The second a principally blind kitten misplaced monitor of his proprietor has melted hearts on TikTok in a clip that has greater than 3.4 million views.
The kitten, named Matt Murdock, was pressured on a quest to seek out his proprietor, who was solely sitting toes away. Shared by TikTok consumer @communissimo4, the video reveals the proprietor sitting in opposition to a wall whereas the cat nicknamed Mattie wanders round, meowing loudly. The textual content overlay reads: “When our mostly-blind kitten loses monitor of me.”
Mattie has been creatively named after the fictional Marvel Comics character, also called Daredevil, who was blinded as a toddler in an accident involving radioactive substances.
In a remark discussing Mattie’s eyesight, the proprietor stated: “He can detect motion and distinction (shadows) decently, however cannot discover a small toy.”
Blindness in cats can happen for a wide range of causes, however cats are typically very resilient to such circumstances. By counting on their different senses like contact by means of whiskers, listening to, and odor, many felines can reside fulfilling lives with out eyesight.
One such cat featured in Newsweek was Stevie, who was born with out eyes however is aware of her proprietor’s odor so nicely that she will get very excited when she senses her.
Another feline who was each blind and deaf was adopted aged 15 in 2023. Named Cookies ‘n’ Cream, or CC, her new proprietor was decided to present her the perfect life potential.
In 2022, a cat who misplaced each of his eyes to a extreme an infection as a kitten gained hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok for his lovable lust for all times. “He acts like another cat,” the proprietor stated. “Except he cannot go outdoors.”
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After some yelling and wandering round, within the latest video, Mattie discovered his proprietor, greeting him with a pounce and getting loads of fuss in return.
In the feedback part, viewers could not get sufficient of Mattie the cat. One viewer wrote, “he is utilizing echo location,” after seeing how he meowed and yelled earlier than discovering his proprietor.
Viewer Bailey Chase shared a relatable expertise, posting: “Our principally blind cat does the identical factor. goes right into a random closet and begins screaming as a result of nobody is round.”
On TikTok, @communissimo4 shares loads of cat content material, and it is not all about blind Mattie both. The poster additionally shares movies of the antics of orange cat Dougie and tabby Giorno.
Newsweek reached out to @communissimo4 by way of TikTok for remark.
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