Hi guys,
Looking for some advice. I've had my kitten for about a month now and she's constantly been sick and on medication. She's from a shelter so the vet predicts this was all picked up there. It's been a couple of weeks since she recovered from a upper respiratory tract infection and now she currently has been diagnosed with ringworm. She started the anti fungal medication about a week ago, but now I've noticed there is something wrong with her eye. Its constantly watery/teary, she is always squinting it and the rim of now red. Its only ONE eye, the other is fine. I took her to the vet and she suggested that its a virus and that it needs to pass on its own. I was prescribed an antibiotics eye ointment (for eye infection and to keep the eye lubricated to stop irritation). It doesnt seem to be doing much. Yesterday when I wiped her eye the tears were a tinge of pink/red. There is NO gunk or discharge, only tears with a tinge of colour. I gave the vet a call again and she said you have to wait days/weeks to the virus to run its course. She already did an eye stain test, washed it out, checked the surface and checked her eyesight. All clear. She's been mildly sneezing a few times a day and yesterday i noticed her coughing (but this has only happened once and i havent heard it since - i think there she may have been coughing up some paper). The eye problem seemed the happen at the same time I started giving her the antifungal, but the vet said this isnt a side effect of that. In the photo, its her closed eye that Im talking about, the other one just has a lesion from the ringworm.
Does anyone have any suggestions??? I really cant afford another vet visit and the vet doesn't think it's necessary yet. Its been a week and its gotten worse. Thanks!
Looking for some advice. I've had my kitten for about a month now and she's constantly been sick and on medication. She's from a shelter so the vet predicts this was all picked up there. It's been a couple of weeks since she recovered from a upper respiratory tract infection and now she currently has been diagnosed with ringworm. She started the anti fungal medication about a week ago, but now I've noticed there is something wrong with her eye. Its constantly watery/teary, she is always squinting it and the rim of now red. Its only ONE eye, the other is fine. I took her to the vet and she suggested that its a virus and that it needs to pass on its own. I was prescribed an antibiotics eye ointment (for eye infection and to keep the eye lubricated to stop irritation). It doesnt seem to be doing much. Yesterday when I wiped her eye the tears were a tinge of pink/red. There is NO gunk or discharge, only tears with a tinge of colour. I gave the vet a call again and she said you have to wait days/weeks to the virus to run its course. She already did an eye stain test, washed it out, checked the surface and checked her eyesight. All clear. She's been mildly sneezing a few times a day and yesterday i noticed her coughing (but this has only happened once and i havent heard it since - i think there she may have been coughing up some paper). The eye problem seemed the happen at the same time I started giving her the antifungal, but the vet said this isnt a side effect of that. In the photo, its her closed eye that Im talking about, the other one just has a lesion from the ringworm.
Does anyone have any suggestions??? I really cant afford another vet visit and the vet doesn't think it's necessary yet. Its been a week and its gotten worse. Thanks!
that someone with more experience will be here soon. Meanwhile, you are not alone anymore!
I really dont know what else the vet can do at this stage - the ointment is to treat conjunctivitis too! Im thinking its either a virus or maybe another UTI as she coughed last night. More antibiotics will be needed I assume - again! Too many vet trips, too much money. Only had her for about a month and already been to the vet 5 times and counting. Hopefully more people reply as I find I dont get too many replies anymore :'( Fingers crossed it passes soon
