I can't believe it! My cats will try to rip the bag open! I only use them when someone is flaring up, so I keep them locked up.
Oh, the others went bananas for them. I swear this cat doesn't like to chew. He will only eat ground food now, but used to bust up kibble, so I don't think it's his mouth. Neither does either vet. But we could all be wrong. That I'll look at next. For now, he eats just fine. Just slow as Christmas.
I wonder if he had injured his jaw at some point.
Ugh, unfortunately he only had the runny eye 1-2 days, and not at the vet's. I'll still be asking about it though. The treats are Vetri-Lysine. What dosage of lactoferrin are you using? Right now I've upped him to 1/3 capsule of lactoferrin twice a day, and he gets the Carlson lysine powder at almost 1000 mg/day. I haven't seen any changes, but since I'm not an opthamologist, I don't know what I'm looking for.
He may have injured the jaw at some point. I don't think he has since I've taken him on, but it's something I'm going to look into in the near future. Time is a problem lately when making appointments. I may have to reschedule the upcoming appointment again due to work, which makes me sad, but I may not have a choice.
I wonder if he had injured his jaw at some point.We all know how well cats hide pain. Personally, I wouldn't discount a mouth issue just yet.
When Boo had a dilated pupil, the vet checked for glaucoma, corneal ulcers, and high blood pressure. He also had a feline serology blood test (I can't remember if it was panel 2 or panel 3), but I think you already had this done. We never did go to an eye specialist because the pupil returned to normal after stopping the steroid he was on at the time (we were doing a two-week trial run).
I'm so sorry that his eye is worse.Update: I took him to the eye vet today, and the corneal ulcer is worse. He's also presenting with secondary glaucoma in that eye. Uveitis is still present. He came home with a contact lens in the eye and 3 drops: an antibiotic (diff from last time), and antiviral, and timolol for the glaucoma. I let the vet know that he's on lactoferrin and lysine, which he agreed is worth a try. But to be perfectly honest, we're thinking he's going to lose the eye. I wanted to try this one more time to see if we can save it, but the prognosis is poor.
Mycoplasma tends to cause conjuctivitis, which he's not showing signs of.
No, it's temporary. Very much like a human contact lens.
Thanks for the link. I remember Toxoplasmosis being something we tested for and it came back negative. Bartonella was a strong positive, hence we treated for it. It's only one eye affected, but it's affected pretty aggressively at the moment. Either way, good article and food for thought. I'll be mentioning it next time if this doesn't work.
I'm so sorry that his eye is worse.Perhaps something in this thread may be helpful: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/274938/lactoferrin-l-lysine-healing-time. The OP's cat had/has some kind of chronic uveitis, but hasn't given an update in awhile. In post #10 of that thread, I posted a link about uveitis: http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/challenging-case-uveitis-and-secondary-glaucoma-cat.
Also, was Freckles being treated with steroid eye drops? They can cause ocular hypertension: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1559550.
Oh, no.
I won't sit here and say that cancer is completely off the table, just that it isn't likely to be the cause of all this. They use a stain and a light to look for ulcers, and this one is pretty big. The bupe I think is still helping quite a bit, he's not holding it tightly shut like the other day and I can medicate him with less fuss. It's certainly worth a try, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up.
Oh, no.I was wondering if there is perhaps something going on behind the eye, but you already said the vet is pretty such it's not cancer. Unfortunately, I think the only way to diagnose that is with a CT or MRI, as you know. Sooooo expensive.
I'm sorry about your schedule. It's a lot to juggle.
