Squinting One Eye

[sassea]

Abby likely had Herpes as a kitten. She gets L-Lysine twice daily with her meals. She is nearly blind from cataracts.
Took her to vet a week ago. Abby wouldn't squint, they did a stain and could not see anything and gave us a triple antibiotic goop. Used this for about four days till she just wouldn't let and she seemed fine. Yesterday she started squinting again and a little watery. She was washing and rubbing it quite hard so I used the goop. Her eye does not seem red when comparing both. You can see a little of the third eyelid in both eyes. As a comparison in Ruby you can't see any. I don't mind paying for vet but I can't afford $78.00 with no solution. The pinky sized tube of goop was $21.00.
I just don't know if I should take her to the vet or keep using the goop on her eye.

 

[sassea]

Today Abby is not squinting and her third eyelids are tucked away. I'm glad but.

 

[pushylady]

Did they tell you to keep using the medication until it was done? Usually you have to do a course of treatment, and stick with it so that the problem doesn't keep reappearing. Herpes is a tough one to treat though. My cat Pushy has it and has a constantly weeping eye. We wipe it every day and it basically stays the same and we just watch for any flare ups.

 

[_spadekitty]

You could try adding lactoferrin along with her lysine, some people have had good results doing that.

And like pushylady said, you have to do a full course when prescribed antibiotics even if things look better. They don't work when you don't complete the treatment.