i think my cat is slow. seriously. his one eye is deformed ( but its fine the vet said) and it also takes him to catch on to different things like if you put meat in the front of him it takes about 10 secounds for him to find out he can eat it and he also is always falling down and he runs alot slower then my other cat. is he a little slow? can that happen to a cat?
2007-11-24 05:42:14 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
I had a cat that was retarded. She was rejected by her mother. We had to bottle feed her, which usually doesn't work too well. The yet said she wouldn't last more than a month.
Some times it was really funny watching her, some time we har to rescue her.
I watched out the window while she stalked a blue-jay one day, she got up close to it and the bird turned around and pecked her on top of the head. Never saw her try to catch birds again after that, so she did learn things.
I had her put down last February (tumors on her back) and she was 20 years old. So much for a vet's estimate.
2007-11-24 05:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How old is the cat and has he had a head injury?. Sounds like he has some neurological problems. He may function, but it takes a while for his brain to route the information and then get action for the information. It's doesn't mean he is retarded but just has to re-path the neurons. Some people, after a head injury have the same problems. The brain takes the information and route it through a different channel.
My old cocker is having problems right now. Vision is going, hearing is going and his body won't go. Poor baby. He stands at the closet door when he wants outside, because he gets turned around. And we have to leave the lights on at night so he doesn't get lost.
2007-11-24 05:52:35 · answer #2 · answered by Lyn B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Cats are as different as people and this cat might be a little slower than your other cat just because it is lazy or for some other reason. Sometimes my cat acts like that but not very often. Don't worry. Your cat is fine!
2007-11-24 05:45:51 · answer #3 · answered by animal luver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good for the reason that I love cats too and had many stray cats that I use to feed I realize what its like, I might say that possibly the checking out location acquired a few of them, our neighbor use to feed the strays and he stated that they began getting much less and no more, he noticed this white van coming round for a couple of days, then I learn within the paper that they're grabbing stray cats and cats with out ear tags and or microchips, they use them for experiments. its an terrible factor to mention or believe however I almost always marvel what occurs to a few of my out of doors cats, one after an additional they disappear, a few located others in no way to be visible once more. I desire I might present you a few encouraging information but it surely in no way most commonly is.......hold feeding those you continue to have and hold a watch out for any suspicious white vehicles.
2016-09-05 13:07:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my cat is 13 and as my son says hes 'mentally challenged', we think he is a bit retarded in his actions, he has half a tail (born with it) a deformed pallet (food sometimes goes 'up' instead off 'down' into this stomach and he has a heart murmer but bless him WE STILL LOVE HIM for all his faults.
2007-11-24 06:49:23 · answer #5 · answered by tricia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He could just be a little less developed. This might go away or it might not. If you know someone that has had a cat or cats for a long time you should ask them.
2007-11-24 06:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by Mellie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They can have mental disabilities such as humans. I know a cat who is deaf and is very clumsy and falls down a lot because he was abused before he got rescued. I'm not sure if you have to treat him with special care, but yes, cat's can be "mentally challenged."
2007-11-24 06:25:45 · answer #7 · answered by Samantha M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If his slowness and stumbling is something that has come on suddenly you need to take him to the vet, it could be a serious health problem.
If the vet has already checked him out and says he's OK, then it might just be a little developmental slowness.
2007-11-24 05:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by mere-device 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just like people, cats can have mental disabilities. I have a cat that is obsesive compulsive. If you really want to know, take your cat to a animal psyc.
2007-11-24 05:45:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew a cat with a neurological disorder similar to human cerebral palsy, one with his back legs turns upside down, and one with two penises. Anything can happen.
2007-11-24 05:50:25 · answer #10 · answered by boots6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