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When my kitten has ulcers … first hours are terrible. He is making circles on a floor and rubbing an affected eye. Also he is making sounds, like he is crying. There is no doubts that it’s very painful. That’s why I am thinking about the “first aid kit”.

Thanks a lot Catwoman707 for sharing your experience and for your advice of course. Let’s see how we go… 

Thank you JennyR, Will find out if Tolfadine is available here. Our vet is very open for discussions; just have to do my homework. 

Hi Catwoman707, Apologies for the late response; have a flu myself. I will definitely do my research on availability these drugs in Australia but I am kind of confused with one issue. The vet told me that eye ulcers are very painful and that is why he advised me to keep a pain reliever at...

Thank you catwoman707, I have never had a cat with this problem and I value your advice very much. Australia is behind countries like US when it comes to a veterinary help (treatment, medications, etc.) so it could be the case that vets just don’t have a choice but keep prescribing the same...

Thank you Stephanietx, Nobody ever advised Idoxuridine drops to us. I have to find out if it’s available in Australia and if yes, will ask our vet to write me a script.

Thank you JennyR, Unfortunately nobody told me that Meloxicam can be dangerous. Moreover I’ve been advised to keep it at home as the emergency pain reliever if the kitten has an ulcer again. If not Meloxicam, what else I can keep at home as an analgesic? 

Thank you JennyR, Both kittens started Lysine just 2 weeks ago; I was told that I should wait approximately 6 weeks before Lysine (hopefully) kicks in. Also I was trying to give to the sick kitten Famciclovir as a compounding paste but he is spitting it out. No luck.  I decided to taste it...

Thank you Stephanietx, We’ve already seen three different vets and they would prescribe the same set of medications: Chloramphenicol ointment, Doxycycline Paste and Meloxicam drops as an analgesic (when he had ulcers). 

Hi Everybody, I am new to this forum; found it accidently while doing my research on eye ulcers. I‘ve already found a lot of good information; thank you very much for that. Few month ago I brought home two little kittens. Both of them were sneezing and one kitten had a lot of rusty coloured...