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Daniela Rojo - 27 Mar 2005 04:43 GMT

Does anyone have any experience with kitten's eyes? I have a litter of 4
kittens (4 weeks old), and one of them has one eye that is much smaller
than the other. It is also very pink surrounding it. I thought that it
was just because she was so young, but now all of the other kittens eyes
have opened fine, and I am starting to worry. Usually the eye is extremely
small, but every once in a while it gets a little bit bigger, only to get
small again! I have been searching all over the internet, but the only
thing I can find about kitty eye trouble is cat herpes. I really can't
afford to take this kitten to the vet (unless absolutely necessary) so I'm
wondering if anyone has seen this sort of thing before...I don't want to
assume it is cat herpes unless I have ruled out everything else. Does it
usually go away as the kitten gets a bit older? Is it the start of
something serious? I already have a home for her but I'm not sure if they
would want to take on a sick kitty. She is otherwise very healthy and
active, If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it so much!

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MaryL - 27 Mar 2005 04:55 GMT

> Does anyone have any experience with kitten's eyes? I have a litter of 4
> kittens (4 weeks old), and one of them has one eye that is much smaller
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> would want to take on a sick kitty. She is otherwise very healthy and
> active, If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it so much!

Please take this kitten to a vet immediately. In my opinion, this *is*
absolutely necessary -- and rapid action is needed. Eye infections are
often easily treated, but delay can cost the kitten its sight.
Incidentally, you really should take all of the kittens in for an exam.
Check with your vet because there is often a reasonable fee for a litter of
kittens taken in at the same time.

MaryL

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jacquie0 - 27 Mar 2005 06:32 GMT

>>Does anyone have any experience with kitten's eyes? I have a litter of 4
>>kittens (4 weeks old), and one of them has one eye that is much smaller
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> MaryL

I agree MaryL. The only way you are going to be able to really truly and
honestly rule out everything else, is to take them all into see the vet.
The future owners of the kittens will appreciate this also. Who knows,
it might be contagious.

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Rhonda - 27 Mar 2005 06:50 GMT

Eye infections are fairly common in kittens, and they have to be treated
or it can cause life-long damage. One of our kittens had a crusty eye
that wouldn't open, then it opened slightly, then shut again. In his
case, all it took was antibiotic eyedrops.

One way to look at it is if you don't treat it now, it could very likely
be much more expensive to treat later.

Hope you can get to the vet soon to find out what's going on,

Rhonda

> Does anyone have any experience with kitten's eyes? I have a litter of 4
> kittens (4 weeks old), and one of them has one eye that is much smaller
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> would want to take on a sick kitty. She is otherwise very healthy and
> active, If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it so much!

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I.P.Freely - 27 Mar 2005 11:52 GMT

Problem with the kitty aside, don't you think you are being a bit
irresponsible allowing your cats to breed knowing you can't afford to take
care of any problems the kittens may have?

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Rhonda - 27 Mar 2005 19:56 GMT

It's a big jump from someone saying they have kittens to they "allowed"
their cats to breed.

We had kittens last year. They came from a stray cat that we had rescued
who turned out to be pregnant.

Rhonda

> Problem with the kitty aside, don't you think you are being a bit
> irresponsible allowing your cats to breed knowing you can't afford to take
> care of any problems the kittens may have?

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Daniela Rojo - 30 Mar 2005 04:16 GMT

Thanks for the replies guys... I will call the vet first thing in the
morning. and a big thanks to Rhonda for sticking up for me... I certainly
did not allow my kitty to breed; and I'm trying not to be overly angry with
my roomate for breaking our window screen and allowing my cat to go outside
while in heat... Keep that as a warning guys :) All it takes is once and
you've got yourself a litter of kitties! It's interesting however, that
IPFreely (:D) mentioned that that was irresponsible of me. I think that
there are far too many pet owners who don't care enough about their pets,
but have all the money in the world to run to the vet asap. I'm sure my
cat would much rather live with me, who loves her, cares for her, lavishes
oodles of attention her way, and would never let her go hungry or put her
in danger; as opposed to with someone who just had her hanging around the
house. :)

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sriddles@aol.com - 31 Mar 2005 07:21 GMT

I think that

> there are far too many pet owners who don't care enough about their pets,
> but have all the money in the world to run to the vet asap.

Running to the vet, when necessary, *is* part of caring about your
cats. Sometimes it means sacrificing luxuries for yourself, to meet vet
expenses. That's part of responsible pet ownership.

Your kitten's eye truly needs to be treated, by a vet. The kitten could
end up with scarred corneas, or blind. Eye infections are also
extremely contagious and will likely be spread to the rest of the
litter.

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