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The cat's eye is swollen and watery. Infectious, fungal, bacterial infection. The cat's eye is inflamed, a tear is flowing, sneezing, what is the reason and what can be dripped, folk remedies

Cats have excellent vision. But its severity may be influenced eye diseases. There are many reasons for the development of eye diseases in animals. In veterinary medicine, 2 groups of diseases in cats have been identified. These are diseases of the eyelids and ailments that affect eyeball.

Eye diseases of cats

To diseases, affecting the eyelids of the animal's eyes, include:

Inflammation of the eyelid (blepharitis).
Wounds and bruises.
Entropion or inversion of the eyelid.
Ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelids).
Lagophthalmos (fusion) of the eyelids.
Neoplasms.

Affects the eyeball the following diseases:

Causes and symptoms of eye diseases in cats

The most common diseases in cats are:

Inflammation of the eyelids. With phlegmous inflammation, the eyelid swells, purulent mucus flows from the eye. With normal inflammation, the cat begins to scratch his eyes. Eyelids redden and harden. A disease appears with beriberi, eczema. Phlegmous inflammation develops after strong calculations and deep wounds.

Bruises and wounds. A cat can get these injuries when falling or after a fight. The wound may be superficial, deep or penetrating. Main symptom- severe swelling, redness and even bleeding from the eyes.

Turn of the century. The skin turns inward. This causes a strong inflammatory process. A hit can cause a bloat foreign body in the cat's eye, impact chemicals. Without timely assistance to the cat, conjunctivitis or keratitis may develop. In advanced cases, an ulcer will appear on the cornea.

Symptoms of the disease include lacrimation and photophobia. The eyelid begins to swell, changing appearance.

You can recognize the listed eye diseases in cats from photos.

Types of conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis is considered the most common disease among cats. It has the following varieties:

Purulent.
Allergic.
Acute catarrhal.
Follicular.

At purulent conjunctivitis getting worse general state cats. The body temperature of the animal rises, copious pus begins to stand out from the eyes. Diarrhea and vomiting may occur.

allergic conjunctivitis in a cat it causes contact with an allergen. At first, the discharge from the eyes appears clear. If left untreated, they become purulent.

Acute catarrhal conjunctivitis is always accompanied by redness of the eyes, severe swelling. Cats experience pain, tears flow, and serous-mucous discharge occurs. The main reason is injury and lack of vitamin A in the body.

Follicular conjunctivitis is characterized by inflammation of the lymphatic follicles. They are on inside. The disease is chronic and requires long-term treatment. Surgery is possible.

The photo clearly shows all types of conjunctivitis.

Types of keratitis

Keratitis is a disease of the cornea of the eyes. The most common types are:

Superficial purulent.
Vascular superficial.
Purulent deep.

At superficial keratitis the upper (epithelial) layer of the cornea becomes inflamed. The cat is in pain, afraid of the light. Cornea accepts grey colour, swelling develops. Usually this type sickness comes from injury.

With vascular keratitis, capillaries grow into the upper layer of the cornea, clouding of the eyes occurs.

Purulent deep keratitis is a very serious disease caused by microbes that have penetrated the cat's corneal stroma. The cat begins to be afraid of light and scratches its eyes continuously. The cornea takes on a yellowish tint. Capillaries begin to grow into the cornea. The cause of the disease is considered to be injury and infection. The cat will be sick for a long time.

Corneal ulcer

To this disease. Lead infections that develop after deep wounds. It can also be a complication after suffering purulent keratitis. Ulcers are of 2 types: perforated and purulent. The main symptom is strong pain. Therefore, the animal is always restless.

With the appearance of a perforated ulcer, noticeable purulent discharge from the eyes. The cornea takes on a gray tint. Often there are spasms of the eyelids, fear of bright light. After treatment of ulcers, scarring will be noticeable.

Glaucoma

Glaucoma in cats can be acute or congenital. The main symptom is an increase eye pressure. The cornea becomes cloudy, loses sensitivity and becomes colorless.

The eyeballs harden and increase in size. The cause of the disease can be hemorrhage, dislocation and swelling of the lens, a complication after suffering purulent keratitis.

Cataract

Cataract is clouding of the lens. It can be congenital, toxic, traumatic, symptomatic.

At the last stage, the pet has difficulty seeing in the affected eye. The lens becomes white. The disease develops as a result of infection, injury or inflammation. Older cats often suffer from cataracts.

Treatment of eye diseases in cats

For the treatment of eye diseases of animals, there is a huge amount of funds. Diseases are well cured with antibiotic ointments and drops. You can use a solution of potassium permanganate and furacilin for washing.

For instillation eye drops can be used:

chloramphenicol;
gentaimcines;
colbiocin;
Ciprobid.

You can quickly heal wounds with Actovegin (Solcoseryl) gel. It should be laid behind the eyelid.

Cat eyes can be treated with tetracycline, erythromycin and neomycin ointment.

