Hey everyone, I'm new to this site and am hoping someone here will be able to help me out.
Around a month ago my 13 year old cat, Wookie, started to have sneezing fits. She would sneeze around 15 times in a row a few times a day. Sometimes when she sneezed a long string of mucus/snot would come out of her left nostril, sometimes the snot was bloody.
In the past week, her sneezing has greatly decreased in frequency. However, her left eye has been leaking a clear fluid. The right most corner of her left eye has a pink fleshy thing that is not apparent on her right eye. I'm hoping the pink thing is just swollen and not a growth.
She doesn't seem to be discomforted by her eye at all. When I dab her eye to remove excess liquid she doesn't seem to be bothered by me touching it.
After looking on the web, I'm inclined to think it may be either one of three things. Either cat herpes, cat clamydia, or Conjunctivitis.
What I'd like to know is if anyone can identify what is affecting her. I would also like to know how I can treat her, ie: what kind of eye drops.
I would take her to the vet but I am a University student and cannot afford it. Even though she is not in any visible pain, I want to make sure this does not become a serious problem.
Here are links to some pics I took of her eye.
Thanks in advance!!
Cian Walsh
Around a month ago my 13 year old cat, Wookie, started to have sneezing fits. She would sneeze around 15 times in a row a few times a day. Sometimes when she sneezed a long string of mucus/snot would come out of her left nostril, sometimes the snot was bloody.
In the past week, her sneezing has greatly decreased in frequency. However, her left eye has been leaking a clear fluid. The right most corner of her left eye has a pink fleshy thing that is not apparent on her right eye. I'm hoping the pink thing is just swollen and not a growth.
She doesn't seem to be discomforted by her eye at all. When I dab her eye to remove excess liquid she doesn't seem to be bothered by me touching it.
After looking on the web, I'm inclined to think it may be either one of three things. Either cat herpes, cat clamydia, or Conjunctivitis.
What I'd like to know is if anyone can identify what is affecting her. I would also like to know how I can treat her, ie: what kind of eye drops.
I would take her to the vet but I am a University student and cannot afford it. Even though she is not in any visible pain, I want to make sure this does not become a serious problem.
Here are links to some pics I took of her eye.
Thanks in advance!!
Cian Walsh