My cat has a problem with his vision,he walks into things sometimes.got 2differentanswersstress&catoract?

Question

my cat still eats,drinks,purrs alot,his pupils are dillated,he is more cautious,he bumps into things once in a while.first vet said it was catoracts but he will be fine.second vet said it was stress.and he has to relax.also he was taking amoxicillan for kidney infection.Starting sept 12 till last week.but even today Oct13 Max is walking around,just two days ago that night Max jumped up onto my bed like he used too and slept with me.he is about twelve,but has a lot of"kitten" in him,and most of all the little guy is still eating very well and he is regular.he is a fighter,Max does not give up,and neither are we.the first vet says he has cataract in his eyes,but he will be fine.the second vet said it was stress from every thing he's been through.iknow he has a vision problem,but whats the cause and what is the cure?

Answer 1

I think that the problem may be related to balance as well as eyesight. We had a cat that went completely blind, she managed to get about really well, we just couldn't move anything fro it's place. The only noticable thing was, getting off a chair, she had to feel her way down. The best thing to do is to see the vet to find out what is exactly wrong,instead of him making guesses, best of luck!

Answer 2

Cataracts are cataracts, any vet would call them what they are because they're pretty obvious. You can see them too, if you use a flashlight and shine it into the pupil, you'll see a whitish haze in there. Vets don't operate on cataracts, and the cat usually just has blurry vision from them unless he's to the point where they cloud the whole eye.

I can't see how stress would affect the vision unless some other thing was in play at the moment (diabetes?).

I'd call back the second vet and ask if he'd noted cataracts on your cat's record at the last checkup. It's kind of hard to miss identify those. If your cat does have them and the second vet didn't see them after examining his eyes, something's wrong with the second vet.