| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
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Help!!
Does anyone have a problem with "kitty conjunctivitis"?? My cat
has it again (the third time in a few years), and I am treating
it by gently swabbing her eyes with a warm wet washcloth, and then
putting a dab of veterinary othalmic eye ointment in the corner
of each eye. Hopefully this will do it, but I just hate to see
her poor eyes this way--she squints like an old lady without her
glasses! She doesn't seem to be in pain, tho; her appetite is
good, and she plays a lot.
Is there anything else that can be done, or am I just worrying too
much?
Overprotective "mum",
Jane
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| 546.1 | mine too.. | MARRHQ::KORCHNAK | Wed Apr 08 1987 11:50 | 13 | |
When I picked Shanti up at the SPCA a month ago, she had a severe
case of conjunctivitis. The vet at the emergency hosp. gave her
an othalmic eye ointment, but my regular vet gave me some Tetramycilin
ointment, which is a little stronger. He says that this ointment
is good for cat "herpes" too. Her eyes don't 'tear' as much now
(she's been on it for about a week - putting it in her eye twice
a day). The vet did say that it could be a condition that she always
has, but comes and goes.
Other than what my vet has told me, that's all I know about it.
I hate to see Shanti constantly rubbing her eyes! But they do seem
to look ALOT better.
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| 546.2 | Thank you | VICKI::BULLOCK | Jane, no heavy breathers, please | Wed Apr 08 1987 13:56 | 7 |
Thanks for the note on "K. C.". I guess it just takes vigilance
and time. I know she hates me fooling with her eyes, but I tell
her it's for her own good (I hated hearing that as a child!)!
Hope that Shanti is better,
Jane
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| 546.3 | We Mom's worry... | CLUSTA::TAMIR | Fri Apr 10 1987 12:14 | 17 | |
Chauncey didn't invent "K.C."; he merely evalated it to an art form!
In the 7 months I've had him, he's had bouts of conjuntivitis 4
times. What you're doing seems to be the right thing.
If you get really worried, and want to see a specialist, I recommend
Chauncey's eye doctor, Dr. Alan Bachrach, at Vet. Opthamology of
New England (and his associate, who's name escapes me). They're
located in Lincoln, MA, and are terrific. I don't know where we'd
be with out them! Like you, I tend to worry too much and be
overprotective of my boys, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. Chauncey
gets eye drops every day and he still loves me!!
Good luck!
Mary
BTW--the number for VONE is (617) 259-0080
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| 546.4 | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | Fri Apr 10 1987 16:45 | 6 | ||
One of my boys suffers from allergic conjuntivitis. He is bothered
by it mainly in the spring and summer when it is chronic. The fall
isn't as bad and the winter doesn't bother him at all. Kitty Hayfever,
thats a new twist.
Jo Ann
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