At serious problems except for drugs local action, use the antibiotic Cefazolin. It is administered intramuscularly, previously diluted in novocaine. Only the veterinarian determines the dosage.

You cannot treat eye diseases in an animal yourself. If you use the wrong drug and treatment regimen, this can lead to blindness in the animal.

Daily care for your pet's eyes

To save your pet from eye problems, you need to take care of them daily. For this there is special means. You can use drops and lotions to care for your eyes. The most popular means include:

Ciprovet (drops).
Diamond eyes (drops).
Bars (lotion).

To wash the eyes, drops are instilled in the following order:

It is necessary to drip 1-2 drops of medication into each eye.
Lightly massage the animal's eyelids.
Remove the remnants of the drug with a cotton pad.
It is desirable to carry out the procedure 2 times a day.

Lotions should be used to flush the tear ducts. After moistening the disc, gently wipe the hair around the eyes. The procedure is performed daily for a week. The course can be repeated if necessary.

To keep the eyes of the animal always healthy, you need to heed the advice of veterinarians:

Do not use cotton wool, as its fibers cause tearing. Cotton pads are the best option.
Do not wash your eyes with water. This will disrupt the microflora.
You cannot treat your eyes with chamomile infusion. This remedy causes baldness of the eyelids.
You cannot interrupt the treatment that has started.

Carry out treatment competently eye diseases animal is impossible without special diagnostics. Only a veterinarian can do this. If noticeable general signs eye disease (tears, purulent discharge, squinting), then you should immediately show your pet to a veterinarian. Only he will competently describe the treatment regimen.

11.05.2011, 18:10

Hello!

11.05.2011, 18:53

Hello!
Tell me what to do! I have a cat and a dog ( small breed). Now I noticed that the cat has one eye slightly swollen and red, it doesn’t open it completely ... Today they were running around with the dog (the dog could accidentally get into the eye with a claw) and the cat is walking on the balcony, maybe someone bit? or some kind of infection? but there is no pus...
I won’t be able to take it to the veterinarian until the weekend (((How to determine what it could be with a greater probability and what to do? My first impulse was to wash the tea while I was sleeping, but I don’t feel that ... The cat behaves as usual, it gives itself to stroke, in the area of the eye, including ...

The eye can be washed with a decoction of chamomile, it works as a disinfectant.
You can drip eye drops with levomecithin (person)

11.05.2011, 21:50

11.05.2011, 22:33

wash, drip... and then the veterinarian will guess on the coffee grounds what diagnosis to make to your pet.

If you want to take risks - self-medicate. If you don't want to, go to the doctor right away, without washing and dripping, so as not to lubricate the clinical picture.

It is not always worth running to the veterinary clinic for any slightest reason and looking for other infections while sitting in line.
Surely the cat is also unvaccinated?

11.05.2011, 22:37

thanks for the comments...
the cat is yes, not vaccinated, unfortunately...
While I washed it with chamomile, I’ll buy a drop tomorrow...

11.05.2011, 22:47

11.05.2011, 23:01

Yeah, dig it, dig it. If there is eye damage, it will certainly help you. Veta can also be called home.
And damage to the cornea can only be determined by an ophthalmologist.
I wouldn't risk it with my eyes.

In this case, even if we assume a slight injury to the eye (scratch), then the ophthalmologist will most likely prescribe antibacterial eye drops, such as Floxal and Solcoseryl ointment.
No need to exaggerate!

12.05.2011, 00:02

In this case, even if we assume a slight injury to the eye (scratch), then the ophthalmologist will most likely prescribe antibacterial eye drops, type Phloxal and Solcoseryl ointment.
No need to exaggerate!
For example, my cat liked to hang out near pots of flowers. One day he crawled out of the plants and covered his eye, apparently the leaf had injured his eye. In the evening the eye turned red and there was supposed to be an exhibition in a couple of days. Since I saw the cause of the injury, I naturally took eye drops + Solcoseryl gel for a couple of days and everything went away.
At the dacha, the cat dived into the spruce branches. She also came out like Admiral Nelson. It’s good that I had eye drops with me, otherwise the next morning the eye was stuck together from pus. Again, banal drops with levomecithin helped.
I understand when serious injury eyes, then you should contact an ophthalmologist, but in this case, you can drip it for at least a day or two and see the dynamics. As a rule, by the evening of the first day (you need to instill it 4 times a day), the result is visible.

So that’s the trick, you saw the reason, but the vehicle did not. Any uncontrolled measures of the wrong direction can worsen the condition. They came to us with a cat, the cat had an eye like a telescope fish - they dripped human drops at home... In another case, they brought a Persian woman, there was damage to the eye, timely and appropriate help was not provided, the result was a thorn at the site of the injury with sprouted blood vessels .

12.05.2011, 00:16

And there are only two eyes to manage them like that.

12.05.2011, 00:38

I don’t know what kind of eye drops you can put in so that your eyes look like a telescope fish:001:. Unless it’s Albucid, which is contraindicated for cats, or an individual allergic reaction:005:.
As for damage to the eye, it can also be seen visually if you look carefully. If the lesions no eyes, but Just redness of the eyelids and swelling, then I don’t think that this will not turn into some kind of thorn.

