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Joe Diamond - 20 Feb 2004 00:20 GMT

Hi. My 2-year old, Shiloh, has a little brownish speck in the corner of her
eyeball. Anyone know anything about that? Her vision doesn't seem to be
affected, and she's as frisky as ever. Could it be a burst vessel or
something else that's serious?

Thanks.

Joe

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Cathy Friedmann - 20 Feb 2004 00:22 GMT

> Hi. My 2-year old, Shiloh, has a little brownish speck in the corner of her
> eyeball. Anyone know anything about that? Her vision doesn't seem to be
> affected, and she's as frisky as ever. Could it be a burst vessel or
> something else that's serious?
>
> Thanks.

One of my cats also has a brownish speck on her eyeball, which I first
noticed a couple of years ago. I took her to vet to have it checked. The
vet didn't think it looked suspicious, but asked me to just keep an eye on
it, looking for changes, & if any, to bring her back in, ASAP. It hasn't
changed in the least, so whatever it is, is apparently benign.

I would ask the vet to take a look at it, just to be on the safe side.

Cathy

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Phil P. - 20 Feb 2004 16:22 GMT

Does the speck look like a flat brown freckle in the iris (the iris is the
colored area of the eyball) or does it appeared to be raised (very hard to
tell w/naked eye)? A flat brown freckle could be nothing serious or it
could be the early stages of something very serious. A raised freckle is
more than likely serious - but not very common in such a young cat.

I don't want to alarm you that's why I feel very uncomfortable making a
guess - but I think you should have a veterinary ophthalmologist examine
your cat's eye as soon as possible. A general vet wouldn't have the
instrument (slit-lamp) needed to do a proper exam.

This is definitely not something to "watch and wait and see" because there
is a possibility of malignancy.

Good luck

Phil

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Hailey - 20 Feb 2004 19:08 GMT

> Does the speck look like a flat brown freckle in the iris (the iris is the
> colored area of the eyball) or does it appeared to be raised (very hard to
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>
> Phil

Our oldest cat has those flat brown specks in both eyes and on his nose. We
did take him to the vet, but the vet said it was nothing to worry about. He
has had no problems and it's been 3 years since they developed (no, he
wasn't born with them)
so is this some thing we *should* be worried about? We just trusted the vet
on it and James seems fine, albeit cross-eyed, but he's been that (about 60%
of the time) since the day he was born-- errr as soon as he opened his eyes
LOL

Hailey

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Sherry - 20 Feb 2004 21:45 GMT

>Our oldest cat has those flat brown specks in both eyes and on his nose. We
>did take him to the vet, but the vet said it was nothing to worry about. He
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>of the time) since the day he was born-- errr as soon as he opened his eyes
>LOL

>Hailey

I'm curious about it also. Cherokee had a couple of them when he got older. The
vet at the time just said it was nothing, but did indicate the cat's age was in
double digits. Disclaimer: I've been told a lot of things by bad vets. I have
no4 1id5222225555555555555********000000 idea if this information was accurate.
It was years ago.
Sherry & Yoda

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Hailey - 20 Feb 2004 21:58 GMT

> I'm curious about it also. Cherokee had a couple of them when he got older. The
> vet at the time just said it was nothing, but did indicate the cat's age was in
> double digits. Disclaimer: I've been told a lot of things by bad vets. I have
> no4 1id5222225555555555555********000000 idea if this information was accurate.
> It was years ago.
> Sherry & Yoda

hehe was that Yoda crossing the keyboard, Sherry?
Hailey

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Sherry - 20 Feb 2004 22:02 GMT

>> I'm curious about it also. Cherokee had a couple of them when he got
>older. The
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>hehe was that Yoda crossing the keyboard, Sherry?
>Hailey

Yup!! :-)

Sherry

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Cathy Friedmann - 20 Feb 2004 23:27 GMT

> >Our oldest cat has those flat brown specks in both eyes and on his nose. We
> >did take him to the vet, but the vet said it was nothing to worry about. He
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> It was years ago.
> Sherry & Yoda

My vet said a speck on the eye could be completely benign, or could be
malignant. She thought my cat's speck looked non-ominous, but said to watch
it: that if it changed shape or looked different in other ways, to come
right back in. It hasn't changed at all in the couple of years since I
first noticed it.

Cathy

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"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

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Rona Yuthasastrakosol - 21 Feb 2004 00:40 GMT

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> no4 1id5222225555555555555********000000 idea if this information was accurate.
> It was years ago.
> Sherry & Yoda

LOL! I used to get e-mails from my mother like that. She'd always follow
the interruption with "Sorry, Shiro just walked by." Shiro is my brother's
very large cat (now 25-ish pounds, then 23-ish), so he is difficult to budge
once he stands or sits somewhere.

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Phil P. - 21 Feb 2004 06:22 GMT

> > Does the speck look like a flat brown freckle in the iris (the iris is the
> > colored area of the eyball) or does it appeared to be raised (very hard to
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>
> Our oldest cat has those flat brown specks in both eyes and on his nose.

If the same type of spot is on his nose, we're not talking about the same
thing. However, I would have *any* abnormality in the the eyes checked out
by a veterinary ophthalmologist since many ocular abnormalities are symptoms
of internal disease.

Also, innocent appearing spots or specks in the eye(s)could be the early
stages of a serious disease (e.g. iris melanoma).

Phil

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jamie - 21 Feb 2004 06:25 GMT

Definitely have it checked out, but it might be pigment. The cat I had
growing up had what started as a brown spot, and the vet determined it
was just a brown pigment. Eventually, he had one yellow eye and one
brown eye.

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