Tuerie ‧ unlabeled (She/her) ‧ 1 moon ‧ loner ‧ n/a ‧ Pale as a blizzard, Tuerie's pelt stands out as well against her other siblings, lighter and brighter than them all. Her fur yellows to a pale tan and darkens more to those noticeable leopard patterns, but always stays very light. Her light blue eyes contain a foggy glare, set like a snowy storm over her vision. 11 inches when fully grown(Written by @Cloversight) (+)Elegant, Devoted, Curious, Resilient (=) Cautious, Habitual, Sarcastic (-) Snippy, Aloof, Rigid, Anxious ‧ lesbian ‧ 2nd ‧ Codewords: the leaves in my backyard are starting to yellow which is funny because it's not even fall yet ‧ research: Congenital cataracts are eye defects that a cat is born with, it causes the natural lens inside the eye to become cloudy instead of clear. Usually, the lens works like a window, helping focus light onto the retina so the cat can see sharp images. When a congenital cataract develops, the proteins inside the lens start clumping together too early. This blocks/scatters the light, leaving a milky, pearl-like look over the pupil that keeps light from passing through properly, sort of like an opaque film. The severity of the cataracts can be different depending on how much of the lens is affected. If the cloudiness spreads across the whole lens, it can cause complete blindness from birth. Since this happens during early development, kittens with severe congenital cataracts never truly experience normal vision. Instead, their brains begin adapting to life without sight from the very start, relying much more on their hearing, smell, touch, and whiskers than vision. For Tuerie, living with total blindness from congenital cataracts has shaped almost every part of her daily life. She depends on routines and familiar spaces to feel safe. She walks slowly and carefully, lifting her paws a little as she goes so she can feel the ground beneath her. Her sensitive paw pads and whiskers help her build a mental map of where everything is. That's also why she's so stubborn about changes, because even moving one object can throw off the map she's spent her whole life learning. Also due to this she relys much more on her other senses like hearing, touch and smell, using those to get around and live her day-to-day life. SITES: https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/congenital-cataracts.html , https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10032449/ , https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10832803/ | litter she's from: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1326803259
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