What do you call uncontrolled events? Taking eye drops with an antibiotic? Strange.
And if you have a speck or dust in your the eye will get caught and your eye becomes inflamed, then you should also immediately run to the doctor, even at night. Or perhaps wash your eye with an antiseptic, and then, if necessary and without the proper result, consult a doctor.

Don’t forget that the cat is unvaccinated. And a trip to the clinic can be fraught with an additional viral infection. First we treat the eye, then the virus will be treated.

Yes, albucid was dropped, the eye was swollen.
I won’t experiment with my eyes without a doctor.

12.05.2011, 00:43

Don’t overcommit, infectious cases don’t come often anyway, they are put in a separate room and everything is treated and disinfected after them.

12.05.2011, 00:49

Recently, a friend’s teenage kittens died of panleukopenia after castration at the clinic: 005: The clinic is good, the doctor is helpful. She always said that she does not accept castration at home, because... if something happens, there is no way to resuscitate, and we don’t operate on ourselves at home. In general, an eternal debate. And this is what happened with kittens:(

Anyway, I think that these are isolated cases, I cited statistics from the clinic where I myself worked for 10 years, and you know, I was not afraid to return home to my animals in the evening - that’s also an indicator.

12.05.2011, 00:58

Thank you all again for your opinions, tomorrow morning I’ll put drops in, if there’s no improvement by the evening, we’ll go to the vet... the eye still opens halfway, there’s no pus, I was a little watery, after the chamomile it stopped... I hope everything will be ok and it was just a game with a dog, it was so violent..

12.05.2011, 01:09

Yes, albucid was dropped, the eye was swollen. I won’t experiment with my eyes without a doctor.
For 10 years at the clinic, there has not been a case where anyone got infected. Don’t overcommit, infectious cases don’t come often anyway, they are put in a separate room and everything is treated and disinfected after them.

You see how I immediately guessed that they were dripping Alucid :)) I probably still know something and understand when I advise.

Dasha\Galya

12.05.2011, 01:47

12.05.2011, 01:50

Any human eye drops with an antibiotic, the cheapest is human chloramphenicol eye drops and always eye gel or solcoseryl (only eye gel).
or Korneregel. (They are the same in composition and purpose, so whatever you can buy, buy it) drops and gel instilled 4 times a day. If for some reason you cannot buy the gel, then it can be replaced with tetracycline eye ointment (it Of course, it heals worse than gel, but when there were no gels, it was used to heal the cornea) I am writing about people because I work with people, but the eye of an animal does not differ very significantly from a human eye. The sooner you start treatment, the faster the eye will heal. The most dangerous thing after injuries, this is the addition of a secondary infection, and it occurs very quickly and this often happens due to a very late visit to the doctor. The dog cannot tell how much its eye hurts and the owners always hope that everything will go away on its own... but in as a result...severe complications, swelling, infection and, as a result, clouding of the cornea (it is also called a cataract). Neither small children nor animals need to drip Albucid (it stings the eyes very much and the animal may not let you near the eye after the first drop) and crystallizes when it dries, and these crystals can, when rubbing the eyes, injure the already problematic cornea. And chloramphenicol is gentle, has long been proven and is the safest and cheapest. There are other drops, but they are much more expensive and it is better to use them if chloramphenicol does not help and we need to intensify the therapy. Hitting sparrows with a cannon is a thankless task.
+1

12.05.2011, 01:56

You see how I immediately guessed that they were dripping Alucid :)) I probably still know something and understand when I advise.
I also know first-hand about infections in clinics, since I also worked there.
It’s interesting to know how infectious patients end up in a separate room right away. They are filtered right at the entrance to the veterinary clinic:004:
And it’s also strange that there are quite a lot of animals in clinics with infections, but they don’t come to yours often. Maybe they bypass this clinic :))

Yes, everyone first goes to the administrator, and if there is a threat of infection, he immediately isolates them.

12.05.2011, 02:29

Bravo!:022:
I agree 100%, which is why I also recommended eye drops with levomecithin + solcoseryl gel.

12.05.2011, 02:37

Yes, everyone first goes to the administrator, and if there is a threat of infection, he immediately isolates them.
Regarding the issue, they are bypassed - no, they are not bypassed, it’s just that against the background of chronic illness, injuries, poisonings and other infections, they do not occupy the first place. If you have worked, you can know this for yourself.

It’s not for me to explain to you that infections are transmitted by airborne droplets, so even a 5-minute stay of a sick animal in a common room with other animals is fraught with danger for the latter.
If we compare the number of requests, I agree with you that there are fewer % of infections than with other diseases, but we cannot say that there are too few of them.
Perhaps the territorial location of the clinic also influences. Ours was a 30-minute drive from the Kondratieff Market, and as you know, sick animals are often sold there. So regularly, almost every day, someone comes to the clinic with either a kitten or a puppy with a viral infection , and there are also plenty of street pick-ups.

