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Hello there,
We have a young man called Felix who is around 1 year old now. We rescued him and when he came to us he had very bad eye infections in both eyes and was already nearly blind from them, likely from birth. Anyway, we went to our vet and she gave us some eye gel and drops (I am not sure if one or both were anti-biotic) and he healed and even retained a little vision in one eye.
However, every few months the infection will return, at first it didn't bother me and we would return to the vet, get some more drops and he would heal. Now the infection has come back for the third time. When he has it he doesn't see at all which makes him very nervous. We have a kitten also who is full of energy and just wants to play and this is really distressing Felix because the kitten is running around everywhere and scaring him. He is obviously completely blind when he has this infection and loses that tiny bit of sight he depends on. He isn't himself, doesn't want to play and just tries to stay out of everyone's way all day.
I have registered on this forum because I am not sure the vet knows what she is doing, maybe there is something else we should be doing also ? Can we give him some vitamins , supplements etc to prevent it coming back the next time? We also live in an old flat which can get quite dusty although I am not sure if that can be the cause.
We are giving him the medicine again this time but I am losing faith a bit in the vet's ability to prevent it from coming back and would like to seek other advice. I would be grateful for any help.
Thanks
We have a young man called Felix who is around 1 year old now. We rescued him and when he came to us he had very bad eye infections in both eyes and was already nearly blind from them, likely from birth. Anyway, we went to our vet and she gave us some eye gel and drops (I am not sure if one or both were anti-biotic) and he healed and even retained a little vision in one eye.
However, every few months the infection will return, at first it didn't bother me and we would return to the vet, get some more drops and he would heal. Now the infection has come back for the third time. When he has it he doesn't see at all which makes him very nervous. We have a kitten also who is full of energy and just wants to play and this is really distressing Felix because the kitten is running around everywhere and scaring him. He is obviously completely blind when he has this infection and loses that tiny bit of sight he depends on. He isn't himself, doesn't want to play and just tries to stay out of everyone's way all day.
I have registered on this forum because I am not sure the vet knows what she is doing, maybe there is something else we should be doing also ? Can we give him some vitamins , supplements etc to prevent it coming back the next time? We also live in an old flat which can get quite dusty although I am not sure if that can be the cause.
We are giving him the medicine again this time but I am losing faith a bit in the vet's ability to prevent it from coming back and would like to seek other advice. I would be grateful for any help.
Thanks