Need Help-- Cat losing his EYE

"happilycrabby" wrote in message
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It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a fight.. He
is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love this cat
with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last resort, but I do
have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but he is still pretty
frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with only 1 eye.


He will be able to function very well with only one eye. My Duffy is
completely blind, and he can do almost anything a sighted cat can do. He is
a delightful, happy, loving little guy. So, don't be afraid of the quality
of life your cat will have, even if the loss of an eye is inevitable.

MaryL

My cats --
Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf
Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o
Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e

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"happilycrabby" wrote:

It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a fight.. He
is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love this cat
with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last resort, but I do
have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but he is still pretty
frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with only 1 eye.

That poster wasn't saying euthanize seriously, so don't even consider
that. Like Mary said, plenty of cats do just fine totally blind.

You concentrate on making sure he gets his medications and lots of TLC.

He's going to be okay. Winky, but okay. He will adapt and you'll love
him whether he's got one good eye or two.

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Juls checksig none.com wrote:
"happilycrabby" happilycrabby yahoo.com wrote:

It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a
fight.. He is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so
much.. I love this cat with all my heart, and euthanasia would
be a last resort, but I do have limited finances. His eye is a
goner, but he is still pretty frisky. I am sure he will
recover, but with only 1 eye.

That poster wasn't saying euthanize seriously, so don't even
consider that.

That sounds pompous.

Like Mary said, plenty of cats do just fine totally blind.

Mary also said to take the cat to a feline ophthalmologist.

You concentrate on making sure he gets his medications and lots
of TLC.

I don't understand why you are saying that here if you know the
person and referred her to this discussion group.

He's going to be okay. Winky, but okay. He will adapt and you'll
love him whether he's got one good eye or two.

In another sporadic reply, you asked for other suggestions. I'm
not a medical expert, but. How about removing the soon to be dead
eye tissue. That might help prevent all that dead tissue from
becoming infected. Maybe that could be done by a veterinary
surgeon, short of a veterinary eye specialist. Otherwise, she
might want to be prepared for an emergency euthanasia. That is
assuming the medications are not guaranteed to prevent an
infection.






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"happilycrabby" wrote:

It is all my fault anyway.. I let him out and he got into a
fight..

In the "not so great outdoors".

He is fixed, but he loves to go lay in the yard so much.. I love
this cat with all my heart, and euthanasia would be a last
resort, but I do have limited finances. His eye is a goner, but
he is still pretty frisky. I am sure he will recover, but with
only 1 eye.

Are the medications for preventing the dead tissue from becoming
infected?

If you want learned replies, try this group:

alt.med.veterinary

I will go to this site in a few, the meds are antibiotica and pain
meds. II looked them up and I don't think they are anything to do with
'dead tissue' .

Thank You for the reassurance. I want to tell you I am sorry for the
recent loss of your beloved kitty. My heart goes out to you.Yes I think
he'll be fine too. I will just keep up the meds. and tlc if it looks
scary sat. morning I will demand to be seen at the vet. I won't wait
until Tues. Terri ps. My cat's name is Clyde. Now he will be 'One Eyed
Clyde' (smile) I have cried for 2 days, now I am taking it slower ....

Thank You for the reassurance. I want to tell you I am sorry for the
recent loss of your beloved kitty. My heart goes out to you.Yes I think
he'll be fine too. I will just keep up the meds. and tlc if it looks
scary sat. morning I will demand to be seen at the vet. I won't wait
until Tues. Terri ps. My cat's name is Clyde. Now he will be 'One Eyed
Clyde' (smile) I have cried for 2 days, now I am taking it slower ....

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"happilycrabby" wrote:

Thank You for the reassurance. I want to tell you I am sorry for the
recent loss of your beloved kitty. My heart goes out to you.Yes I think
he'll be fine too. I will just keep up the meds. and tlc if it looks
scary sat. morning I will demand to be seen at the vet. I won't wait
until Tues. Terri ps. My cat's name is Clyde. Now he will be 'One Eyed
Clyde' (smile) I have cried for 2 days, now I am taking it slower ....

One Eyed Clyde sounds just fine.

Sounds like our town has enough tears for awhile.

I do like the idea of maybe posting to the vet group as Doe
suggested...I don't think I've ever posted there.

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"happilycrabby" happilycrabby yahoo.com wrote:

... the meds are antibiotica and pain
meds. II looked them up and I don't think they are anything to
do with 'dead tissue' .

Again, the veterinary group is better for this, but. The eye is
becoming dead tissue. It is at risk because dead tissue has no way
of fighting disease. If there are any (malicious) germs in there,
they will feed on the dead tissue more easily than if it were
alive. And that would be one reason why removing the eye would
help.











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