Would you adopt a blind cat?

I found this video where a blind cat was able to play toys.






Would you adopt a blind cat?
Why or why not?

I wasn't able to watch the video because of a slow dial-up connection, but I would take in a blind cat under the same conditions as any other cat; how healthy is it, and how well it will get along with my other cats. The blindness would not be an issue. A blind cat can function quite well indoors. Those whiskers act like a white cane. They match the width of the cat's body, and if the whiskers fit through somewhere, the rest of the cat will too. The whiskers will also pick up vibrations in the air currents. Between the whiskers and hearing and smell, a blind cat can navigate quite well. I have met cats I wasn't aware were blind.

Sure blind cats don't have a problem to navigate. I don't know for sure how it work. My guess is that unlike us humans, cat's sense of smell can tell them they are approaching an object, while we'd have our heads bumped on something. Every object has a unique smell, right? Correct me if I am wrong on this.

I have heard that blind cats actually make better pets. Maybe it is their blindness making them more sociable.

Not just smell, but more likely air currents and subtle vibrations. Hearing plays big part. Air currents and echos can tell the cat how big a room they've entered, and where furniture is disrupting the currents and sounds.

Wouldn't it be great if humans have the same abilities as the cats? Being blind won't be such a problem. At least for walking around.

People CAN learn these skills. We might not have the sensative whiskers, but we have a lot more bare skin to feel vibrations and air currents. Our problem is that we are SO far removed from having to survive in the wild like our ancient ancestors, that our brains forget how to use these methods of processing info. Even animals that are not blind take in more of their information through sound and smell than by sight. Humans have become dependent on sight almost to the exclusion of everything else. We identify each other by sight. Dogs have to come up and smell you to know who you are. For dogs and cats, eyes are for tracking movement. Most everything else comes in through the nose and ears. Just watch your pet some time.

I agree people can learn to increase these abilities, but I don't know how someone blind can accurately pick up a toy like the blind kitty in the video. Nor be able to avoid a stationary object without the help of a stick. Maybe someone can, but I don't think I am able to.