My cat, Chaucer, is a 4 year-old neutered male. He has a history of colitis and cystitis, primairly due to stress, according to the vet. However, I believe there is something very wrong with him that may have nothing to do with these two things. His eyes started looking strange about a week ago - at first just "not right" as in a little glassy. A couple of days later the third eyelids were showing. I took him to the vet who thought he might have mild cystitis again and gave him a steroid shot to see if it helped. His bladder was only moderately-full. He'd had a full blood work-up four months ago when he had cystitis the first time and nothing showed to indicate he had something more serious. He's had fecal cultures in the past which indicated colitis. The vet has noticed his eyes but because he is eating and still fairly active and doesn't have fever, she wasn't as concerned.
The concern for me is that this thing with his eyes has nothing to do with cystitis or his colitis attacks or stress. It seems that when he is excited or interested in something, the lids retract. When he is not and when he is in bright light they show about a third across. Frankly, he looks stoned most of the time and he is not on any medication (other than when he had the shot). The only recent change has been a kitten I've been fostering for over three weeks. The kitten is leaving Saturday for his new home, but Chaucer is the only one of my three resident indoor cats who tolerates the kitten. While he considers Wordsworth (the kitten) a pest, he isn't hissing and growling at him and will play a bit with him. I have Feliway plugged in too.
Any ideas why both his third eyelids are doing this? The vet seems stumped by it. I don't want to write it off as stress. He's never had this sort of thing with his eyes before.
Thanks for your input.
The concern for me is that this thing with his eyes has nothing to do with cystitis or his colitis attacks or stress. It seems that when he is excited or interested in something, the lids retract. When he is not and when he is in bright light they show about a third across. Frankly, he looks stoned most of the time and he is not on any medication (other than when he had the shot). The only recent change has been a kitten I've been fostering for over three weeks. The kitten is leaving Saturday for his new home, but Chaucer is the only one of my three resident indoor cats who tolerates the kitten. While he considers Wordsworth (the kitten) a pest, he isn't hissing and growling at him and will play a bit with him. I have Feliway plugged in too.
Any ideas why both his third eyelids are doing this? The vet seems stumped by it. I don't want to write it off as stress. He's never had this sort of thing with his eyes before.
Thanks for your input.
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