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Juli's Avatar
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Cats owned: 2 moggies
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Location: wellingborough uk
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12-06-2008, 04:28 PM   #1

communicating with deaf cat


This may sound daft but although one of my kittens is deaf we still chat away to her and communicate alot verbally with her, is there any other way we could communicate with her? i'm always worried that she's gonna feel left out coz she can't hear us. All the toys we buy for them seem to make noises and i don't know what sort of toys to get to stimulate her.



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Cats owned: Magnificent moggies
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Location: Hampshire, UK
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12-06-2008, 04:48 PM   #2

Re: communicating with deaf cat


I've never cared for a deaf cat Juli, but I would think that you have to be a lot more visual. So toys that move or flick about, anything to catch her eye and perhaps try to reinforce verbal communication with visual ones, remembering of course to use the same visual signals for the same verbal ones each time.

Sure there must be some info on the web - have you tried googling? Good luck, let us know how you get on.



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Cats owned: 3 cats british moggies
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14-06-2008, 07:38 PM   #3

Re: communicating with deaf cat


yes, I agree toys toys toys!!! play encourages bonding too very much like grooming does



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