12.05.2011, 07:56

12.05.2011, 12:23

12.05.2011, 12:44

And again, thank you for not passing by!
Today the eye seems to be better, it opens wider and it feels like it has darkened a little, as if a bruise is coming out....now I’m going to go get some drops, can someone tell me to put the drops in both eyes or only in the patient’s eye?

In your case, I think that you should put drops in only one eye, since it was precisely eye injury and not a bacterial infection that quickly spreads to both eyes. But nothing terrible will happen if you put it in both eyes.
Don't forget to buy Solcoseryl or Korneregel gel. But the first one is better.
You can also prick Aloe vera, if you know how, 0.7 ml with an insulin syringe under the withers once a day (7-10 days). It costs very little, and it will benefit not only the eye, but the whole body as a whole.
Indications for the drug Aloe extract liquid for injection
Inflammatory eye diseases...

Dasha\Galya

12.05.2011, 17:52

As for veterinary clinics, I have 2 verified ones nearby (it takes 2 minutes to walk from one to the other), and in both of them there are always queues, a minimum of a person with a pet and the reception is not fast, while the waiting room is 3 meters wide, and infectious ones are not eliminated immediately , everyone is sitting together.
The fact is that going to an ordinary veterinarian who does not specialize in ophthalmology with your eye is not effective. It’s the same as if you go to a therapist to treat your eye (no matter how sad it is, but this is so .. therapists are nothing in the eyes they don’t understand..) I quite often read on websites about animals the prescriptions of veterinarians and... you know, they frankly surprise me... For example, the doctor diagnosed an animal with herpetic keratitis, but in the prescriptions... well, there is not a single drug that acts on the herpes virus. .And then they are surprised that there is no effect from the treatment..So I don’t have enough trust in them..Here we need a veterinarian, namely an ophthalmologist, who can assess the severity of the injury.If this is a penetrating wound, then the treatment should be intensified and there will be not only drops, gels and ointments, but also IM antibiotics. And it could also be a foreign body of the cornea (a trivial, tiny grain of sand has entered), you will not see it, but only the doctor... So if there is a foreign body, then such an eye will not heal until it is removed. And every day around this a foreign body, swelling will increase and inflammation will occur.. So the animal must be shown to an ophthalmologist in any case to rule out other diseases. possible reasons problems with the eye. I understand that the animal did not receive any treatment within 24 hours after the injury... and this is very bad. The timing of first aid plays a very important role here important role. GOD grant YOU that there are no consequences! GET WELL!

12.05.2011, 18:46

What do you call uncontrolled events? Apply eye drops with an antibiotic?
and then topics like “the goat veterinarian can’t make a diagnosis” appear. the owner blurred all the symptoms, under-treated and over-treated, and then blame the doctor and blame him for the incorrect diagnosis.

12.05.2011, 19:00

and then topics like “the goat veterinarian can’t make a diagnosis” appear. the owner blurred all the symptoms, under-treated and over-treated, and then blame the doctor and blame him for the incorrect diagnosis.

12.05.2011, 21:11

It’s interesting, forgive the analogy, but if you have diarrhea, most likely, without taking any measures, you will immediately run to the doctor??? Or will you still take a sorbent and blur the whole picture with it? :))
It’s probably still worth differentiating the problems and not running to the doctor for any reason.
Moreover, let me remind you once again that the cat is not vaccinated!!!

Dasha\Galya

12.05.2011, 22:10

the sorbent will not change the picture of the disease - flora will be sown, abdominal pain will remain on palpation (if there should be any), toxins in case of poisoning will remain in the blood, the temperature will not go away, etc. The presence of diarrhea can be explained verbally to the doctor.

But if my eyes are watery/swollen/edema, I’ll immediately go to the emergency room/ophthalmologist, depending on what caused the watery eyes—mechanical (a speck of dirt doesn’t come out, poked with a finger, etc.) or an unknown influence (in the morning I woke up and he was crying). And I won't do anything with this eye. Well, I’ll wash it with water so that the blind person doesn’t fit into the post along the road.

So you, too, differentiate problems, as you advise others. At the very least, we can agree about chamomile, but antibiotic drops are a serious intervention. Are you sure that an unvaccinated cat does not have chlamydia, rhinitis, viral keratitis, etc. sores that can also cause eye problems? and in this case, drops with antibiotics can play such a significant role that, thanks to YOUR advice, ANOTHER cat can remain one-eyed.
Here. if the animal is not taken to a veterinarian or ophthalmologist, then simply prescribing drops with an antibiotic can play at least some role. , uveitis, panuveitis, chlamydia, viral con-itis or injury, then no antibiotic will play any role as a result of the examination. Since for any of these diseases it will be prescribed necessarily. (to avoid the addition of a secondary infection) The only thing that can be - this weaker one will be replaced by a stronger one and that’s it. If this replacement happens in the first 2 days, nothing criminal will happen - provided that the animal is examined by an OPHTHALMOLOGIST, and not just a doctor. For any eye injury (burn, blow, poked with a finger and etc.) antibiotic drops are the first thing to do, and then go to the doctor and urgently!

