Jon and Charlie
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Earlier this afternoon my cat began continually sniffing around different areas of the house and outside. At 5pm (I'm in the UK) my father did as advised on a previous occasion when he seemed to be staring and leaning but without the constant sniffing and put a bit of honey on his lips. He felt he saw an improvement after doing so but the strange behaviour soon returned and became more pronounced over the next 2 hours or so.
Our concerns grew as he was seen trying to paw his way through a door corner repeatedly. Then we became alarmed as he staggered a couple of times and struggled to sit on my lap. My sister sitting opposite was extremely worried as she clearly saw a glassy vacant appearance in his eyes. Vets advised to take him straight down for a blood glucose test, which he had plus his heart was checked and all his vital functions as well. All physical tests revealed nothing - except one - he did not respond to items waved before his face - in short, he gave no sign of recognising any thing there.
The vets, who know him well, seemed baffled. They gave him his usual evening insulin jab (3 units) and he was also given penecillin and antibiotic treatments whilst there. They recommended he came home tonight and be closely monitored and not allowed outside. Further to this,my parents were advised to take him straight back at 8am tomorrow should matters not improve considerably by then.
Upon his return, he instantly resumed his constant and extensive sniffing through the majority of our house. Very unusually, when my sister picked him up, he did not purr at all and seemed unresponsive in general compared with his normal highly evident pleasure when having such attention.
My father confirmed quietly to my sister that it's as though he's not seeing - my sister replied that he's blind or seemingly unale to process any optical information. She also said that sometimes she knows more than what's good for her & privately told me that she believes there to a link with diabetes and eyesight. She didn't elaborate and said she was quite likely to be wrong anyway.
We are all out of minds with worry and I'll stay up with him through the night until my Father gets up in the morning. The vet told my Father that if he needed to be brought in at 8am he will be able to then phone at 10am for an update.
Finally, Charlie is 10 years 6months old. He's recently seemed to be a great state of health, with glossy fur and like his old cheeky self. He was diagnosed in June or July of 2009 and has received fortnightly monitoring at his vets until mid Dec 09 when they were very pleased with him and gave him a month between then and next visit. On that next (most recent - last week) visit they said he was excellent and gave another 4 week period between visits. During these recent times his recommended insulin dosage stayed at 2 lots of 3 units per day,12 hours apart.
I would so appreciate any comments, support, information that anyone would be kind enough to give - I need to know whatever's best to ensure his happiness and wellbeing throughout what is going to be a very long and horrible night. Please help if you can - I would appreciate it so much and thank all who are able to offer me some assistance/support in advance.
Our concerns grew as he was seen trying to paw his way through a door corner repeatedly. Then we became alarmed as he staggered a couple of times and struggled to sit on my lap. My sister sitting opposite was extremely worried as she clearly saw a glassy vacant appearance in his eyes. Vets advised to take him straight down for a blood glucose test, which he had plus his heart was checked and all his vital functions as well. All physical tests revealed nothing - except one - he did not respond to items waved before his face - in short, he gave no sign of recognising any thing there.
The vets, who know him well, seemed baffled. They gave him his usual evening insulin jab (3 units) and he was also given penecillin and antibiotic treatments whilst there. They recommended he came home tonight and be closely monitored and not allowed outside. Further to this,my parents were advised to take him straight back at 8am tomorrow should matters not improve considerably by then.
Upon his return, he instantly resumed his constant and extensive sniffing through the majority of our house. Very unusually, when my sister picked him up, he did not purr at all and seemed unresponsive in general compared with his normal highly evident pleasure when having such attention.
My father confirmed quietly to my sister that it's as though he's not seeing - my sister replied that he's blind or seemingly unale to process any optical information. She also said that sometimes she knows more than what's good for her & privately told me that she believes there to a link with diabetes and eyesight. She didn't elaborate and said she was quite likely to be wrong anyway.
We are all out of minds with worry and I'll stay up with him through the night until my Father gets up in the morning. The vet told my Father that if he needed to be brought in at 8am he will be able to then phone at 10am for an update.
Finally, Charlie is 10 years 6months old. He's recently seemed to be a great state of health, with glossy fur and like his old cheeky self. He was diagnosed in June or July of 2009 and has received fortnightly monitoring at his vets until mid Dec 09 when they were very pleased with him and gave him a month between then and next visit. On that next (most recent - last week) visit they said he was excellent and gave another 4 week period between visits. During these recent times his recommended insulin dosage stayed at 2 lots of 3 units per day,12 hours apart.
I would so appreciate any comments, support, information that anyone would be kind enough to give - I need to know whatever's best to ensure his happiness and wellbeing throughout what is going to be a very long and horrible night. Please help if you can - I would appreciate it so much and thank all who are able to offer me some assistance/support in advance.
OK……..breathe………. :RAHCAT 
