weird eye issue with Oliver, FELV positive

[HollyandSpader(GA)]

As many of you know, my six year old Siamese cat, Oliver tested positive for the leukemia virus back in December. He's been doing great, other than having an eye infection a few weeks back, which cleared up pretty well. I have noticed that there is a ring of gray hair around the eye that had the infection. Has anyone else had that happen after an eye infection? So weird. My vet has never seen that happen.

Oliver did have a blood panel done two weeks ago as he is due for a dental next week. All of the values, especially the ones that related to leukemia virus were great.

Thanks, Holly

 

[kse]

I just wanted to share this with you. I had a cat that was FeLK positive--I found out when she was 2 years old. She lived to be 10.5 years of age. Until the last 4 months of her life, the virus stayed totally suppressed. On occassion she would develop a "weird" pupil in one eye. It appeared to stay completely dilated for a few days and then it would go back to normal. I kept antibiotics on hand, as she would get some eye and respiratory infections at times--I was always quick to get get her started on the ABs. She lived a great life! I wish you all the best with Oliver!

Kim

 

[BJM]

If you medicated the eye, perhaps it affected the hair growth around the eye. Or perhaps the infection altered the hair growth around the eye.