12.05.2011, 22:16

Here. if the animal is not taken to a veterinarian or ophthalmologist, then simply prescribing drops with an antibiotic can play at least some role. , uveitis, panuveitis, chlamydia, viral con-itis or injury, then no antibiotic will play any role as a result of the examination. Since for any of these diseases it will be prescribed necessarily. (to avoid the addition of a secondary infection) The only thing that can be - the weaker one will be replaced by a stronger one and that’s it. If this replacement happens in the first 2 days, nothing criminal will happen, provided that the animal is examined by an OPHTHALMOLOGIST, and not just a doctor.

12.05.2011, 22:22

Girls, don't quarrel, please!
It turns out that on the first day we still managed to instill both levomecithin and solcoseryl...Kisa is already keeping her eye open, but not all the way, there is no redness in the eye itself, only a slight swelling around and slightly blue...I’m thinking , if he had bumped in some other place (not so visible to the naked eye), we most likely would not have noticed... And also, about possible infections... our cat, although not vaccinated, is clean, sits only at home (or goes to the glassed-in balcony), in general t-t-problems There were no health problems...except for occasional vomiting (I'm sorry), but this happens to all cats..

12.05.2011, 22:26

Antibiotic drops can change the picture from characteristic to uncharacteristic. For enteritis, sore throat, and bronchitis, antibiotics are also prescribed. Why go to the doctor?

However, the owner is a gentleman. I wish the cat to get well soon and not have extra sex. problems due to a careless housewife. I don’t want to convince anyone, everyone has their own truth.
Thanks for the wishes to the cat. Only now the owner has already written that she cannot physically carry the cat, I’m sorry, I’m 8 months pregnant and I simply can’t carry away five kicking kilos.. If we talk about the veterinarian at home, I looked at something, all I saw was a challenge to the house for euthanasia...And it’s unlikely that feline ophthalmologists go to the house...at most, therapists.

12.05.2011, 22:43

The sorbent just evacuates the pathogenic flora if it is a banal digestive disorder and therefore the picture will just change!
But, you still haven’t answered, if you have diarrhea once, will you also immediately run to the doctor? Or will you wait for it to happen twice? Just wondering :))

In your situation, if you wake up and your eye is swollen, then you definitely need to go to the doctor and find out the reason. This is not even worth discussing.
For an animal, any exit from the house is stressful, which can various diseases only further aggravate the health situation, I don’t mean the eyes specifically. Again, when visiting a doctor, the risk of picking up a viral infection, ear mites, fleas, lichen, etc. can be listed endlessly.
Ideally, call a doctor to your home, but this will cost a pretty penny for the owner.

12.05.2011, 22:44

The specialist above has already answered you about the safety of using drops with levomecithin.
As for the diseases you listed, there are often other symptoms that go along with them. For example, fever, purulent discharge from the eyes and nose, hemorrhage in the eye, etc.
Thanks to my timely advice, ANOTHER cat will be two-eyed and will not remain one-eyed! Exactly the opposite, as you wrote: fifa:.

Dasha\Galya

13.05.2011, 00:35

Antibiotic drops can change the picture from characteristic to uncharacteristic. For enteritis, sore throat, and bronchitis, antibiotics are also prescribed. Why go to the doctor?

However, the owner is a gentleman. I wish the cat to get well soon and not have extra sex. problems due to a careless housewife. I don’t want to convince anyone, everyone has their own truth.
I dare say we are solving a specific problem here. And this is not a suspicion of enteritis, sore throat, bronchitis, etc.. for any of the things you listed, I will never advise and I myself will not start antibiotics on myself or an animal without examination. We are discussing a specific problem and problem with eye. In any reference book you will find first aid if you suspect an eye injury: instill antibiotic drops and take the patient to the doctor! Whether it’s a person or an animal, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is to reduce the possibility of infection to a minimum. And then it’s up to the doctor to decide what to do.

13.05.2011, 10:53

I dare say we are solving a specific problem here. And this is not a suspicion of enteritis, sore throat, bronchitis, etc.. for any of the things you listed, I will never advise and I myself will not start antibiotics on myself or an animal without examination. We are discussing a specific problem and problem with eye. In any reference book you will find first aid if you suspect an eye injury: instill antibiotic drops and take the patient to the doctor! Whether it’s a person or an animal, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is to reduce the possibility of infection to a minimum. And then it’s up to the doctor to decide what to do.

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I fully support it. There are different situations and including those when the owner cannot, due to some circumstances, and not reluctance, see a doctor immediately. So they turn to the forum for help and I don’t see anything wrong in this case. Then it’s up to the owner himself to decide whether to use any whether it is advice or not, after all, the animal is his. Of course, those advising must have at least some minimal knowledge in this matter, so that when giving advice they do not harm the animal.
And yet I will say that with every scratch you don’t run to the doctor.

