eye trouble in my not-yet socialized kittie

tclewell

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I'm knew to this site, but am finding it a treasure of useful information.   I hope you can help.

Barnaby has been with me for 1 week now.  He was a stray/semi-feral orange tabby who I was feeding outside for 2 weeks, before I used a humane trap to trap him.  I took him to the vet; he tested negative for FIV, was neutered, and received his shots and deworming.  The vet told me she thinks he's 12 to 18 months old.  

He's living in a large room--it's actually the third floor of my house.  He comes out of his hiding place to eat while I'm a  few feet away.  Once he's done eating he moves away from me and grooms, and then returns to his hiding place.  I am of course keeping him separate from my other 3 cats.  I am not able to touch him yet or approach him.  I visit him for about 1 hour each, 3 times a day. 

He has a good appetite, uses the litter box, and seems all around healthy, but he's definitely got some type of eye infection in both eyes.  When I was feeding him outside I could see these two very small red-type dots (like tiny pimples) in the corner edge of both eyes.  I thought this was just a part of his facial features as there was no eye problems at all.  But now, these red dots are larger and I can see from they have oozed because there's a trail of brownish type discharge running from the eye corners to mid-nose.  Both eyes are involved.  I also like to point out that his actual eyes themselves seem to be unaffected: he eyes are clear, not swollen, or red.  

I noticed that the eye problem started about 2 days after I brought him inside.  I wonder if the stress of the trapping and vet visit maybe triggered an outbreak of feline herpes.   The infection hasn't gotten worse in the last 4 days but it's not getting better either. 

Here's my problem.  The only way I can take him to the vet would be to trap him again, using the humane trap, and I really hate to do this as I fear it will reverse the progress we've made.  Plus, if the medication involves drops or ointment I wouldn't be able to administer them anyway.  

I would appreciate any advice on how to handle this eye problem, as well as any techniques you have used in gaining a cat's trust (I've got a felliway defuser in the room, I talk gently to him, and he's got a cat tree he can use).

Thanks!
 

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You really need to take him to the vet  doesn't matter what it takes just do it
 
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