I hope I'm not being too worrisome but I've noticed that Casper seems to have trouble seeing well.
First, he gets black "eye boogers." We can wipe them off with a wet Kleenex but they come back within a day.
He's been like this since we got him, two, going on three, months ago.
Here's a picture of Casper at the vet's office during his last vet visit, a few weeks ago.
(He was hacking/coughing and throwing up worms.) (We also got him microchipped at the same time.)
Notice the cat's own left eye. He's got a black "booger" in his eye and that eye squints a bit more than the other.
I asked the vet about the eye boogers and she said that many cats get boogers in their eyes but you can't tell as easily because they blend in with the cat's color. Since Casper is all white, they show up more. I accepted that explanation at face value. I also didn't notice the squinting because I didn't know Casper well enough. We had only recently adopted him.
All of this would have gone unnoticed if I didn't also observe that Casper almost never jumps down from a high place.
(He's allowed to jump up almost every where except the kitchen counters or the stove.)
So, for example, if Casper is on the coffee table (knee high to a human) he almost always puts his front paws over the edge and slinks down to the floor instead of jumping down.
Individually, I would have thought nothing...
Eye boogers? He's a white cat.
Squinty eyes? He might have dust in his eyes
Slinking down instead of jumping? He's new to our house and hasn't gotten his bearings yet.
If you put the three things together, it might mean he's got a problem with his eyes. Maybe an allergy or something?
What do you think?
Or, am I just being hypervigilant as I am prone to do?
T.I.A!
First, he gets black "eye boogers." We can wipe them off with a wet Kleenex but they come back within a day.
He's been like this since we got him, two, going on three, months ago.
Here's a picture of Casper at the vet's office during his last vet visit, a few weeks ago.
(He was hacking/coughing and throwing up worms.) (We also got him microchipped at the same time.)
Notice the cat's own left eye. He's got a black "booger" in his eye and that eye squints a bit more than the other.
I asked the vet about the eye boogers and she said that many cats get boogers in their eyes but you can't tell as easily because they blend in with the cat's color. Since Casper is all white, they show up more. I accepted that explanation at face value. I also didn't notice the squinting because I didn't know Casper well enough. We had only recently adopted him.
All of this would have gone unnoticed if I didn't also observe that Casper almost never jumps down from a high place.
(He's allowed to jump up almost every where except the kitchen counters or the stove.)
So, for example, if Casper is on the coffee table (knee high to a human) he almost always puts his front paws over the edge and slinks down to the floor instead of jumping down.
Individually, I would have thought nothing...
Eye boogers? He's a white cat.
Squinty eyes? He might have dust in his eyes
Slinking down instead of jumping? He's new to our house and hasn't gotten his bearings yet.
If you put the three things together, it might mean he's got a problem with his eyes. Maybe an allergy or something?
What do you think?
Or, am I just being hypervigilant as I am prone to do?
T.I.A!