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Hi again .. We are still dealing with mocha's eye issues .. As last stated, the vet ran a dye in her eye (no scratches/tears) and a schirmer tear test? Anyways, she said both her eye ducts are producing tears, just not as much as they should be .. so she gave us an AB to use four times a day for a week, today was the last day, as well as artificial tears to use four times a day for a month. She then goes back in for a recheck. Her eye boogies have slowed down quite a bit, but she still is getting some. At the time of the vet visit, the vet did not say she definitely had an eye infection. She gave us AB's "just in case"

I have also learned that the area I am trying to describe as light pink is her sclera :-D I have also done research on herpes in cats eyes, chlamydia in cats eyes, conjunctivitis in cat's eyes and pink eye in cats.

I dont have any idea what mocha's problem is. She doesn't ever suffer from runny nose, respiratory infection, etc. Her left eye is as clear as a bell (it's always her right eye that gets the boogies/pink color) .. Her third eye lid is not showing .. her upper and lower eyelids are not swollen .. I have however noticed that the sclera has a little bit of film to it, and that is where her boogies are coming from .. Usually when we put in her eye drops within minutes a wet eye boogies has rinsed out. I was completely lost before researching and I'm even more so now, because what they keep describing mocha doesn't have. She just simply had(s) wet eye boogies and a little bit of gunk on her sclera ..

I have read that tetracycline eye drops are often used to treat some of these eye problems but I can't seem to find a straight answer on if they have steroids in them or not?

Next weekend we are going out of town for four days and she won't be able to get her eye drops or her warm wash cloth to the eyes .. I am nervous about this ..
 
My coworker's cat keeps getting an eye infection, they finally figured out she needs surgery because some eye lashes are curved the wrong way and touch her eye causing inflamation then infection. For now she gets ABs when redness appears, coworker is saving up money for the surgery.

Don't think that will help you, but maybe check to see if there is an eyelash going the wrong way.

I hope you do find out what the trouble is. When I saw my new little man's ulcer for the first time in his eye my heart broke. It's almost healed now, can't wait for his eyes to be normal and not painful.
 
Thanks for the reply .. we took her in one year ago exactly for the same problem .. they found nothing wrong at that time either, but it was noted that it could possibly have been an inward eyelash .. so the vet checked her eyes over again this time for an inward eyelash, but found nothing ..

The vet told us she did not see any ulcers in mochas eyes .. she checked both eyes for ulcers, tears/scratches, infections .. nothing in either eye .. the low tear duct activity was in both eyes though ..
 
Yes, the vet did mention she could be suffering from dry eyes .. Mocha had wet eye boogies that were greenish in color, from what I read that can indicate infection, but the vet said she wasn't positive mocha had an infection .. She gave us AB's just in case ... she did however tell us if mocha suffers from dry eyes we might have to do drops for the rest of her life ..

Mocha does not paw or rub at her eyes UNLESS we put the drops in .. not sure if they burn her or not .. but 99% of the time when the drops have been in for awhile she could care less about them .. but almost always (if she doesn't have food to distract her) she will rub at her eyes as soon as they go in .. She doesn't have any film that covers the rest of her eye and her eyes don't look cloudy ..

I just don't have any idea on this matter .. if she had watery clear discharge I would be more prone to thinking allergies, but with the thick green boogies I just don't know .. especially since the vet doesn't know either!
 
The label for the eye meds will say if they contain steroids. You may have to Google some of the active ingredients to know if they are steroids. You might consider going to an ophthalmologist.
 
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