this common in cats and dogs?..i've never heard of it before...the cat was walking weird and the owner said it did fall off of tables and couches before...just vundering....thanks...
2006-11-23 16:04:13 · 14 answers · asked by Joseph V 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Your question disturbs me, although I know that it is a valid question. I have never met a "mentally challenged" cat.
2006-11-23 19:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by Phoebhart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unsure. Can he hear? Is he neutered? Why does the vet say he's mentally challenged? That purely sounds like a vet that would not recognize why the cat's behaving like he's and is supplying you with a stupid answer so as which you supply up asking. attempt feeding him a good high quality cat nutrition that may not from a food market. flow to a puppy furnish shop and seek for a nutrition this is grain loose which comprise Blue Buffalo's 'desert'. Or well being's 'middle'. remember, cats are carnivores and don't choose grains of their diets. maybe he's purely attempting t permit you recognize to feed him a extra gratifying nutrition.
2016-10-17 11:22:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can happen, if there was inbreeding. I had a neighbor who had a cat who got pregnant by her brother her litter mate and she had retarded kittens. The kittens were strange one would walk sideways one would walk right into a wall. The cutest walked stiff legged, Her cat had seven Kittens and I think two or three survived to be adults.
2006-11-23 16:54:57 · answer #3 · answered by Pamela V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the cat had some sort of head injury, it could possably be brain damaged, either that or it could have nerve or spinal damage of some sort, as a general rule, not always but sometimes mothers will kill their young when they are born if there is anything wrong with them, sounds to me like it was injured at some stage.
2006-11-23 16:10:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anastasia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. I had a friend who's cat had been hit in the head with a book shelf when she was a kitten and had brain damage afterward. She walked with her head always angled to the right and tended to forget things (where her litterbox was, how to get to her food, etc.).
2006-11-24 22:40:19 · answer #5 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend in elementary school who had a retarded cat. She was always getting lost when she got out. Everyone within a half-mile radius of this cat's home was familiar with her, so she always made it home (not because SHE knew where to go!)
2006-11-24 09:41:35 · answer #6 · answered by holey moley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat is my special needs cat...she can fall off the couch and hit the wall and doors...she is 13 and the nicest cat ever....every person who meets her says she is the best....a mate in her litter was very retarded..he did somersaults and such...had to be put down....but my kitty is sweeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!1
2006-11-23 17:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by sultryskies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Joseph...cats could be mentally challenged if they were either injured for example with head trauma or born with neurological problems. It's not unusual, but difficult to diagnose other than obvious symtpoms of clumsiness.
2006-11-23 16:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by ♪ Seattle ♫ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes it happens. it maybe from birth. it may be from other causes. My brothers cat got declawed/fixed at a liscensed vet and he came home and he wasnt the same. he didnt want to be held or anything. he ran from everyone. we think that he got too much anestetic (sp?) . He has come out of it now. its been over a year.
it is possible.
2006-11-24 02:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by hello_kitty_2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents had a cat named Stupid when I was a baby. It was not blind, but it ALWAYS walked into walls and doorways.
2006-11-23 18:13:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