3 week old kitten with ruptured eye/melting ulcer, second opinion?

[catpack]

You can use the Tobramycin every 4-6 hrs.
As for Clavamox, I currently have an 11 mo old it (for suture reaction from spay) and she is getting it twice daily.

 

[superpooper]

That's what I figured about the drops. Thanks.

 

[catwoman707]

That's what I figured about the drops. Thanks.

The powder should have been mixed with 14 mls of water.

You probably knew that

I just feel I want to stress the importance of the clavamox, and the dosage timing too.

You will be giving just shy of .1 ml, from a 1.0 ml syringe is best.

I tend to dose a bit more the first day, just to get it rolling well, so maybe just a tad over .1, but that's your choice.

Clavamox has a 12 hour time/twice a day because it is out of their system at 12 hours, which means choose a time that is convenient, say 10 am then 10 pm, and try hard to keep that as regular as possible.

You might want to check with your vet about the drops, but I would want to give an additional dose of drops a day.

 

[superpooper]

The powder should have been mixed with 14 mls of water.
You probably knew that

Yes. [emoji]128522[/emoji]

Other than yesterday because I wanted to get two doses in (started late), she'll get it every 12 hours.

I'm waiting for the rescue coordinator to call about seeing the vet and/or getting the antivirals filled.

Thanks everyone, this thread has been immensely helpful!

 

[catwoman707]

Very good to hear we were able to be helpful

 

[superpooper]

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• superpooper
• Jun 3, 2014

I just took this today. I put it in their other thread with an update on the whole litter, but thought I'd update here as well. She is doing really well! The eye has stopped oozing (it looks wet in the photo cause I just applied drops), she is eating great, and is playing like crazy. We've been letting them out of the crate to play a little and she is the bravest of the three.

I noticed today that if I cover her good eye she still has sight out of the bad one. If nothing else maybe shadows? She squints and turns her head as you approach the bad eye. I still can't tell if it was the cornea or the whole eye that oozed out. Her eye socket is not full like it was, it is definitely concave, but I can see the globe of the eye in there (or what's left of it), and it turns and moves. The third eye lid is more prominent, but I assume with nothing "filling" the space it would be.

In any case, we just wait until she is big enough for surgery. I won't be driving her down to the rescue vet now that I have the antivirals and she is on the antibiotics. He said if she is eating and playing and doing well then we'd just wait till she's bigger. He said he may take a look after 2 weeks on the antibiotics. She'll be 6 weeks old then. For now we wait.

Just wanted to say thanks again for the info. I will totally advocate for antivirals MUCH sooner if I can save some eyes and prevent any more babies from going through this.

 

[catwoman707]

I wonder if, you continue treating her eye while waiting for her surgery, if , by that time all of the infection will have cleared up and she won't need the eye removed afterall.

Since it moves and there is still some amt of vision there.

Might be something to ask her vet just in case.  

 

[superpooper]

I talked to the rescue coordinator tonight and we are going to start a gofundme for her eye surgery so she can see a specialist. Even though the rescue vet does eyes we both feel that since I live so close to a well recommended veterinary opthamalogist and she's stable enough to raise some funds first, we're going to try hard to go that route.

 

[vetstat1]

will this vet see her for  free in the meantime?

 

[red top rescue]

I was going to ask the same thing, since she's a rescue kitten.  We have a veterinary ophthalmologist who does free exams for the rescue cats with eye problems and also gives us a break on surgery costs.  I bet your vet ophthalmologist would examine her for free as a favor to the shelter if they ask.

 

[superpooper]

Nope. I couldn't even get past the front desk. No one would talk to me. She put me on hold and came back essentially telling me that I'd need to pay the office visit and then I could talk to someone.

The rescue I foster for is over an hour away so they had never heard of them. I'm hoping once I can get in for the initial exam we can work something out. I guess I can't blame them, they have no idea who I am or who the organization is.

 

[red top rescue]

Maybe the VET for the rescue could set it up, i.e. as a referral.  I think we only get special things because we ARE known and Ottis (the head of the Cherokee Humane Society, which is the group I foster for and handle Petco adoptions for) is well known and liked by people who are "important" in the rescue community -- but someone in a far away place might not have any idea who he is.  And my friend Sam, who started her own rescue years ago and now it's the biggest no cage, no kill shelter in the city (Atlanta) was able to do so well because she USED to work for Ted Turner and had lots of connections, and she really knew how to do outreach and fundraising etc.  In this area, connections are everything.

 

[superpooper]

That's a good idea. Though when I called I did tell them my vet (my personal vet) told me to call and that they could call her as she was the first one to see the babies. But I'm going to see if a call from the doctor may help.