Kittens third eyelid showing?

My boyfriends cat had kittens about 3 months ago. I recently brought one home about 4 days ago. He was fine the first two days and then he started sneezing and having clear liquid coming out of one of his eyes. Last night, his third eyelid started showing. He's still playing around and eating/drinking. I'm not sure what to do. I can't afford to take him to the vet until next week. Will it clear up on its own as long as its not infected? Any help is greatly appreciated as I don't want anything to happen to him.

alyssa1206 said:

 
My boyfriends cat had kittens about 3 months ago. I recently brought one home about 4 days ago. He was fine the first two days and then he started sneezing and having clear liquid coming out of one of his eyes. Last night, his third eyelid started showing. He's still playing around and eating/drinking. I'm not sure what to do. I can't afford to take him to the vet until next week. Will it clear up on its own as long as its not infected? Any help is greatly appreciated as I don't want anything to happen to him.

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Hi and welcome to TCS.

It is an upper respiratory infection and a delay in treatment isn't a good idea as it may be harder to treat.  Untreated viral infections in cats can progress into bacterial infections and that is something you definitely don't want.  The good news is treatment isn't expensive.  An antibiotic and eye drops is usually all you need but i would urge you to go as soon as you can.

Maintaining appetite is possibly the most important thing you can do during his cold.  Cats who get stuffy noses can't smell their food and then often stop eating and this can be very dangerous if not corrected quickly.  Pay close attention to his appetite and should it start to go, try making his food stinkier so he can smell it.  That could mean a fish based canned food or some dried fish flakes (from a pet store) sprinkled on his food, plus you can give him supervised steam baths in the bathroom by turning on the hot water in the shower.

There is lots of info here http://www.thecatsite.com/atype/46/Cat_Health

and this article on illnesses that new cats often bring home at http://www.thecatsite.com/a/identif...dopted-from-animal-shelters-and-rescue-groups

Keep us updated ok!