Hello Dear Cat Lovers,
It's been a long while since I've been on the site. I've been struggling with an issue I'm having with my Persian Sophia and am getting mixed reviews from different vets. She had eye surgery a month ago for an ulcer that wasn't healing. She had what is called a Grid Keratotomy and the surgery was a success. We've been back to the vet several times and the ulcer has healed. However, she has been left with a dark pigment in the center of her eye that is fairly large. She was prescribed Cyclosporine eye drops to use once a day. Typically these are for dry eye but in this case the vet tells me that they help to get rid of the pigment. That said, she was doing great before I started using these drops. I'm not certain if they sting or burn, but after I put them in she holds that eye shut for at least a day and seems very irritated by it. The vet said I should try to stick with the drops for at least several more weeks. I don't know... I'm on the fence about it. I'm wondering if anyone out there has used these eye drops before and how well they worked/or didn't. I've seen 2 different vets - one tells me to use these drops for several weeks and the other said to use them for life. As of right now I'm torn as to if I want to use them at all. I would imagine she will eventually adjust to having that pigment there, but it would be nice if it went away.
It's been a long while since I've been on the site. I've been struggling with an issue I'm having with my Persian Sophia and am getting mixed reviews from different vets. She had eye surgery a month ago for an ulcer that wasn't healing. She had what is called a Grid Keratotomy and the surgery was a success. We've been back to the vet several times and the ulcer has healed. However, she has been left with a dark pigment in the center of her eye that is fairly large. She was prescribed Cyclosporine eye drops to use once a day. Typically these are for dry eye but in this case the vet tells me that they help to get rid of the pigment. That said, she was doing great before I started using these drops. I'm not certain if they sting or burn, but after I put them in she holds that eye shut for at least a day and seems very irritated by it. The vet said I should try to stick with the drops for at least several more weeks. I don't know... I'm on the fence about it. I'm wondering if anyone out there has used these eye drops before and how well they worked/or didn't. I've seen 2 different vets - one tells me to use these drops for several weeks and the other said to use them for life. As of right now I'm torn as to if I want to use them at all. I would imagine she will eventually adjust to having that pigment there, but it would be nice if it went away.