Buddy's eye

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Marci and Buddy

Marci and Buddy

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Buddy is 16, and i have never seen this -his one eye is full of liquid and shut tight since yesterday. when i clean with water and try to open it, I see a third eyelid . does not apper to be in pain, his #'s ok. I have been using Erythromycin ointment in it (left over from another time).
Does anyone have any idea what may be going on? Is this diabetes -related?
he has an appt in 6 days for a dental cleaning, so will wait until then to have it looked at, if he still has it.
or, is it an emergency situation and need to go sooner?? Thank you.
 
Sounds like it could just be an eye infection. Cleo has had these in the past, she had a watery, slightly gunky eye, which would almost seal shut after she'd been asleep for a while.

The vet Rx'd fucithalmic eye drops, which is an antibacterial eye medication. It cleared it up in a few days.

Not diabetes related as far as I know, just one of those things that happens occasionally to our kitties!

H
 
It is also possible he has inadvertently scratched his eye or gotten something in it. Vets use a stain and a lamp to look for evidence of injury, as you may be unable to see it otherwise. Obviously, if you actually see an injury/embedded object, an emergent visit is needed.

If the onset is sudden, I'd be inclined to make an appointment, just in case something might be lodged in the cornea, which is quite irritating, plus infection or further damage could occur. Perhaps not an emergency visit if you can't see anything, but an urgency visit, to me.
 
BJM said:
Vets use a stain and a lamp to look for evidence of injury, as you may be unable to see it otherwise.
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Yep, same stuff they use on us humans when we go to opticians for our contact lens fitting appointments - an orange dye that shows up any scratches or anomalies on the eyeball.

Another problem that can occur, usually to cats with shorter noses, is a blocked tear duct. The dye will show that up also, as the vet checks to see if any of it comes down through the nasal passages. Blocked ducts mean that tears have nowhere to go, as they can't run down the sinuses through the nose as they would normally do; this can result in a very teary, liquidy looking eye.

Make a vet appointment, the sooner the better. If caught early, these problems are easily treated. If left, secondary infections can develop, and then it gets a lot more tricky to treat.

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