Eye infection?

When Jack went to his first vet (9 weeks ago) (was a stray) he had a weepy eye, we put trioptic-P gel in his eyes and it cleared up (they never said it was herpes, they said it was an eye infection.)

Two days ago I noticed Jack's eye was pink and weepy again. We had eye meds left so we started putting it in 2 times a day like before. Today is the third day and his eye doesn't look any better.

Should he go to the vet? Should I give it another day and see if the anti-biotic works?

Leslie

It's best you took him to the vet, but if you wanted to wait another day and see how the antibiotics are working you could do that.
I would rather he went to see the vet though, it is a possibility that there will be no changes after a day.

Hope this helps in any way and hope your kitty gets better!

One more thing..my eldest cat Brandy still suffers with a weepy eye, and it has been 3 years since we first bought him, he has had it since he was a tiny kitten. Every now and then it dries up and looks scabby, but apart from that, it doesn't seem to bother him that much.

It could be a food allergy. I ran out of the cats normal food over Christmas and had to feed cheap food for a couple of days and two of them started having weepy eyes which got better after a few days on the proper food. My dog had the same problem before I moved to a grain-free dog food. It's worth investigating anyhow!

Thanks for the insight.

He's been on the same food for nearly 7 weeks. But I'll definitely look into that.

I read a lot about herpes in cats. I have a gut feeling this is our issue.

We'll see how things are in the morning and go from there.

Leslie

This sounds like it could be feline herpes. Zinnia had major eye issues for months. She is now on a daily dose of an amino acid that inhibits the herpes virus. It is called L-lysine. It is something you could investigate. She still has a runny eye but no more infections.


http://www.cat-world.com.au/FelineHerpes.htm

Thanks for the link.

What is funny is that I carry oral herpes (cold sores) and I was just recommended to take a daily dose of L-lysine to stop flare ups.

So now we both may have to take it--I better start buying it a Sam's Club.

Leslie