Cat era, need your advice

Deleted member 3208 · Oct 15, 2018

Since last week, a white.. spot, I suppose, appeared in my cat's right eye. And a red line that I assume is blood. Anyways, let me show you some pictures.

So far, it doesn't seem to be affecting her; she continues playing, eating and sleeping like usual. I contacted my vet and she told us to use one artificial tear in the morning and another one at night, but so far, it doesn't seem to be working.

Has anyone had this problem with your cat? Is this malicious or benign? Another way to cure it?

Fiction · Oct 15, 2018

It could be an eye infection or a corneal tear. She likely needs to see the vet.

Deleted member 3208 · Oct 15, 2018

I would take her to vet, but last time she went to have some vaccines, she became quite aggressive. The vet had to put so much anesthesia and it wasn't enough to pacify her.
We kind of agreed to only take her in a life or death situation.

TheZodiacAge · Oct 15, 2018

Take the cat to the vet.
Not some solution over the phone or something like that - Let the cat get checked thoroughly

Read the post above
Yeah things like that happen but i would still take my cats there.
We had one as a kid that needed like sleeping pills for elephants because she was such a fighter but in the end it was always worth it.

My cats and their health always are something i am really radical over because they mean so much to me.

Nell · Oct 15, 2018

If it is infected it will just get worse. Best not to chance it.

Does your vet do house calls?

Tigress · Oct 15, 2018

Linkark07 said:
Since last week, a white.. spot, I suppose, appeared in my cat's right eye. And a red line that I assume is blood. Anyways, let me show you some pictures.

So far, it doesn't seem to be affecting her; she continues playing, eating and sleeping like usual. I contacted my vet and she told us to use one artificial tear in the morning and another one at night, but so far, it doesn't seem to be working.

Has anyone had this problem with your cat? Is this malicious or benign? Another way to cure it?

Eye issues are something you should go to the vet about and not wait on. Could be nothing but if it is something from what I understand they can get serious fast.

Wag · Oct 15, 2018

There are housecall vets but you'll probably have to pay extra for that.

If you have a hard time getting her into a carrier, try one that opens from the top. Mine hated going into the ones that opened from the front. Get her accustomed to it by leaving it out all the time and start putting treats and her favorite toys in it.

I always left the carrier out in a central location so my cats became accustomed to it.

Tigress · Oct 15, 2018

Linkark07 said:
I would take her to vet, but last time she went to have some vaccines, she became quite aggressive. The vet had to put so much anesthesia and it wasn't enough to pacify her.
We kind of agreed to only take her in a life or death situation.

Have you tried giving her tranquilizers an hour or so before you take her to the vet. Not as scary as anesthesia and maybe she'll react better to them than to anesthesia?

Also, you really should at least bring her in to get rabies, cats can get rabies from bats so being indoors only is not a protection.

Deleted member 3208 · Oct 15, 2018

Tigress said:
Have you tried giving her tranquilizers an hour or so before you take her to the vet. Not as scary as anesthesia and maybe she'll react better to them than to anesthesia?

Also, you really should at least bring her in to get rabies, cats can get rabies from bats so being indoors only is not a protection.

The vaccine were administered, if memory serves me well, December last year or early this year. And last time we took her, we gave her a tranquilizer.

Wag said:
There are housecall vets but you'll probably have to pay extra for that.

If you have a hard time getting her into a carrier, try one that opens from the top. They hated going into the ones that opened from the front. Get her accustomed to it by leaving it out all the time and start putting treats and her favorite toys in it.

I always left the carrier out in a central location so my cats became accustomed to it.

Our carrier has an opening both sides, top and front, almost the same as the one you posted.

Since I have a medical appointment tomorrow, I will take her to vet this Wednesday. Hopefully it is only check, give an opinion and apply some antibiotics so my cat doesn't become too aggressive.

Facism · Oct 15, 2018

Get her checked thoroughly. One of our cats developed a similar issue and the affected eye's iris became constricted. Her eye started filling with blood and we were scared she would lose it. Turned out to be lymphoma creating pressure behind her eyes not allowed fluid to move freely, causing both of them to eventually swell and fill with blood.

Wag · Oct 15, 2018

Linkark07 said:
The vaccine were administered, if memory serves me well, December last year or early this year. And last time we took her, we gave her a tranquilizer.

Our carrier has an opening both sides, top and front, almost the same as the one you posted.

Since I have a medical appointment tomorrow, I will take her to vet this Wednesday. Hopefully it is only check, give an opinion and apply some antibiotics so my cat doesn't become too aggressive.

Wrap her in a towel before putting her in the carrier.

nopressure · Oct 15, 2018

Artificial tears are not going to clear that. She'll need to be examined by a vet.

Deleted member 3208 · Oct 15, 2018

Wag said:
Wrap her in a towel before putting her in the carrier.

Like two towels. And some tranquilizer too.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

Jedi2016 · Oct 15, 2018

My guess would be an injury of some kind. In any event, she'll definitely need more than eyedrops.

Cat · Oct 15, 2018

There's not enough information about your cat's reaction for me to say this with confidence, but you might try to call up a different vet and ask how they manage difficult cats. Speaking from experience, some vets are undoubtedly better than others at handling frightened cats.

Linkura · Oct 16, 2018

Vet pls.

Cilidra · Oct 16, 2018

The white (or blueish) area on your cat's eye is either oedema (swelling) or infiltration (of cells). Since you said it appear quickly, it's most likely oedema.

It might be from a wound or ulcer (physical trauma or virus).

Usually ulcer or wound do require treatment. I recommend you see your vet,

(vet irl).

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