Well, we (my mom to be exact) recently brought home a 5 week old kitten. One of her coworkers had a cat who had seven kittens, but the mom was attacked by a fox and died. My mom's coworker brought the kittens to work after a few days and gave them awaw, and my mom took one of the cute little balls of fluff. =P
Anyways, this kitten, who's name is now Trixy, has had her first shots and vaccinations, but her eye is worrying us. Ever since we got her (friday), her right eye has been excessively watery and making "eye gook" below and beside the eye. Also, although she isn't really closing it, she doesn't keep it open as much as her left eye. I've also cought her blinking it sometimes (just that eye, not both eyes). It doesn't look very serious (no redness, etc.), but when I held her in the sunlight today, I could see something like... how you would expect a little string of eye gook to look like, but it was directly on her eye. (sorry, I know that was a stinky explanation.)
Tractor Supply has this cat eye rinse (I forgot what the brand is, but the bottle said is was to soothe eye irritation. It basically looked like eye drops for cats.) that we're going to by a bottle of Wednesday and try it on her eye. Do any of you experts have any suggestions on what this irritation is? Oh and yes, she is going to the vet if the drops have no affect. Thanks!
Anyways, this kitten, who's name is now Trixy, has had her first shots and vaccinations, but her eye is worrying us. Ever since we got her (friday), her right eye has been excessively watery and making "eye gook" below and beside the eye. Also, although she isn't really closing it, she doesn't keep it open as much as her left eye. I've also cought her blinking it sometimes (just that eye, not both eyes). It doesn't look very serious (no redness, etc.), but when I held her in the sunlight today, I could see something like... how you would expect a little string of eye gook to look like, but it was directly on her eye. (sorry, I know that was a stinky explanation.)
Tractor Supply has this cat eye rinse (I forgot what the brand is, but the bottle said is was to soothe eye irritation. It basically looked like eye drops for cats.) that we're going to by a bottle of Wednesday and try it on her eye. Do any of you experts have any suggestions on what this irritation is? Oh and yes, she is going to the vet if the drops have no affect. Thanks!