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I know what you mean and I'm edging towards leaving him be to be honest. I guess my fear is that if I let him, he might get the ulcer infected and not recover. And then I also fear that he would stay stressed with the collar and have more issues later, as he's turning 8 years old in September...

At the first appointment with the ophthalmologist, she said there was no ulcer whatsoever and the little dent was nothing to worry about, which was only cosmetic and would just take time to fill it up itself. A week after this appointment, my cat started rubbing his eye, squinted and then...

Since last November, I've been putting the collar on him after he rubbed his eye (squinting and stained ulcer) and then taking the collar off after he fully recovered (no squinting and no stain). The longest time without a collar was a week :( He never seems to care about the collar so I didn't...

Just an update as it's approaching a year since he started having this eye issue. Unfortunately, I still have no answer and he still rubs his eye, squints and then recovers. We went for a different vet for a third opinion as well but to no avail. As he has no other symptoms and he does recover...

Thanks for your reply :)

Thanks for your reply! The first time the veterinary ophthalmologist said it could be just a false positive due to the stain not flushed out properly in the little dent. The second time there was an ulcer as he rubbed his right eye a couple of days before the appointment. As for the reason for...

Background: My 7 year old Exotic Shorthair cat started holding his right eye half-open one day in Aug 2020. I took him to a local vet in the UK, who prescribed Piriton tablets. 2 days later, a milky dot appeared in his right eye and he also started breathing very heavily. I suspected the Piriton...