13.05.2011, 10:56

Where can I even find a therapist? I won't look at the price
- calling a doctor at home
- euthanasia
-removal and cremation
This is the order in which everything goes...or am I missing something?

In general, they look for therapists not from reference books, but from the recommendations of friends. This must be a trusted doctor, otherwise you will run into an illiterate vet:015:

Dasha\Galya

13.05.2011, 11:46

If you are really afraid of veterinary clinics because of an unvaccinated cat, then as an option you can bypass the neighboring human shelves and try asking an ophthalmologist to see the cat. Of course, first approach without the cat, and if he agrees, then bring him to show him. Although not all ophthalmologists people agree to look at animals, but it’s quite possible to find someone who will agree. Some of them have animals themselves and even love them very much and may agree to help. A friend had a problem with a month-old Toy puppy - there was a suspicion that he was completely blind.. In the vet. clinics did not dare to go because of the lack of vaccinations and were afraid that if this puppy picked up something, then the entire litter could be infected, including the mother. They took him to a regular ophthalmologist and for 500 rubles she looked at him. The puppy really turned out to be completely blind.. diagnosis of congenital mature cataract of both eyes. He had other problems; he did not grow or develop, and yet he died..

13.05.2011, 17:17

In any reference book you will find first aid if you suspect an eye injury: instill antibiotic drops and take the patient to the doctor! Whether it’s a person or an animal, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing is to reduce the possibility of infection to a minimum. And then it’s up to the doctor to decide what to do.
are you sure this is an injury? This is exactly what I'm talking about - the reason is unknown (according to TS). And the fact that this is an injury is already speculation among members of the forum.

If your cat is watering in one or both eyes, you need to pay attention to associated symptoms. In most cases, minor tearing is normal phenomenon. Lacrimal glands provide protection visual organs from the influence of factors environment. In this case, the pet does not feel discomfort. If the cat has become restless, rubs its eye, or closes it unnaturally, then measures must be taken to deliver the animal to a veterinarian.

Tearing in a cat is not dangerous

If you notice that your kitten is sneezing and his eyes are watery, but there are no signs of any illness, perhaps he just got something in his nose. Cats naturally produce tears in the following cases:

The pet just woke up.
Features of the breed. Constant lacrimation is common in Persian, British and Scottish breeds.
Entropion of the eyelid, which is usually observed in hairless cats.
Getting hair in the eyes.

In any case, you need to maintain eye hygiene. They need to be washed periodically, as accumulated dirt can cause infection.

When tearing is a deviation

If the cat is teary brown eyes- This is a deviation indicating problems with the nasolacrimal duct. Normally, discharge from the eyes should be clear. But even if the discharge fluid is transparent, you should consult a doctor if the following conditions exist:

The eyes dimmed.
The color of the iris has changed.
The pupil perceives light, or lack thereof, in an unnatural way.
The eyeball has become bulging or sunken.
The pupils or eyeballs have become asymmetrical.
My eyes were inflamed. They are swollen, festered, swollen or red.
You may notice scratches, bruises or bruises on your eyes.

You should be wary if only one eye of the cat is watering and swelling has formed in its area. This manifestation is a consequence of the development of toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis or thelaziosis.

Why do my eyes water?

The main reasons why a cat's eye is very watery are the following::

Injuries resulting from carelessness of the pet itself or collision with other animals.
Eye contact foreign object. If this object remains on the eyelid, you can remove it yourself. After which the eye is treated with an antibiotic. If an object gets deep into the eye, it cannot be removed without the help of a veterinarian. You can damage the cornea and deprive your cat of his vision.
Burns of thermal or chemical type. In this case, you need to deliver the animal to the veterinary clinic on the same day.
Allergic reaction. Tearfulness is accompanied by sneezing and swelling of the eyes.
Growth of eyelashes inside the eye (trichiasis). In this case, the cat needs surgical treatment.
Colds.

If your cat's eye is swollen and watery, this may indicate the development of conjunctivitis. If the disease is not treated, then a pet will begin to be afraid of light and hide where it is possible to avoid exposure to the irritant. This can subsequently lead to the death of the animal.

How to help a cat

Only a veterinarian can determine exactly why a cat’s eyes are watering. What to do if it is impossible to get to him right away? If there is a suspicion of conjunctivitis, then the eyes are washed with a solution of furacilin or a solution of levomecithin is instilled into them. An antibiotic ointment will prevent infection. Injections from a solution of hydrocortisone and novocaine will reduce painful sensations. If your pet has allergies, a drug based on hormones will help.

If you notice that your cat often has watery eyes and there are associated symptoms, you should immediately contact your veterinarian. If they cannot immediately accept your pet, you need to provide him with first aid in accordance with the manifestation of symptoms.

Very often, cats are affected by eye diseases. The animal begins to get nervous, comb the eyelids, profuse lacrimation appears. How to help your pet? Let's take a look at the diseases that affect cats' eyes.

