#deaf pets

[quiltails]

Not long ago I received a bag of very old buttons, and I was sure at least some of them were Bakelite; the first completely synthetic plastic ever created. I read that a simple way to check was to run hot water over the button. If it smells like formaldehyde or a sweet, chemical odor, they are Bakelite. It turns out, I could have just as easily let Thumper sniff them all out for me. Being deaf, his strongest sense is his smell, and he's proven himself a total glue fiend. Bakelite also seems to get his seal of approval, because he kept going after the ones I'd separated into my Bakelite stash. Wish I could take this boy antiquing!

[nicolabuns]

Anyone have any advice about how to stop startling your deaf rabbit (or pet in general) every time you walk into the room they’re in? I’m 99% sure Cola is deaf and I always feel guilty that I unintentionally scare the crap out of her at least once a day.

[quiltails]

Thumper says "Hi."

[wits29usa]

Deaf Dog In Shelter Finds Her Forever Home With Someone Who Understands Her Language Being in a shelter is tough for any dog, but especially challenging for a dog that has a hearing disability.

[wits29usa]

Deaf Puppy Provides Comfort to Girl Who Is Losing Her Hearing When the Moya family was looking to adopt a dog, ten-year-old Illiana felt an immediate connection to a three-month-old lab-mix named Bolt.

[pumpkin-queef]

Deaf cats

So upon learning from my mother that I will have the opportunity to adopt a kit as her graduation gift to me, naturally I have been browsing shelter cat profiles like it’s nobody’s job, and I now have two cats under my radar, one of which (the one that I favor) is deaf.  I told my mom about her and my mom thinks everything about the cat sounds nice, but my mom worries about how well the cat would do in an environment that has other pets (my mom has a cat and a small dog). I agreed with her that i’m unsure of how a deaf cat would do with that. Would it be too startling to be in an environment with other animals running around? I’m not sure so I wanna know if any of you guys have experience with deaf cats and if you find that they would do best in an environment on their own or not. I know personality plays a huge part in that, but I also want to make sure i’m taking her deafness into consideration.