My cat, Simone, has a puffy eye. It's not a new condition. We always used to think that it was caused through a fight with her sister, Sarah. But her sister died in August and the puffy eye has returned. This time we treated the eye with an eye wash solution for animals, cleaning out the tear duct. The swelling didn't go down so I tried Spersallerg eye drops as an eye wash as this had previously also been effective. Again only cleaning out the eye duct. The eye improved but was still light sensitive so I took her to the vet. He checked her eye for tears. There were none. He said she may have had an abscess which had since cleared up. He gave me Maxitrol eye drops and told me to put a drop in each eye four times a day. If there was no improvement, within 10 days, or deterioration, I was to contact him to refer her to an eye specialist.
Here is my quandary. June 2011 I adopted a cat (Max) who had been abandoned. He died in February 2012. We think this was as a result of people putting down rat poison. he was an excellent rat catcher and therefore it was highly likely that he caught a rat who had been poisoned in the neighbourhood. Then in August 2012 I had to put down Sarah because she had cancer. Simone is my last cat. She is 13 years old. She has inflammatory bowel disease. I couldn't bear to lose another cat. Neither could my partner who herself has cancer.
Simone was treated on Wednesday. My partner has phoned to say her eye is puffy and she can't look at the light. Do I continue the treatment, reduce the treatment or stop it completely?
Here is my quandary. June 2011 I adopted a cat (Max) who had been abandoned. He died in February 2012. We think this was as a result of people putting down rat poison. he was an excellent rat catcher and therefore it was highly likely that he caught a rat who had been poisoned in the neighbourhood. Then in August 2012 I had to put down Sarah because she had cancer. Simone is my last cat. She is 13 years old. She has inflammatory bowel disease. I couldn't bear to lose another cat. Neither could my partner who herself has cancer.
Simone was treated on Wednesday. My partner has phoned to say her eye is puffy and she can't look at the light. Do I continue the treatment, reduce the treatment or stop it completely?