Runny nose - Red sores above eyes

My female cat is about 11 years old now and has not had a clear runny before until about the past year. It's periodic. I was petting her on my bed a few times in the past 6 months or so, and noticed that she had dripped clear drops on the bedspread. It kind of just sprayed out of her nose a bit but she didn't sneeze and hasn't been.

She is somewhat lethargic, but otherwise healthy from what I can tell.

The past few days I have noticed red sores above her eyes, and she scratches them and they bleed. I've been putting Polysporin on them but she must be licking it off. The sores look like they're comprised of a bunch of  little red dots to start with until she makes it worse.

I am wondering what that is from???  And if I should spend the $150 to take her to the vet to have it investigated.

I seem to be spending enough money on my cats lately (I have 3), and I can't keep doing that. They charge a small fortune.

The vet will likely want me to have blood work done, urinalysis done and may put her on meds. Money, money , money. I want to look after my cats of course but the vets shouldn't charge so much.

Anyone have any ideas?   Or the same type of sores above their cat's eyes?

Thank you.

from Cats are Awesome

She needs to be checked out by a vet. Lethargic behaviour is enough to warrant a check up on its own, imo. The sores and runny nose just add to my concern. Remember that its generally much cheaper, easier and quicker to treat things when they're caught early on. Do come back and let us know what the vet has to say.

Has she been tested for FIV? One of my older rescue cats had a runny nose and red sores in the space between his eyes and ears. When we took him to the vet we found out that this was because he was FIV+.

It might not be that, I don't want to worry you without reason, but if she hasn't already been tested for FIV a blood test would be a good place to start.

$150 for just a Vet visit does sound like a lot of money.  Do you live in a small town where there is only one Vet, so they can get away with charging a huge fee, or does that $150 include the blood test, antibiotics (if necessary,), etc.?  Our Vet charges approx. $50 for an office visit, then each additional item has it's own separate fee.  However, every Vet in town charges vastly different fees.  Another one less than a mile away is probably half the cost, but we like our Vet, so we pay the extra charge until we can no longer afford it . 

I do agree your little one needs medical intervention.  If nothing else, if she's scratching until she bleeds, and nothing you are doing at home is easing that, she needs some additional help.