What eye diseases occur in cats?

Cats, like other animals, are susceptible to eye diseases.

Veterinary medicine knows two groups of eye diseases in cats. The first group includes diseases of the eyelids, the second group includes diseases that affect the eyeball itself.

Here is a list of diseases that affect the eyelids and protective devices eye:

bruises and wounds;
inversion and eversion of the eyelid;
inflammation of the eyelid (blepharitis);
fusion and non-closure (lagophthalmos) of the eyelids;
ptosis (drooping of the upper eyelid);
neoplasms.

The second group is diseases that affect the eyeball itself. These include:

(acute catarrhal, purulent, etc.);
keratitis (superficial purulent, superficial vascular, deep purulent);
dermoid (neoplasm in the conjunctiva);
inflammation and ulcers of the cornea;
glaucoma and dropsy (secondary glaucoma);
cataract;
dislocation of the eyeball.

Causes and symptoms of various types of eye diseases

There are a huge number of eye diseases in cats.

There are a lot of eye diseases in cats; let’s look at the symptoms and causes of the most common diseases.

Wounds and bruises

Cats receive these injuries after fights or falls. Wounds can be deep, superficial and through. The main symptom is redness and swelling, sometimes bleeding.

Inflammation of the eyelids

There are phlegmous and simple inflammation of the eyelids. In the first case, the eyelid swells and purulent mucus flows from the eye. At simple inflammation The cat scratches the affected eye, the eyelids become red and thickened. It occurs due to vitamin deficiency or eczema, and phlegmous inflammation is caused by deep wounds and strong scratching.

Turn of the century

Photo. Entropion of a cat's eyelid.

During inversion, the skin of the eyelid turns inward, which causes severe inflammation. If you do not provide assistance to the animal, keratitis or conjunctivitis may develop, and in advanced cases, volvulus develops into a corneal ulcer.

Symptoms of the disease are photophobia and lacrimation, the eyelid swells and changes appearance. Volvulus can be caused by foreign bodies entering the eye, exposure to chemical substances or untreated conjunctivitis.

Conjunctivitis and its varieties

Photo. Conjunctivitis and its varieties.

Conjunctivitis is one of the most common diseases among cats. It has several varieties:

allergic;
purulent;
acute catarrhal;
follicular.

Allergic conjunctivitis is caused by contact with an allergen. At first the eyes are leaking transparent discharge, which if left untreated become purulent.

Purulent conjunctivitis causes a general deterioration in the cat's condition. There is abundant purulent discharge from the eyes, and the body temperature rises. Animals often experience vomiting and diarrhea.

Acute catarrhal conjunctivitis causes severe swelling and redness of the eyes. The cat is in pain, there is serous-mucous discharge and lacrimation. main reason- injuries, also the disease develops after infections and with a lack of vitamin A.

Keratitis and its types

Photo. Keratitis in a cat

Keratitis is a disease of the eye cornea. The most common types of this disease are:

superficial purulent;
superficial vascular;
deep purulent.

With superficial purulent keratitis, the epithelial (upper) layer of the cornea suffers. The cat is worried and feels constant pain develops photophobia. The cornea becomes grayish and swelling appears. This type of keratitis develops after injury.

With superficial vascular keratitis, capillaries grow into the upper layers of the cornea, which causes clouding of the eye. The symptoms are the same as for superficial purulent keratitis.

Deep suppurative keratitis is a more serious disease caused by microbes that have invaded the stroma of the cornea. The cat constantly scratches the affected eye and is afraid of light. The cornea takes on a white-yellow hue. Vascularization (growth of capillaries into the cornea) is observed. The causes of the disease are infections and injuries.

Corneal ulcer

Photo. Corneal ulcer in cats.

Deep wounds and infections lead to corneal ulcers. Often this disease is a complication of purulent keratitis. There are two types of corneal ulcers: perforated and purulent. The main symptom is severe pain, so the animal will be very restless.

At perforated ulcer purulent discharge is observed from the eyes, the cornea becomes a gray-blue hue. Sometimes there are spasms of the eyelids and fear of bright light. After the ulcers heal, scars form.

Glaucoma

Photo. Glaucoma in cats.

This disease can be congenital, closed-angle or open-angle. The main symptom is a constant or intermittent increase in pressure inside the eye. In open-angle glaucoma, the cornea becomes cloudy, colorless, and loses sensation.

The eyeball greatly enlarges and hardens. In angle-closure glaucoma, the cornea becomes cloudy in an annular pattern, and vascularization develops. The causes of this disease are: complications of deep purulent keratitis, hemorrhage, swelling or dislocation of the lens.

Cataract

Photo. cataract in cats

A cataract is a clouding of the lens. It comes in several types:

congenital;
toxic;
traumatic;
symptomatic.

On late stages disease, the animal has difficulty seeing in the affected eye. The lens becomes white or bluish. Cataracts develop after infections, as well as after inflammation and trauma. It often affects older cats.

Treatment of eye diseases

There are a lot of veterinary medicines available for treating cat eyes.

