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Hello,
I had to take my kitten to the emergency vet yesterday he was sleeping and when he got up I noticed his left eye closed shut and watering and he was paying at his face. The vet did a shimmers tear test on both eyes which came out normal. However a fluorescein stain showed uptake in the left eye, there was a small superficial ulcer within the center of the eye. He was given a topical antibiotic eye drops called tobramycin for the affected eye and eye lube called optixcare for both eyes for 7 days. The vet was amazing and he has a recheck with his usual vet in 7 days. I am very confused as to what exactly causes ulcers because his eyes were fine then all of a sudden that happened. Also can this happen again and should he use something in his eyes to prevent it from reoccurring? I was so scared he would go blind and I dont know much about ulcers. Any other tips or information on it? I've noticed he wants to be in dark places.
I had to take my kitten to the emergency vet yesterday he was sleeping and when he got up I noticed his left eye closed shut and watering and he was paying at his face. The vet did a shimmers tear test on both eyes which came out normal. However a fluorescein stain showed uptake in the left eye, there was a small superficial ulcer within the center of the eye. He was given a topical antibiotic eye drops called tobramycin for the affected eye and eye lube called optixcare for both eyes for 7 days. The vet was amazing and he has a recheck with his usual vet in 7 days. I am very confused as to what exactly causes ulcers because his eyes were fine then all of a sudden that happened. Also can this happen again and should he use something in his eyes to prevent it from reoccurring? I was so scared he would go blind and I dont know much about ulcers. Any other tips or information on it? I've noticed he wants to be in dark places.
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