Amazing natural cure for cat eye infections

I have discovered the most amazing, cheap, natural, and easy treatment for recurrent conjunctivitis in cats.   My Tonkinese cat has chronic herpes and the conjunctivitis attacks were getting more and more frequent, necessitating antibiotic drops that took 2 people to administer.  

I found this treatment on Ted's Earth Clinic and it worked within a day.  I did it twice  day for a week and then have been doing it once every day or two since then which was 2 months ago.  His eye is wide open and clear, and there have been no signs of respiratory infection either.  Here it is:

Mix one tablespoon of RAW apple cider vinegar with one tablespoon water.  Apply with a cotton ball to the area between the shoulder blades until saturated.  the cat will probably try to lick it which is good. That's it, no contact with cat's eye is necessary!  It worked for 57 out of 59 cats on the Earth Clinic and and it will probably work for your cat too.  The vinegar can be bought in a health food store, or the health food  aisle of your supermarket.

I think this would be a useful co treatment in the case of a corneal ulcer, as secondary bacterial infection is a co factor in this as well.  Perhaps it would even be enough since it could affect the viral element as well.  This I have not had the chance ( thankfully ) to try out,

Thanks for the tip. One of my cats gets recurring attacks of conjunctivitis. She's actually quite good about having her eye drops, but it's expensive to keep getting her prescription filled.

I'll give the apple cider vinegar a go.

Ocular herpes can cause corneal scarring and even blindness. Not every herpes-related eye discharge is ocular herpes, but when there are actual herpatic lesions in the eye, it's extremely important to get proper vet care, including anti-viral eye ointments and drops.

Putting a little vinegar on a cat can't hurt much, but it does not replace proper medical care. I have a boy (human) with the occasional bout of Herpes Simplex Dermatitis on his eyelid. The doctors freak out at the thought that it might actually enter the eye and turn into Herpes Keratitis  Herpes can be an just an inconvenient nuisance, but it can also be a dangerous infection if it's inside the eye. Only your vet can tell you if your cat ever gets that (mostly it's not ocular herpes, just eye discharge due to the respiratory infection).

As for their study, has it been published anywhere? Unless it was a double-blind test with a good control group, I'm afraid the results don't mean much. Herpes goes away just as it comes, and out of 59 cats left untreated, I would expect 57 of them to recover without treatment, especially when it's FVR and not ocular herpes. I really really wish there was a cure for herpes, both for felines and humans, so I can absolutely relate to the desire to have a quick (hey, even lengthy) fix for this. I just don't see any evidence here that this is the case with this cure.   I do see a potential for harm if this is done in lieu of proper veterinary care. In addition to proper veterinary care, I don't see much harm in it though, so whatever it is, I'm really happy for you that your cat is doing better!

This is interesting information in relation to the conjunctivitis and I would love to see if there is more research and evidence to show it having an effect on the bacterial infection and perhaps influence on reducing incidence of future infections.

I share @Anne  's concerns around using without veterinary checks where feline herpes lesions (or other types) might be present on or around the eye.  Your cat can have these and they will not be visible to the naked eye, your cat will be in severe pain and without correct diagnosis appropriate pain relief and management the risk to the cat's eye/s would be high.  My cat too has feline herpes and does get the ocular lesions so I have to take care in managing his overall health vigilant in checking for signs of flareups.  So far secondary infections have been avoided with prompt management of the herpes virus but you can tell he is unhappy when his eye is watering and I would not like to think of any cat having these lesions longer than necessary due to the pain levels involved.