We're just back from the vet. Has anyone seen anything like this before? This is Harley. He is an 18 year old half-Bengal. He and his brother spend most of their time curled up on my son's bed. Today we had workmen coming to do a repair in the kitchen so my son very kindly cleared the equipment from the worktops. This was between 6am and 8am. When he went up to his room, the two cats were curled up on his bed. When Harley turned round, my son saw his eye and immediately came through for me. He really got a scare and was visibly shaking.
We got an appointment with our vet at 2.30pm. This is a new vet on the practice. She was convinced the cat had a trauma, maybe hit by a car. I had to tell her twice that he is an indoor cat only. The last time Harley (and his brother Benji) were out of the house was 18 years ago when they got neutered. Neither has had a days illness in their lives.
She did give Harley a thorough examination and said he was very healthy for an 18 year old. She took him into their darkroom so she could examine his eye. When she came back she didn't have an answer for us except that there was no bruising and that Harley wasn't in any pain from it. Unfortunately, because of the amount of blood in the eye she couldn't see into the back of the eye.
Her suggestions were:
a) Trauma (how?)
b) High Blood Pressure causing a rupture of one of the vessels at the back of the eye
c) Possibly a small tumour that's burst
She gave him some treats which he happily ate then proceeded to groom himself once back in the cat carrier.
For now, we are to monitor him closely and we have another appointment on Thursday afternoon by which time she's hoping the blood will have cleared enough to let her have a good look inside his eye.
I have only seen something like this twice. Once with a neighbour's cat after he got hit by a car and my friend's elderly dog, with her dog it just happened. I am going to phone her tonight to see if she can remember what caused it - it's a few years ago now but her dog did lose her eye (bad vet care).
If anyone can shed some light on this we'd be very grateful. In the meantime, Harley and Benji are tucking into their late afternoon meal.
We got an appointment with our vet at 2.30pm. This is a new vet on the practice. She was convinced the cat had a trauma, maybe hit by a car. I had to tell her twice that he is an indoor cat only. The last time Harley (and his brother Benji) were out of the house was 18 years ago when they got neutered. Neither has had a days illness in their lives.
She did give Harley a thorough examination and said he was very healthy for an 18 year old. She took him into their darkroom so she could examine his eye. When she came back she didn't have an answer for us except that there was no bruising and that Harley wasn't in any pain from it. Unfortunately, because of the amount of blood in the eye she couldn't see into the back of the eye.
Her suggestions were:
a) Trauma (how?)
b) High Blood Pressure causing a rupture of one of the vessels at the back of the eye
c) Possibly a small tumour that's burst
She gave him some treats which he happily ate then proceeded to groom himself once back in the cat carrier.
For now, we are to monitor him closely and we have another appointment on Thursday afternoon by which time she's hoping the blood will have cleared enough to let her have a good look inside his eye.
I have only seen something like this twice. Once with a neighbour's cat after he got hit by a car and my friend's elderly dog, with her dog it just happened. I am going to phone her tonight to see if she can remember what caused it - it's a few years ago now but her dog did lose her eye (bad vet care).
If anyone can shed some light on this we'd be very grateful. In the meantime, Harley and Benji are tucking into their late afternoon meal.