Eyeball Discharge

[catzorz]

Does anyone know of a potential cause of reddish/brownish eyeball discharge? It is coming out of the eye of my brother's 11 year old Siamese cat (recently adopted). It is only coming out of one eyeball.

The kitty tested negative for calici virus, feline herpes, FIV, and FeLV. She came from a shelter. She has sneezed a couple of times since he has had her (a few days), but not consistently and there is no other nasal discharge or anything like that.

The first vet checkup said that she has slightly elevated kidney levels and might have some vision impairment as a result.

 

[tarasgirl06]

Does anyone know of a potential cause of reddish/brownish eyeball discharge? It is coming out of the eye of my brother's 11 year old Siamese cat (recently adopted). It is only coming out of one eyeball.

The kitty tested negative for calici virus, feline herpes, FIV, and FeLV. She came from a shelter. She has sneezed a couple of times since he has had her (a few days), but not consistently and there is no other nasal discharge or anything like that.

The first vet checkup said that she has slightly elevated kidney levels and might have some vision impairment as a result.

No, I don't, but if that vet has not offered any additional information, you might try another vet who may be able to answer your question and prescribe treatment.

 

[catzorz]

No, I don't, but if that vet has not offered any additional information, you might try another vet who may be able to answer your question and prescribe treatment.

The vet said they could bring in an eye specialist to check it out ($$$). Aside from issues with the actual eye itself, I am wondering if there are other viruses that would cause eye discharge or if the PCR test to check for calici and herpes is really accurate enough to definitively rule them out.

 

[tarasgirl06]

The vet said they could bring in an eye specialist to check it out ($$$). Aside from issues with the actual eye itself, I am wondering if there are other viruses that would cause eye discharge or if the PCR test to check for calici and herpes is really accurate enough to definitively rule them out.

I'm hoping someone here on site can help with that because unfortunately, I don't have knowledge of it. There are many things that could cause this, which is why a vet should be consulted.

 

[cheeser]

Our cat used to get a horrible reddish-brown eye discharge when he was a stray, almost like he was crying blood. He tested positive for FIV when we took him in, and the vet told us to give him L-lysine to help keep the virus in check. Buddy never had any further problems with the bloody looking discharge.

Then a couple of years later when we had to change vets, we learned that Buddy also had FHV, for which L-lysine is often recommended. So we may have been treating the FHV all along and just didn't realize it because the same supplement is used for both conditions.

I hope you're able to find out what's causing your kitty's problems, and that it's nothing serious. *crosses fingers*

 

[carebare]

Could be an eye irritant, or bacteria, or allergy, or plastic food dishes. My cat is getting over an allergy reaction and has a little bit. I leave it alone. If it progresses to swelling or bothers the cat I may take action.

 

[ChiChiVonFluffyPants]

We have the same issue with our cat. Her third eyelid in her right eye was damaged (we don't know how but she goes out a lot and is fiesty with other cats so we assume a fight). We've been taking her back and forth to the vets for about a year and they can't see any issues with it other than the third eye lid damage. Sometimes the eye is fine but sometimes it waters a lot and the watery disharge is pink. She winks sometimes so it does annoy her. We have a new vet and she wants us to take her to their eye specialist at a different practice who will examine her under sedation. This makes us a bit nervous as she is quite old (14) and a very very nervous cat when she is taken out of the house. She whole body shakes, it's distressing to watch. I also have a fear that they want to remove her eye which is ok but just watery. We don't mind cleaning it as long as she is ok and not in pain.