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| 829.1 | That's easy! | DELNI::FALLON | | Tue Nov 15 1994 10:18 | 14 |
| Sherry,
If the kittens are 19 days old, the eyes should be opened. You can
gently pry the eye open. First I would get a cotton ball with warm
water and bathe the eyelids. Be prepared to see pus under the lid.
Usually if the eye remains shut this can build up from bacteria. A
very good ointment to use is Terramycin three to four times a day. The
sterile eye solution for contacts ( the one without all the chemicals)
can be used to bathe the eye and wipe it with a clean cotton ball.
ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS after you have worked on the kitten. Sometimes
they just get the little "sleepies" that make the lid stick together.
You can also get a opthomalic lubricating eye ointment. This just
helps to keep the eyes from sticking. They do grow out of this.
Karen
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| 829.2 | CCAARREEFFUULLYY!! | BPSOF::EGYED | Per aspera ad astra | Wed Nov 16 1994 02:09 | 28 |
| Sherry,
1.
> ALWAYS WASH YOUR HANDS after you have worked on the kitten.
ALSO BEFORE!!!!!!
2.
>gently pry the eye open.
GENTLY!!!!
3.
VET!!!
Please forgive me, Karen for the 'yelling!' I just want to be sure for
Sherry to know how dangerous it can be. A cat in the neigbourhood lost
an eye due to exact the same situation. The vet could have opened and
treated the eye, she did yell with the owner.
Nat, yelling only in scare for the kitty.
(PS. The halfeyed kitten is now two months, and lives with the vet, as
her third cat. The first has three legs, the second is blind, and this
is the third. She collects all 'downgraded' cats to her home where they
live happily. I love her.)
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| 829.3 | I never know how far to go! | DELNI::FALLON | | Wed Nov 16 1994 06:52 | 10 |
| That's okay Nat, I had thought of trying to be more insistant on
the cleanliness procedure myself. I either tell too much or not
enuogh, sometimes you can't win! :')
I would be a little more seriously concerned also, because of how
old the kitten is. A kittens eyes start to open anywhere from a few
days old to maybe two weeks. 19 days is way too long. Let's wait and
hear what is said about the condition of the eye once it is "gently"
opened.
Karen
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| 829.4 | Eye opened a little bit | OOTOOL::CRAIG | Sheri Craig * Database Tools Engineering Support | Wed Nov 16 1994 08:50 | 22 |
| Thanks for the replies.
I called the vet and he said to take a warm washcloth and hold it
on the eye for 3 or 4 minutes and then gently open the eye. He
said to do this several times a day for a few days.
We did this (much to the kittens dismay) and the eye is pretty
much opened now. There was some goo that came out when we originally
did this.
The eye still looks less open than the other eye and it is a little
cloudier looking. I'll monitor it today and will check back with the
vet if it doesn't get better.
We are very careful to watch the cleanliness part thanks to your
notes.
I am encouraged that the eye is open, discouraged by the trauma I am
causing the kitten, and hope that the eye is healthy.
Thanks again,
Sheri
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| 829.5 | Very good! | DELNI::FALLON | | Wed Nov 16 1994 12:11 | 10 |
| Sheri,
That is very good news! One hint for reducing the "trauma".
INstead of coming at the poor kitten with a big wet face cloth,
just use a giant size cotton ball with warm water. It might not be so
scary. I also will say again, use the saline solution for the contact
lenses as the wetting agent. Only because some town waters are very
high in chlorine and other chemicals that may irritate the eye. Even a
boric acid in demineralized water would be better.
best to kitty,
Karen
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