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So I mentioned in another post a strange thing that has been happening since September. When I have a long weekend and sleep in on one of the days my cat somehow hurts his eye. I wake up to a swollen and lid shut eye with running eyes. But it always goes away the next day. It doesn't happen on other times and I can go 6 weeks at a time. It is always the same eye though so that is strange.
Well last weekend, the long one it happened again.
I was determined to give my cat something to make it itch less but I did that and he seemed not to be rubbing his face. This weekend, not a long one, all was well.
But tonight I got home late -- 15 hours after I left... (I usually get home about 12) and it happened again.
I now think it has something to do with food. When he doesn't get the food he wants and needs he does something to his face. My best guess is that it has also to do with the dark.. like maybe he can't see well in the complete dark and isn't aware he is rubbing his actual eye?
It does seem to have to do with him NOT getting his food. My cat is already fat but I feel like I have to give him more food. I got out the automatic cat feeder that I used to use all the time (stopped when I stopped giving him dry food) I hate to give him more food as he is big and that isn't great.
I also changed food and I suspect maybe the food I am giving him does not have as high a caloric count has his old food. So one handful of the old food would be more than one handful of the new food.
I do not understand what is going on. I would take him to the vet but I fear they will just tell me the same and they don't know what is going on since 99% of the time he is just fine.
Well last weekend, the long one it happened again.
I was determined to give my cat something to make it itch less but I did that and he seemed not to be rubbing his face. This weekend, not a long one, all was well.
But tonight I got home late -- 15 hours after I left... (I usually get home about 12) and it happened again.
I now think it has something to do with food. When he doesn't get the food he wants and needs he does something to his face. My best guess is that it has also to do with the dark.. like maybe he can't see well in the complete dark and isn't aware he is rubbing his actual eye?
It does seem to have to do with him NOT getting his food. My cat is already fat but I feel like I have to give him more food. I got out the automatic cat feeder that I used to use all the time (stopped when I stopped giving him dry food) I hate to give him more food as he is big and that isn't great.
I also changed food and I suspect maybe the food I am giving him does not have as high a caloric count has his old food. So one handful of the old food would be more than one handful of the new food.
I do not understand what is going on. I would take him to the vet but I fear they will just tell me the same and they don't know what is going on since 99% of the time he is just fine.