Still, that's pretty impressive. Cats are absolutely incredible animals. I'm thankful the "worst behaved cats" still love me for whatever reason because I've been able to see some of the crazy shit they do.

My parents have an entirely blind 18 year old cat. She can navigate the entire house eats fine, plays a bit. Hops up and down furniture, finds the sunbathing spots, uses the litter just fine. You do have to keep an eye out for her if your moving around as she can't smell fast enough if you step in front of her path.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm trying to imagine the world from this cat's point of view. Relying on smells, sounds, touch and vibration. I bet she can hear and smell small critters just fine, but would she be able to successfully hunt them?

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

If the critter is close enough, their whiskers can pick up on vibrations in the air AFAIK, so they could probably still hunt.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

She can still hunt rabbits somehow.

Not that they let her. They just discovered this by accident. She's an indoor cat that roams their high fence backyard when they're out there.