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Hi vets,
Advice needed for first time cat owner please.
I have two 13 week old kittens, one female, one male.
When we got them both at 8 weeks, the female seemed to be sneezey and snotty with gooey eyes, and then a week later the male seemed to have it too. I took them to the vets for their initial checkup and for vaccinationso and it was confirmed they both had cat flu, and was given Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops to be given 3 times a day, and their vaccinations postponed until they are better. We've been giving the eye drops and the female seemed to get better but the male didn't, and seemed to have a really sore eye so I took him back to the vet and told he has an eye ulcer. They gave us isathal Ointment to be used twice a day along with the eye drops but within 24 hours the eye looked sorer and really red so we went back and was told the ulcer had gotten bigger. The female has now also started to get a sore eye and the vet told us to use the Chloramphenicol 0.5% drops again.
Since Friday the male has been on rememd corneal repair Eye gel with the eye drops three times a day and loxicom Painkillers once a day and was told if either of them get worse to go back on Monday. However, today I noticed that he has this lump on the bridge of his nose. He seems fine in himself and is eating and playing as normal (the first week he caught the flu he was very quiet and not playful at all).
My question is, should I take him back to the vets on Monday or wait and see if it goes down and wait for their check up appointment on Friday?
Advice needed for first time cat owner please.
I have two 13 week old kittens, one female, one male.
When we got them both at 8 weeks, the female seemed to be sneezey and snotty with gooey eyes, and then a week later the male seemed to have it too. I took them to the vets for their initial checkup and for vaccinationso and it was confirmed they both had cat flu, and was given Chloramphenicol 0.5% eye drops to be given 3 times a day, and their vaccinations postponed until they are better. We've been giving the eye drops and the female seemed to get better but the male didn't, and seemed to have a really sore eye so I took him back to the vet and told he has an eye ulcer. They gave us isathal Ointment to be used twice a day along with the eye drops but within 24 hours the eye looked sorer and really red so we went back and was told the ulcer had gotten bigger. The female has now also started to get a sore eye and the vet told us to use the Chloramphenicol 0.5% drops again.
Since Friday the male has been on rememd corneal repair Eye gel with the eye drops three times a day and loxicom Painkillers once a day and was told if either of them get worse to go back on Monday. However, today I noticed that he has this lump on the bridge of his nose. He seems fine in himself and is eating and playing as normal (the first week he caught the flu he was very quiet and not playful at all).
My question is, should I take him back to the vets on Monday or wait and see if it goes down and wait for their check up appointment on Friday?
