<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="https://www.fark.com/goto/11803658/people.com/pets/blind-cat-seeing-eye-mother-cat-adopt-kitten-into-family/%3Futm_source%3Dfark%26utm_" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;">"We've been looking for that special home, that special someone that would give these guys a chance." Welcome to Caturday</span></a></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of <br><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————————————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="intro article-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-family: Lora, serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div class="headline-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; align-items: center; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><h1 class="headline heading-content elementFont__display" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 52px; font-family: Basel, serif; letter-spacing: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; border-left-width: 0px;">Blind Feline and His 'Seeing Eye' Mom Cat Befriend Helpful Kitten — Now the Trio Needs a Home</h1><div id="karma-lazy-sponsorLogo" class="sponsor-logo" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center;"></div></div></div><p class="dek margin-16-tb padded-mobile elementFont__dek elementFont__dek--linkWithin" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Limerick, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">The Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue recently introduced Keller — a cat born with no eyes — and his assumed mother to a kitten named Trixie, and the three felines are now a family</p></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.siouxcityanimalrescue.com/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="text-decoration: none;">The Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescu</span></a>e is playing matchmaker for a newly formed family of three. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">According to <a href="https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/a-purrfect-trio-kitten-introduced-to-seeing-eye-cat-and-blind-feline-friend/" target="_blank" title="(opens new window)" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); text-decoration: none;">KCAU</span></a>, last month, the Iowa animal shelter brought in a black-and-white cat born without eyes named Keller and then rescued the blind feline's "seeing eye" cat, likely one-year-old Keller's mother, a few days later. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"It was a unique situation in the respect that we impounded the blind cat first, and the blind cat had no eyeballs and was not neutered," Cindy Rarrat, the director of Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue, told the outlet. "And so we got him in, and he was very lost, very confused. Within a day or so, we ended up getting the female in which we assume is his mother."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><img border="0" width="20" height="15" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" data-unique-identifier=""></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The shelter can tell the older cat is special to Keller because he and the female feline are inseparable. The duo always stays near each other, and the assumed mother cat knows how to walk beside Keller and helps the cat navigate new spaces. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, shortly after Keller's "seeing eye" cat arrived, a vet check revealed the older feline had severe health issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"We found out that there was something wrong with her mouth, so after she was spayed, we took her back in, and she had to have all of her teeth removed, and she had a large tumor in her sinus cavity. That has since been removed. They wanted to test it, but we felt that we just really didn't want to know," Rarrat said.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To ensure Keller has a support system in case something happens to his older kitty companion and to give his "seeing eye" cat a bit of a break, the Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue introduced a kitten name Trixie to the bonded pair.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The shelter chose nine-week-old Trixie as the little family's third member because she has a bold and unique personality. The Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue's matchmaking senses are spot-on because Trixie quickly became a member of Keller's family.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rarrat said that Trixie is already learning how to help Keller play and get around, offering the older cat a chance to relax and watch the two younger felines play.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Now that these three special cats have found one another, the Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue is trying to find the trio a forever home together.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 21pt; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95); font-stretch: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"We've been looking for that special home, that special someone that would give these guys a chance," Rarrat said.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Photo . . .</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100221.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_100221.jpg</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————————————-</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><b>“Caturday”</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> by Linus Petit</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Caturday/Caturday_by_Linus_Petit.mp3</a></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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