Espy has eye problem!

Last week Espy was out in the backyard, hiding under some naked bushes
hoping to snag a bird that strayed too far from the bird feeder in the
center of the yard. When he came in, he was squinting in one eye. I
immediately took him to the vet and got some antibiotic ointment and
have been putting it in the eye twice a day.

The squint has gotten much better, but the pupils have been different
sizes, consistently smaller in the affected eye. I'm pretty worried
about it since reading on Internet that it can be many different
problems. I called the vet yesterday and he said that if it isn't
better by Wednesday to bring him in again. Naturally I'm going away on
Friday so I'm in a bit of a panic.

Anyone have any experience with this type of thing? I really don't
think that it's a stroke or some brain tumor; it came on very suddenly
and seems to just be some scratch from jumping out from the bushes.
There has been no change in his behavior.

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:14:44 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote:

In article ,
dgk wrote:
Last week Espy was out in the backyard, hiding under some naked bushes
hoping to snag a bird that strayed too far from the bird feeder in the
center of the yard. When he came in, he was squinting in one eye. I
immediately took him to the vet and got some antibiotic ointment and
have been putting it in the eye twice a day.

The squint has gotten much better, but the pupils have been different
sizes, consistently smaller in the affected eye. I'm pretty worried
about it since reading on Internet that it can be many different
problems. I called the vet yesterday and he said that if it isn't
better by Wednesday to bring him in again. Naturally I'm going away on
Friday so I'm in a bit of a panic.

Anyone have any experience with this type of thing? I really don't
think that it's a stroke or some brain tumor; it came on very suddenly
and seems to just be some scratch from jumping out from the bushes.
There has been no change in his behavior.

Poor Espy.

Purrs and prayers that it's nothing serious and that his eye heals quickly.

Judith

Thanks for the purrs. My vet doesn't have hours on Thursday so I'm
getting an appointment squeezed in at 4:30 today just to have it
looked at. I think maybe the ointment is causing a bit of a problem
since it looks worse after I put it in his eye. It's been 9 days so I
didn't put any in this morning and hopefully it will look great later
today. Then the vet will say "everything is fine" and I'll leave for
vacation happy.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:04:42 -0500, dgk wrote:

On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:14:44 +0000 (GMT), Judith Latham
wrote:

In article ,
dgk wrote:
Last week Espy was out in the backyard, hiding under some naked bushes
hoping to snag a bird that strayed too far from the bird feeder in the
center of the yard. When he came in, he was squinting in one eye. I
immediately took him to the vet and got some antibiotic ointment and
have been putting it in the eye twice a day.

The squint has gotten much better, but the pupils have been different
sizes, consistently smaller in the affected eye. I'm pretty worried
about it since reading on Internet that it can be many different
problems. I called the vet yesterday and he said that if it isn't
better by Wednesday to bring him in again. Naturally I'm going away on
Friday so I'm in a bit of a panic.

Anyone have any experience with this type of thing? I really don't
think that it's a stroke or some brain tumor; it came on very suddenly
and seems to just be some scratch from jumping out from the bushes.
There has been no change in his behavior.

Poor Espy.

Purrs and prayers that it's nothing serious and that his eye heals quickly.

Judith

Thanks for the purrs. My vet doesn't have hours on Thursday so I'm
getting an appointment squeezed in at 4:30 today just to have it
looked at. I think maybe the ointment is causing a bit of a problem
since it looks worse after I put it in his eye. It's been 9 days so I
didn't put any in this morning and hopefully it will look great later
today. Then the vet will say "everything is fine" and I'll leave for
vacation happy.

I thought it looked much better and so did the vet, so no more eye
goop and I can had off on vacation without worrying too much about the
felines left behind.