5 year old (in September) pale blue eyed Ragdoll has eye color change to green

[Jlobury]

I adopted Harley, a sweet 18 pound Sealpoint Ragdoll with pale blue eyes in January. He has had daily spring / summer access to an outdoor screened catio. Consequently, his eyes started to fill with drainage and gunk. Two vets independently diagnosed him with eye allergies. I don't know if the allergies contributed to an eye color change or not. His eyes are now green! Has anyone else experienced this change in an adult cat?

 

[Kieka]

I think you need to take your cat to a specialist. Belive it or not, there are vets who specialize in pet eyes but they usually take some searching. I would contact a VCA hospital and ask if they have a specialist, at least in my area the VCA has a rotation of specialists that hit different spots on a regular schedule.

The reason why I think you need to see a specialist is because of the color change. In ragdolls, their blue eyes color is due to a lack of pigment in their eye that comes from their colorpoint gene. If you are seeing a change in color that could mean a change to the fluids in the eyes that is visoble because of that lack of pigment. I have two colorpoint cats myself. If either of their eyes changed from a shade of blue to any other color I would be highly concerned about something wrong in their eyes. My immediate thought would be an infection as color changes in bodily fluids is often a sign of infection. There can be other reasons but all of them need a specialist who understands eyes. I love my vet dearly but if she had no explination and said it was probably fine, I'd still hunt down a specialist. Plus one of mine has allergies and she just sneezes and gets slightly watery eyes, no color changes to her eyes.

 

[silent meowlook]

Hi.
How has Charlie’s appetite been? How is his health been lately?
The times I have seen a blue eyed cat’s eyes turn green is when they are jaundiced. You mention he is a large cat and that could make him more susceptible to suffering from hepatic lipidosis if he stopped eating. But, I am just guessing here and don’t know.

Anyway, it definitely is not normal and he needs to see a vet asap. Even if he seems to be feeling ok. At his age he shouldn’t be having his eye color change.

Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin eyes and mucus membranes that is seen from having too much bilirubin as with liver disease. You can try looking at the insides of his ears to see if they look yellow.

 

[silent meowlook]

How is Harley doing?

 

[Jlobury]

I adopted Harley, a sweet 18 pound Sealpoint Ragdoll with pale blue eyes in January. He has had daily spring / summer access to an outdoor screened catio. Consequently, his eyes started to fill with drainage and gunk. Two vets independently diagnosed him with eye allergies. I don't know if the allergies contributed to an eye color change or not. His eyes are now green! Has anyone else experienced this change in an adult cat?

UPDATE: I took Harley to an opthamologist 3 weeks ago and received a troubling diagnosis. He has TWO eye diseases, iris melanosis AND Eosinophilic keratitus OU. We are now using steroid eyedrops and antiviral eyedrops twice a day. Everything I read concerning a prognosis is negative. Has anyone had any experience with either of these diseases?

 

[Jlobury]

I think you need to take your cat to a specialist. Belive it or not, there are vets who specialize in pet eyes but they usually take some searching. I would contact a VCA hospital and ask if they have a specialist, at least in my area the VCA has a rotation of specialists that hit different spots on a regular schedule.

The reason why I think you need to see a specialist is because of the color change. In ragdolls, their blue eyes color is due to a lack of pigment in their eye that comes from their colorpoint gene. If you are seeing a change in color that could mean a change to the fluids in the eyes that is visoble because of that lack of pigment. I have two colorpoint cats myself. If either of their eyes changed from a shade of blue to any other color I would be highly concerned about something wrong in their eyes. My immediate thought would be an infection as color changes in bodily fluids is often a sign of infection. There can be other reasons but all of them need a specialist who understands eyes. I love my vet dearly but if she had no explination and said it was probably fine, I'd still hunt down a specialist. Plus one of mine has allergies and she just sneezes and gets slightly watery eyes, no color changes to her eyes.

UPDATE: I took Harley to an ophthalmologist 3 weeks ago and received a troubling diagnosis. He has TWO eye diseases, iris melanosis AND Eosinophilic keratitis OU. We are now using steroid eyedrops and antiviral eyedrops twice a day. Everything I read concerning a prognosis is negative.

 

[fionasmom]

Search Results for Query: iris melanosis
Search Results for Query: eosinophilic keratitis

Both conditions have come up on TCS and there may be some helpful information there.