Reuben is a 5 month old kitten and was taken out of an old barn about a month ago. He was cover in fleas and had ear mites but otherwise looked pretty healthy. He was given treatment for the fleas (revolution and capstar) and dewormer (pyrantel) and has since been vaccinated against rabies and distemper. He also tested negative for FIV and FeLV.
He spent the first week to week and a half at a shelter. He was in a room with one other caged cat that was battling URI but everyone was careful about avoiding cross-contamination. He had no health issues at the shelter once the fleas died off.
I took him home with me after the fleas cleared up and that was when he started squinting his left eye. There wasn't any discharge and the eye didn't seem to bother him otherwise. A few days later I noticed a little bit of sneezing so when he went to the vet for his shots, we also put him on a two week course of Clavamox drops incase he had caught a URI from the other shelter cat.
He finished his last dose of Clavamox a few days ago, and last night we notice he's squinting again but now he has switched eyes and it's his right. Both eyes this morning has some goopy discharge in the corners near his nose. The discharge is a cloudy off white to light yellow but not green and doesn't really look like infection goop.
I cleaned the eye and had a warm compress on it this morning but it didn't really seem to make a difference.
We had some company over yesterday (before the squinting started) for maybe 2 hours and he was a little stressed at first but warmed up to them and was playing with them before they left.
I've thought maybe he has herpes virus and it flared up when he came home with me and flared up again when people came over. The only other thing I can think of is that I also have a rabbit in our apartment and maybe something related to the rabbit (fur, hay, etc.) is causing some sort of allergic reaction?
Does anyone have any thoughts? He has no other symptoms and since it's switching eyes, I'm not over concerned that it was a corneal ulcer or scratch.. he also doesn't really rub his face excessively. I'd hate to put him on more antibiotics if he doesn't need it.
He spent the first week to week and a half at a shelter. He was in a room with one other caged cat that was battling URI but everyone was careful about avoiding cross-contamination. He had no health issues at the shelter once the fleas died off.
I took him home with me after the fleas cleared up and that was when he started squinting his left eye. There wasn't any discharge and the eye didn't seem to bother him otherwise. A few days later I noticed a little bit of sneezing so when he went to the vet for his shots, we also put him on a two week course of Clavamox drops incase he had caught a URI from the other shelter cat.
He finished his last dose of Clavamox a few days ago, and last night we notice he's squinting again but now he has switched eyes and it's his right. Both eyes this morning has some goopy discharge in the corners near his nose. The discharge is a cloudy off white to light yellow but not green and doesn't really look like infection goop.
I cleaned the eye and had a warm compress on it this morning but it didn't really seem to make a difference.
We had some company over yesterday (before the squinting started) for maybe 2 hours and he was a little stressed at first but warmed up to them and was playing with them before they left.
I've thought maybe he has herpes virus and it flared up when he came home with me and flared up again when people came over. The only other thing I can think of is that I also have a rabbit in our apartment and maybe something related to the rabbit (fur, hay, etc.) is causing some sort of allergic reaction?
Does anyone have any thoughts? He has no other symptoms and since it's switching eyes, I'm not over concerned that it was a corneal ulcer or scratch.. he also doesn't really rub his face excessively. I'd hate to put him on more antibiotics if he doesn't need it.