My cat won't open her eye PLEASE help?

Question

My kittens are 3 weeks old, and one of them has a crusty thing around her eye and we tried to open it and puss came out. She had both eyes open at 4 days old, and then about at 2 weeks old her eye was closed with crust surrounding it. We cleaned it and she re-opened it. But today we tried again and instead puss just came out...and her eye immediatly shut again. We're really worried. Has this happened to anyone else before? Is it just an eye infection that will go away on it's own? Should we continue to clean it? Please help!

I don't have the money to take her to the vet--so is there any home remedies?

Answer 1

Hi Megan,

I have a calico that has eye infections off and on.. She is actually partially blind now... at 10 yrs old.. but still gets around wonderfully...

Take a tea bag... and steep it like you would to make a cup of tea.... just NOT as hot..... have it be tepid.. not to hot.. not to cold... and clean the eye with that for now.. but get the kitten to a vet.. it definately needs and eye ointment... We have found the tea bag works great to get the crusty stuff off.. and is some what soothing ...

Good luck with her... and yes please do continue to keep the eye's clean... of all the kittens.... it's very important..

Answer 2

You need to get common antibiotic ointment from the vet. It is urgent, but not an emergency. Until you can get her there, you should put a warm towel on her eyes, and wipe away the pus periodically. The warmth will help it drain. If you don't treat it, sometimes it can progress into the sinus or damage the kitten's vision.

The vet may even give you a tube of ointment without a full visit. If you can't pay to take her to the vet b/c it's a stray, call a cat rescue group in your area and they will probably help you get the ointment at cost or low cost.

****Addition 1**** Just to clarify, I have gotten eye ointment from the cat rescue people for $5 before. They'll be so glad this time of year that you're not dumping the kitten on them, that they'll usually be quite helpful. Additionally, if you can't afford vet care, please get your kitty spayed soon so this doesn't happen again...it's bound to cost you a more expensive vet trip in the future if she keeps getting pregnant (if other reasons won't persuade you).

****Addition 2**** Ok, and another bit of advice...so you can't afford to care for the baby with the infection, but the pound has a vet on staff. Some pounds will, if you ask verrrry nicely, allow you to sign up on spot as a foster "parent" and enter the kitten into their system, so that it gets seen by the vet, but then you get to take it home still. Then, when the kitty is ready to be adopted out, you take it back with the person you have found to take her, and that person pays the small adoption fee to the pound and the kitty gets fixed and flv/fiv tested. If you can find a shelter that will do this for you, this is best for the kitten and for you :)

Answer 3

This could get serious, but for now you should use a washcloth or a cotton ball and moisten it with water that is just barely warm. Wring it out. Wipe the kitten's eye from nose outward to remove all the crusting and gently pry the eye open. Use a different part of the washcloth or cotton ball for each eye. Do this 2 or 3 times a day and it might go away. My vet recommended Terramycin ointment to be applied twice a day to the eye. So continue to clean the eye daily. This is worse than the usual kitten "icky eye".

Answer 4

Just to reinterate, the kittens need to see the vet.

Hopefully it is 'just' an eye infection that antibiotics will clear up. BUT be aware that eye discharge can be a sign of other infections, like cat flu or any of the common viruses. Keep the eye cleaned with cotton wool and cooled BOILED water in the meantime - boiled water is sterile-ish and will stop further bacteria being introduced.

Eye antibiotics will not be too expensive - although if you leave it too long the cat's sight may end up being compromised, and that will be expensive! I'm afraid the phrase 'home remedies' makes me scream - if medical conditions could be treated with home remedies, there wouldn't be much point in vets existing!

Chalice

Answer 5

Yes, this happened to my kitties before. Called the vet because we could not afford to go. She said to slighty wet a cotton ball with warm water, perhaps several times a day. Never force open the eye. But doing this continously should keep it open and clear it after awhile. If the eye never opens, then you have a real problem. But if you can get it open just keep cleaning it. Its kind of like an infection/ pink eye.

Answer 6

My cat used to have problems with her eyes too. Some times I could see redness in the eye and she is unable to open them. Normally, I would use eye drop on her. She would try to avoid it because of the bitter taste. But if you clean it with a tissue after applying, ensuring that she does not have to lick it dry, she would not mind applying the eye drop.

On one occasion, it looks like she has been scratched on her eye by another cat, it looks quite bad, so I bought her an antiseptic eye drop (for human). Normal days just used the "tear drop" available at pharmacy.

Hope this answers your question.

Answer 7

There could be many ways of this happening. She could have somthing stuck deep inside it or its proberly an infection. But you wnana know what to do right, I used to have puss in my head, so I know what do. It might seem harmful, but you must get all the puss out as much as possible. Keep opening it, and when you get as much puss out as you can, then in a few days or somtimes straight away. The eye will start to get better and will eventully open.

Answer 8

it's definitely an infection, since the pus keeps being generated at the site of the eye.

a vet needs to clean it and see exactly where the infection is, AND precribe antibiotics for this kitten.

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Answer 10

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