His eye is crusty and I keep wiping it with the warm cloth, but, its not really going away.
2006-10-08 14:56:30 · 19 answers · asked by justwondering 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
no, and don't wipe the eyes..just get the cloth wet with warm water and let it sit on the eyes for a few seconds. It is safe to use a triple antibiotic ointment in the eyes, but NOT the one for pain...please remember this.
The triple antibiotic can be neosporin or equate brand from walmart....but just a thin dab in the eyes twice a day for about 3 or 4 days...
Please please remember that the triple antibiotic I am talking about is NOT the one that has the pain reliever in it...it is just the regular one with the three antibiotics...
The best thing to do is take the kitty to the vet to have it checked out just in case there is something else wrong with it...sometimes they get diseases that cause eye infections.
2006-10-08 15:02:31 · answer #1 · answered by lunarbuni 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
NO! There are different strains of pink eye and medicating your cat with your daughter's meds is not a good idea.
How do you even know the kitty has pink eye? Wiping his eye is not going to treat the problem, only a vet visit will take care of it.
It could be a scratched cornea which if left untreated could result in the loss of the cat's eye.
2006-10-08 15:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by trusport 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DON'T DO IT! It can damage your cats eye permenatly if you put to much or any in your cats eye. The first thing that I would do is make sure tht there are no other things wrong with you cat (boy or girl BTW?). then I would take your cat to the vet just in case. If you do put some human medicine inyour cats eye it will make it worse. talk to the vet, and see if it is a thing that will pass over time or somthing that medicine can fix. My cat had the same thing happen to her, and it turned out to be really serious. See the vet soon. Good Luck
2006-10-08 15:11:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!! Don't you could blind her. For now try and see if there is an irritant causing the crustiness. Is she also sniffling? cats with upper respiratory problems often have milky eyes and sniffles it could be a kennel cough which is a type of virus animals get from each other similar to a cold but need to be treated by a vet with antibiotics. You might need a trip to the vet for some meds.
2006-10-08 15:21:55 · answer #4 · answered by fierequebecoiseauusa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you shouldn't give an animal a human prescription particularly when you don't know what the problem is with the cat. You should take the cat to the vet to have its eye examined. There could be foreign matter in its eye, or a scratch on the surface, etc.
2006-10-08 15:00:05 · answer #5 · answered by wynterwood 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
definitely check with the vet first..especially when dealing with eyes..don't want to end up blinding your kitty! Some meds the vet uses are the same or very similar to human meds, while sometimes human meds will KILL a cat. Don't take any chances, talk to a vet before giving a cat ANY human medicines.
2006-10-08 15:05:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
poink eye would be very contagious there is particularly no telling the place she have been given it from would have been from college or the food market or anywhre else she has been. tthere are some styles of purple eye, with purely one wanting to be taken care of. this one is bacterial. the others are viral, and a few are simploay an eye fixed chilly, or in any different case customary as sinuses draining in the process the attention inflicting some inflammation and pinkness and goop often in the morning whilst awakened. bacterial purple eye or conjuncivitis hurts increidbly and that i think of is maximum diverse from tthe others using fact of it. additionally the drainage is in the process the day with the bacterial style. alo0t of poele think of this is pinkeye whilst in certainty this is only an eye fixed chilly, which remains contagious yet not possibly close to as huge a deal thinking it is not possibly painful and additionally purely goops up in one day. desire this helps sorry for the typos i'm slightly in ahurry
2016-10-19 01:26:30 · answer #7 · answered by wiechmann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
Cats can not absorb and use some human medication, depending on the medication you may be giving your cat something that will kill it.
Also, you don't say what kind of medication- if itis eye drops, you may contaminate your daughters medication.
AND cats get several eye disorders, you may be wasting the medication and not helping your cat.
Call your vet please. Eye infection, feline herpies virus (affects the eye) entropian, injury, foxtail or sticker in the eye- all of these things are possible.
2006-10-08 16:06:29 · answer #8 · answered by Dr. Max 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NOT!!!!! Ther is an eye medication for cats that is sold in some feed stores or pet stores called terramycin. You could try that, but please get to the vet within 2-3 days if it doesn't get better. It's eyes can get ulcerated and become much worse....
2006-10-08 16:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what you need to do is keep up the worm water do it like 3 times a day for a few more days if that doesnt work then bring your cat to a vet dont give is your daughters pink stuff
2006-10-08 15:07:54 · answer #10 · answered by amelia s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