Well, I'm posting this in case someone has had this problem before. It's really just throwing us all, including the vet, for a loop.
My kitten is 6 months old, and went in for a routine castration on Wednesday the 5th. (may or may not be relevant). He seemed to recover until Sunday the 9th, when he started hunching and showing his third eyelid.
Monday the 10th we went to the vet, and he had a temp of 105. We were given Baytril. His eyes seemed normal except for the third eyelid. Shortly thereafter his pupil started dilating in his left eye.
Thursday the 13th we went to the vet again, because his eye was very swollen and painful and he only wanted to eat very mushy food, like baby food. Temp was still 105, and it looked like he had a corneal scratch. We got Clavamox and antibiotic eye salve.
Saturday the 15th we went again. Temp 105.8!! And eye very swollen. At no time has there been any discharge other than tears from the eye. Decided it was an abcess behind the eyeball, and they would operate today if it didn't go down. We also got an antesthetic drop to give him more comfort, and were instructed to give 1/2 baby aspirin per day. The aspirin really seemed to make him feel better.
Today, his left eye is looking less swollen, and he's able to open his eye. His temperature is down to 103. However, both his eyes are dilated now - and the right is looking a bit swollen. He's bumping into things. The vet now doesn't want to operate because the swelling did go down. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is my baby going to go blind?
Thanks for reading this really long post!
My kitten is 6 months old, and went in for a routine castration on Wednesday the 5th. (may or may not be relevant). He seemed to recover until Sunday the 9th, when he started hunching and showing his third eyelid.
Monday the 10th we went to the vet, and he had a temp of 105. We were given Baytril. His eyes seemed normal except for the third eyelid. Shortly thereafter his pupil started dilating in his left eye.
Thursday the 13th we went to the vet again, because his eye was very swollen and painful and he only wanted to eat very mushy food, like baby food. Temp was still 105, and it looked like he had a corneal scratch. We got Clavamox and antibiotic eye salve.
Saturday the 15th we went again. Temp 105.8!! And eye very swollen. At no time has there been any discharge other than tears from the eye. Decided it was an abcess behind the eyeball, and they would operate today if it didn't go down. We also got an antesthetic drop to give him more comfort, and were instructed to give 1/2 baby aspirin per day. The aspirin really seemed to make him feel better.
Today, his left eye is looking less swollen, and he's able to open his eye. His temperature is down to 103. However, both his eyes are dilated now - and the right is looking a bit swollen. He's bumping into things. The vet now doesn't want to operate because the swelling did go down. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is my baby going to go blind?
