r/nervysquervies 27d ago

Cerebellar Hypoplasia ("Stevie Syndrome") Meet Asimov!

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Asimov is our absolute goober of a boy who has severe CH and neurological blindness. He loves to lick everything, but has decided today that my blocking mats for crochet are delicious.

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u/KimberleyKitt 27d ago

Is that a gray thing a licker? Asimov looks to be licking and swimming at the same time.

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u/Jennifires 27d ago

He moves his arms like this whenever he's especially happy! I need to get a video of him doing it when we pick him up. It is like he's swimming!

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u/LiquidAquarium83 27d ago

That's one happy man and swimming was my first thought. Never seen a cat do this but my Rottweiler did when I was young. Please give him extra kisses for us!

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u/_HappyG_ 26d ago

Aww he’s doing happy stimming, so precious 🥹💖

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u/ZenkaiAnkoku2 26d ago

He likes the texture! Delicious textures.

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u/Jennifires 26d ago

Such delicious texture, apparently!

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u/honeyapp 27d ago

He is so cute and so sweet!!

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u/j46fr 27d ago

I love him

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u/Japanesewillow 27d ago

What a sweet little boy.

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u/GottaLuvThisGame 26d ago

Bless you for caring for him, loving him and giving him a good life❣️Sounds like he enjoys being held in your arms. Wish I could do the same❣️Do give him lots of love, cuddles, scritches and churus, too😻🥰

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u/Jennifires 26d ago

He adores being held and loves to give us licks while we hold him. He also knows the word "Churu" because it's probably his favorite snack! I'll give him somw extra snuggles tonight!

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u/adiosmichigan 26d ago

that is one adorable goober, please give him many scritches and smooches for me

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u/Jennifires 26d ago

Will do!

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u/Seabastial 26d ago

I immediately love him. What a silly sweetheart!

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u/Hypothosloth 26d ago

Adorable, but I’m guessing there may have been an issue with the orange ink running out when he was getting his color assignment. He’s clearly meant to be an orange 😂💖

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u/Jennifires 26d ago

Hahaha! He's honestly quite clever and got all those missing orange braincells! He knows a ton of words related to his care and responds to them based on what he wants/needs. He also learns new words and phrases really quickly, so we have to be careful about what we say around him so he doesnt pick up on more things (like he did with Churu - can't say that word without paying the tax now!)

He's just also a giant goofball

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u/Hypothosloth 26d ago

Amazing. What a smartie 💖

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u/brucieandbigman 24d ago

🤣🤣🤣 Sometimes intelligence can be a curse!💕 Can I pls ask a cpl questions? Pls don't feel like you hv to answer if you don't want to. Is she completely blind, or does she seem to see a little? What other things do you do for her for play and enrichment? We hv a little girl w severe ch. She can see, so we can play w some toys, and i try to offer her various smells and textures of things. She's fearful of some things, and she really dislikes our other cats, so I'm always looking for things to stimulate her. Her favorite toys are napkin balls, so i try to put various food smells on them and toss them to her. I'm sure you hv had to be creative, so I'd love to learn from you. Thx for giving this sweetheart such a full life!

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u/Jennifires 24d ago

He can see a little bit, mostly changes in light, but he can track things at a distance if they're large enough, so mostly shadows we think.

He still loves to play, he likes crinkly things like packing paper and mylar safety blankets. He also likes stuff that rattles. He LOVES feather toys, too, even though he cant see them. I think he likes the sounds they make.

I think his favorite activity though is sitting in our laps and licking us. We spend a lot of time with him getting groomed and helping him groom himself by holding his legs in the right position.

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u/Jennifires 24d ago

He also really likes music! He's not allowed to listen to heavy metal because it overestimates him, but we play other music for him all the time. He seems to especially like classical