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Hello! Was hoping that someone here might be going through a similar situation as I am and would be able to let me know what to expect!
I posted about 3 weeks ago regarding my kitty, Charles's, conjunctivitis (which we believe was caused by the herpes virus). I took him to the vet on Friday, August 30th, for some mild conjunctivitis and the vet prescribed tobramycin eye drops. Used those for 2 weeks, but his eye did not improve and actually started looking worse towards the end of last week. Took him back in again last Friday and she stained the eye to look for ulcers (there were none) and sent me home with Erythromycin ointment. Used that on Saturday, but on Sunday his eye was absolutely horrid looking. It was red and swollen and the third eyelid was covering almost half his eye. I was going to take him to the ER, but decided to hold off to see if I could get a vet appointment today instead since he wasn't showing any other signs of illness (lethargy, loss of appetite, etc). i also stopped the ointment since that was clearly making it worse. I was able to get an appointment for first thing this morning and brought him in right away. The Dr. seem stumped that the topical antibiotics were aggravating the eye and not improving it, so we're stopping all topical antibiotics. She gave me an oral antibiotic (I forget the name...its a gel) to use once a day for 2-3 days, and if no improvement she's going to call in an antiviral oral medication (begins with an "I" I think?)
So at any rate...is there anyone who has been through this situation, where topical antibiotics just weren't working? How long did it take for the conjunctivitis to finally clear, and what was used? Between all the medications and vet visits, I'm out like $300 something dollars now. I really hope my poor kitty's eye gets better soon He's acting like his usual self, but I can't imagine the eye isn't bother him or causing him discomfort.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am giving him 1000mg of lysine daily as well...I have been for a couple months now.
I posted about 3 weeks ago regarding my kitty, Charles's, conjunctivitis (which we believe was caused by the herpes virus). I took him to the vet on Friday, August 30th, for some mild conjunctivitis and the vet prescribed tobramycin eye drops. Used those for 2 weeks, but his eye did not improve and actually started looking worse towards the end of last week. Took him back in again last Friday and she stained the eye to look for ulcers (there were none) and sent me home with Erythromycin ointment. Used that on Saturday, but on Sunday his eye was absolutely horrid looking. It was red and swollen and the third eyelid was covering almost half his eye. I was going to take him to the ER, but decided to hold off to see if I could get a vet appointment today instead since he wasn't showing any other signs of illness (lethargy, loss of appetite, etc). i also stopped the ointment since that was clearly making it worse. I was able to get an appointment for first thing this morning and brought him in right away. The Dr. seem stumped that the topical antibiotics were aggravating the eye and not improving it, so we're stopping all topical antibiotics. She gave me an oral antibiotic (I forget the name...its a gel) to use once a day for 2-3 days, and if no improvement she's going to call in an antiviral oral medication (begins with an "I" I think?)
So at any rate...is there anyone who has been through this situation, where topical antibiotics just weren't working? How long did it take for the conjunctivitis to finally clear, and what was used? Between all the medications and vet visits, I'm out like $300 something dollars now. I really hope my poor kitty's eye gets better soon He's acting like his usual self, but I can't imagine the eye isn't bother him or causing him discomfort.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am giving him 1000mg of lysine daily as well...I have been for a couple months now.
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