Feline Eye problem?

Hi I'm new and was directed to a forum by a friend of mine because my cat has a problem with her eyes that has not progressed, I know she's got a wheat allergy and is on Natural Balance L.I.D cat food because whenever I fed her non-grain free she' throw it back up, Now she doesn't do that but her third eyelid is kind of reddish and up, But not far and she gets green discharge that when I wipe it off with a tissue turns brown, Or it crusts up if I don't wipe it, She doesn't seem too bothered by them and I'd like to know if anyone has any idea? I don't think its conjunctivitis as it hasn't progressed and really isn't that bad, Here's a couple pics that show it pretty well

She's between 3 and 5 years old, her teeth are very white and she's about 18 lbs (She's not fat she's just big) And I've had her about 2 years, She was a stray when I got her so I don't know her medical background





Any help is appreciated ^_^

And I've tried L-Lysine in her food to see if it was herpes causing it and it didn't help or make it worse, So its not that.

Hi, welcome to TCS. How much l-lysine, and for how long did you use it? The therapeutic dose is 500 mg a day, it's best to use the pure powder and you sometimes need to use it for a while to see results. If there is a bacterial infection, she needs antibiotics, the l-lysine will help control the viral flare-ups, but bacterial infections do not clear up on their own.

What has her vet said about this?

Third eyelid showing is often a sign of digestive or intestinal upset so you may have more than one thing going on here. Has she ever been de-wormed?

I used the l-lysine for about a month, half a 500 mg tablet in the morning and half one at night crushed up into a powder and mixed in with her wet food and saw no improvement so I stopped using them, And she hasn't been dewormed as my mom hasn't let me take her to the vet, So I haven't been able to get her eyes checked.

But I will bring up the eye thing being related to intestinal issues and see if she'll let me take her.

otto said:

Hi, welcome to TCS. How much l-lysine, and for how long did you use it? The therapeutic dose is 500 mg a day, it's best to use the pure powder and you sometimes need to use it for a while to see results. If there is a bacterial infection, she needs antibiotics, the l-lysine will help control the viral flare-ups, but bacterial infections do not clear up on their own.

What has her vet said about this?

Third eyelid showing is often a sign of digestive or intestinal upset so you may have more than one thing going on here. Has she ever been de-wormed?

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Hi. Your black cat looks lovely but I feel for her with her sore eyes  .  

Hopefully your little furbaby has a bacterial infection and her eyes can be pain free soon. For information this has been my recent experience with FHV.

My vet recently diagnosed Mouse with probable herpes after a history of sore mouth followed by several incidents of watery eyes. His ears also get irritated although no mites or sign of infection - he shakes his head really hard so he falls over sometimes! His eyes were always 'treated' within a day and never ran with anything but clear liquid but I know it can get infected really easily. Initially they gave him antibiotics as thought it was just conjunctivitis but last time they gave him an antiviral to try to give him better resistance to clear it up and delay recurrence of herpes. (VERY expensive option but it did work and stopped all of his symptoms for the 2 weeks he took it)! I'm now interested in the L lysine to minimize episodes if I can but not sure yet if my pet insurers will cover it.

If it is herpes the surface of the eye is ulcerated even if there isn't any infection but you can't see it, and quickly causes long term damage as well as a lot of pain - the vet would see it on examination though!  The cat will often (though not always) present with other symptoms like sneezing/nose irritation, or sore gums, not necessarily at the same time. (Mouse gets the lot  ).   I guess ears, nose, eyes and mouth are all very closely connected so it's important to be aware of any of these and if your little cat has these it really is important to try to get to a vet so the condition can be contained and long term damage and pain minimized.  I've been told it's quite hard to test for and not 100% reliable results but they can have a pretty good idea from examination and a reasonable history anyway. 

Good luck to you both. 

She doesn't sneeze (unless she's been under my dusty bed) And hasn't seemed to have any mouth irritations, she lets me check her teeth regularly and they are all white and her gums are nice and pink, But I brought it up to my mom and she did seem a bit concerned so I might be able to take her to the vet soon (:

That's good. I hope you manage to get her there and they manage to sort things out so she gets better soon. 

any updates? has she seen a vet?