claireelizab Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 hello!, Iv got a beautiful kitten who has now had all her injections as of last week but Iv come home to find that she has a 'sticky' eye it doesnt look too bad. do I take her to the vets straight away or leave it a while to see if it clears up?! Iv bathed it with warm water but nothing else can anyone help?! thanks:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBunny Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 ......Take her to the vets. You should always take an animal that appears to be in distress or have something wrong with to the vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 If she's still normally bright and playing, and the eye's not cloudy or inflamed, then there will be no harm with just bathing it with warm water twice a day for a couple of days to see if it improves by itself. If, however, she shows any sign of sneezing or coughing (which will indicate that the gummy eye is the result of a cold) or the eye is swollen or cloudy, then you need to get her to a vet without delay, or risk her having her eyesight damaged permanently by infection (and I'm sure that's not something that you want on your conscience). I'm moving this to the pets group BTW- where the other pet-friendly people off the forum hang out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claireelizab Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 Im an extremley responsible pet owner and do have a clue I find your remark both offensive and uncalled for.I posted the message for some advice, how is that a bad thing? do you do anything else other than post unhelpfull pathetic little notes to make yourself sound wise and informed?-no? thank you to everyone else who has helped I'l choose to ignore the hindu cow or was it ignorent cow???!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodyh86 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 could just be conjunctivitus,or maybe its got a little scratch on its eye nwhen my older cat has had a tiff with the younger cat she sometimes gets a gammy eye,a day or 2 of bathing it and it clears right up.but if the lil kitties sneezing and looking generally unwell then get her 2 a vets asap. ignore the stupid comments nothing wrong with asking for advice on a matter that may not need veterinary advice:roll: .good luck:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neeeeeeeeeek Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 You can now buy eye drops that contain kloramfenikol over the counter, if you go to the vet they will give you drops that contain the same ingredient. My cat gets weepy eyes so I use kloramfenikol which I bought when I was in Goa, I stocked up because it was really cheap! If it's just a minor eye infection I would use that for a week, you want to be sure it's not caused by something stuck in it's eye though and I ain't no VET so don't quote me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindseyw Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Note: Time to be nice, no need to Troll or bait people please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helenz Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 has you kitten had a flu injection as well, when i got my first kitten she started with a runny swollen eye which spread to the other as well,(i initially tried eye drops, to no avail) i took her to the vet, she had cat flu. we had to give her antibiotics (which was fun) but she recovered fine, she had yearly booster injections for the cat flu. It may not be cat flu, but if it persists or spreads to the other eye i would definetly take the kitten to the vets. Hope the kitten gets better soon Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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