Antibiotic drops and ointments are used to treat diseases. Wash the eye with a solution of furatsilin or potassium permanganate. After this, apply ointment or drop drops:

Gentamycin 0.5%;
Levomecithin 0.25%;
Colbiocin;
Ciprobid.

For fast healing Solcoseryl gel (Actovegin) is successfully applied to wounds; it is placed behind the eyelid. From ointments for treatment cat eyes Tetracycline, neomycin and erythromycin are suitable.

With more serious illness besides local drugs use the antibiotic Cefazolin. It is diluted in 5 ml of novocaine and administered intramuscularly; the exact dosage is determined by a veterinarian. Suprastin or Tavegil (tablets or injections) are prescribed with an antibiotic to eliminate allergic reactions.

When to contact a veterinarian

Never engage self-treatment eye diseases in your cat. Many illnesses can lead to complete blindness if the wrong drugs and treatment regimens are used.

If you notice a cat general symptoms eye diseases (lacrimation, the animal constantly squints and scratches the eye, purulent or other discharge appears), show your pet immediately veterinarian. He will make a diagnosis and write a treatment plan.

Products for daily cat eye care

Ciprovet drops can be used to care for the eyes of cats.

To ensure that cats do not have problems with their eyes, they should be constantly looked after, and for some breeds, regular eye washing is simply necessary. To do this, use special products for animals.

Rinse drops are used as follows:

drop 1-2 drops of the drug into each eye;
Gently massage the cat's eyelids;
Remove the preparation with a clean cotton pad;
carry out the procedure twice a day.

For removing tear ducts use lotions. They are applied to a cotton pad and gently wiped over the hair around the eyes. This procedure should be done once a day for a week. If necessary, the course is repeated.

Here are the most popular drops and lotions for cat eye care:

Diamond Eyes (drops);
BEAPHAR Oftal (drops);
BEAPHAR Sensitiv (lotion);
Bars (lotion);
and etc.

To keep your cat's eyes healthy, you must follow the rules of caring for them.

To ensure that your pet's eyes are always healthy, you must follow certain rules.

do not use cotton wool to cleanse your eyes, as its fibers will cause increased lacrimation; it is better to use cotton swabs;
do not rinse your cat’s eyes with water, this will disturb the microflora;
For care and treatment, use only those medications that are intended for the eyes;
You should not use chamomile infusion to wash your eyes, as it can cause baldness of the eyelids;
do not interrupt treatment that has already begun;
Monitor the condition of your cat’s eyes – the appearance of a third eyelid indicates the development of the disease.

Proper eye treatment cannot be carried out without an accurate diagnosis. If your cat has alarming symptoms– Show your pet to a veterinarian. Don't forget that if left untreated, some diseases can lead to complete or partial blindness.

Nature has blessed cats with excellent eyesight, but, unfortunately, eye diseases occur in veterinary practice often.

All ophthalmological diseases are usually divided into two groups. The first includes diseases of the eyelids and protective parts of the eyes (trauma, ptosis, etc.), the second includes diseases that affect the eyeball (conjunctivitis, etc.).

Every experienced breeder understands that if a cat has a watery and swollen eye, it should be immediately shown to a veterinarian, because these symptoms can indicate either a relatively harmless cataract or a serious cataract.

Injuries and eye wounds in cats

Cats can get eye damage as a result of a fight or a fall from a height. Wounds can be penetrating, superficial or deep. When the eye is injured, the eyelid becomes inflamed - this natural reaction organism.

Swelling and bleeding may occur. If you think that the cat's eye is watery and swollen due to a foreign body getting into it, take a magnifying glass, a flashlight and carefully examine the organ. It is quite possible to remove the object yourself using tweezers. Inocaine drops or Lidocaine spray are used as a local anesthetic.

However, if you doubt that you can carry out the procedure while maintaining calm and composure, it is better not to take risks and entrust this matter to a specialist. Otherwise, you can further injure the animal's eye.

Turn of the century (etropion)

This is a congenital or acquired pathology in which skin fold century, most often the lower one, due to weakening ligamentous apparatus tucks inward. As a result of inversion, the eyelashes and fur come into contact with the cornea of the eye.

At first, the kitten experiences slight discomfort, and the presence of the disease can only be guessed by profuse lacrimation and slight redness.

Then inflammation and swelling appear, due to which the eyelid changes its appearance, photophobia, cloudy mucous discharge from the eyes, the tissues of the eyelids become hot and swell, and the eyes do not open. In the future, volvulus contributes to the development of chronic conjunctivitis and keratitis. Neglected cases lead to corneal ulcers.

Prolonged mechanical irritation of the eye can lead to serious complications up to or loss of the eye, so treatment (surgical) must be timely. After anesthesia, your pet needs to be provided with quality care.

The development of purulent deep keratitis is facilitated by microbes that penetrate the corneal stroma. This is the most serious form of the disease. The cornea becomes white-yellow, capillaries grow into the cornea.