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Nikki - 12 Jul 2003 03:54 GMT

Last night my 2 year old cat was having trouble opening her left eye. I
looked in it and it looked normal so I figured she just had fur or something
in it. Just half an hour ago she woke up from a nap and her left eye is all
cloudy and her pupil is really, really small. It doesn't enlarge in darkness
and when it shrinks in the light it almost disappears. She is very skittish
when you approach her from the left. It's like she can't see out of her eye
at all. I'm worried sick. My vet doesn't open until 9am in the morning. She
seems very uncomfortable. Does anyone have any ideas? Has anyone gone
through this before? Thanks,
Nikki

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Gee - 12 Jul 2003 06:02 GMT

> Last night my 2 year old cat was having trouble opening her left eye. I
> looked in it and it looked normal so I figured she just had fur or something
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> through this before? Thanks,
> Nikki

Hi Nicky I'm sorry to hear that. Poor girl, she must be in pain. It does
sound like she had some kind of trauma to the eye, it could;ve been a
scratch from another animal/grass/furniture. If the pupil is not working
properly, there may be some nerve damage as well, but hopefully that is just
temporary, and hopefully the vet will be able to save the eye-sight, but you
must act fast. She probably cannot see throught the eye at the moment, and
this makes her more nervous. It could be even the thrid eyelid problems of
some kind.

You can't do much really, until you see a vet. Apart from keeping the
sourond of the eye clean, by bathing it with boiled(sterilised)-then
cooled-water. I wouldn;t really butg the eye itself, just in case any
movement causes even bigger damage.

let us know what the vet says.

Good luck
Gee

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AWriteny - 12 Jul 2003 16:31 GMT

angelnik@sprint.ca writes

>Last night my 2 year old cat was having trouble opening her left eye....Just

half an hour ago she woke up from a nap and her left eye is all

>cloudy and her pupil is really, really small. It doesn't enlarge in darkness
>and when it shrinks in the light it almost disappears. ...My vet doesn't open

until 9am in the morning. She

>seems very uncomfortable. Does anyone have any ideas?

Substitute "cat" with child/son/daughter and ask yourself if a
parent/sitter/custodian would write to a newsgroup or consult a doctor (on
call) or hospital? I just wonder what people (who post similar stuff) would do
prior to the Internet age. Would they post an ad in the paper or call an
emergency facility? I can't speak for everyone on the planet, obviously, but,
since i have 2 wonderful cats in my care, I not only have taken a course on pet
first aid, I have 15 books on cat health and behavior and wouldn't think twice
about calling a 24 hour facility if my babies needed immediate attention.
Sheesh.

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Nikki - 12 Jul 2003 21:07 GMT

Well, it's too bad you think that way. Do you think you're the only one who
loves their animals? I'm disabled and things aren't as easy for me as they
are for you. So why don't you find out the facts before you mouth off. I
asked for opinions on what to do for my cat. Not opinions that show what a
twit you are.

> angelnik@sprint.ca writes
>
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> about calling a 24 hour facility if my babies needed immediate attention.
> Sheesh.

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Judy - 13 Jul 2003 03:38 GMT

> Well, it's too bad you think that way. Do you think you're the only one who
> loves their animals? I'm disabled and things aren't as easy for me as they
> are for you.

I'm sorry to hear that you are disabled and that things aren't as easy for
you as they are for other people, but it seems to me, that if you can type
on a keyboard that you are also capable of making a phone call.

>So why don't you find out the facts before you mouth off.

Oh please!

> I asked for opinions on what to do for my cat.

From the replies I've read, that's what you've received.

>Not opinions that show what a twit you are.

That's your interpretation. You were just told more than you wanted to hear
and you didn't like that.

Anyway, it's well after 9am now so no doubt you've been in touch with your
vet seeing as last night you were worried sick.

I hope it didn't turn out to be anything serious. Looking forward to an
update.

> > angelnik@sprint.ca writes
> >
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> > about calling a 24 hour facility if my babies needed immediate attention.
> > Sheesh.

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