First a little back story:
A stranger had come into my work asking for help (I'm a dog groomer) a week and a half ago because they had apparently found a newborn kitten at their own workplace alone and in a box or something and it was the closest thing on a Sunday that was open. They decided that it was too much for them so I took him in. He still had the umbilical cord attached. Took him to the vet last weekend and all seems well so far. He is active, vocal, eats a lot and has a good weight(and is growing rapidly). His eyes are now open. He does have some loose stool that was worse when I took him to the vet (yellow in color), and they tested him for parasites, which came back negative, and dismissed that there was anything wrong with him and said that it was likely just the formula that was causing it. Thats the only issue I had until today.
Anyway, I woke up to feed him and as I was I noticed he has a red-ish discoloration in the iris part of his eye. Its a little circle that looks a lot like when a human gets a blood blister in their eye. He has almost clawed himself in the eye a few times when doing the kneading thing, which I suspected is what he did but there are no visible abrasions, no discharge, no crusties, nothing unusual except for that red spot. Maybe he strained himself a little and it really is just a blood blister? I was wondering if anyone else had seen this happen before and how concerned I should be since there is 0 signs of any sort of infection so far. Vets not open yet and I couldnt find anything about it online. Thank you to anyone that can help!
TL; DR : Kitten has red spot on eye, no sign of infection at all. What is it?
A stranger had come into my work asking for help (I'm a dog groomer) a week and a half ago because they had apparently found a newborn kitten at their own workplace alone and in a box or something and it was the closest thing on a Sunday that was open. They decided that it was too much for them so I took him in. He still had the umbilical cord attached. Took him to the vet last weekend and all seems well so far. He is active, vocal, eats a lot and has a good weight(and is growing rapidly). His eyes are now open. He does have some loose stool that was worse when I took him to the vet (yellow in color), and they tested him for parasites, which came back negative, and dismissed that there was anything wrong with him and said that it was likely just the formula that was causing it. Thats the only issue I had until today.
Anyway, I woke up to feed him and as I was I noticed he has a red-ish discoloration in the iris part of his eye. Its a little circle that looks a lot like when a human gets a blood blister in their eye. He has almost clawed himself in the eye a few times when doing the kneading thing, which I suspected is what he did but there are no visible abrasions, no discharge, no crusties, nothing unusual except for that red spot. Maybe he strained himself a little and it really is just a blood blister? I was wondering if anyone else had seen this happen before and how concerned I should be since there is 0 signs of any sort of infection so far. Vets not open yet and I couldnt find anything about it online. Thank you to anyone that can help!
TL; DR : Kitten has red spot on eye, no sign of infection at all. What is it?
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