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My cat Jynx 2.5 year old female we found hiding a couple days ago in our chair, we noticed that neither my partner or I had seen her in a couple days we finially got her out and she is dehydrated and had a brown crust completely covering her eyes. Upon calling the vet in the middle of the night he told us that we were to use warm water and cotton balls or kleenex and soak it and slowly to clean her eyes out. After awhile it started coming off in brown chunks and now her eyes can open. They are running more clear now with a little brown but not much I think its just her eyes getting rid of the rest of it..she usually has brown crust in the corner of her eyes that I wipe off every day anyways...could it be just a build up of that just the normal eye gunk that cats get? Should I continue to clean them? I have been nursing her now for over 48 hours..both my partner and I even take shifts sleeping small amounts so that someone is with her at all times. The vet also asked if she was eating or drinking anything. She is drinking but we need to help her with an eye dropper or spoon..the eye dropper works best. We started with just water, and wet food gravy as she tried to chew some chunks up but they were way to big. We have cans of tuna, we opened a can and used the juice from the tuna which she seems like. Givng her water and or tuna juice every hour for over 48 hours. My partner went out to pick up a few things as I REFUSE TO LEAVE HER SIDE!!!! Pedilyte unflavoured, bottled spring water, wet food patte. We mixed the pedilyte with water about half and half and have been giving her that for past 18 hours now. First hour every 10 to 15 miins we gave her about 3-4 eye droppers full they hold 1.0ml. As the pedilyte will help to replenish her electrolytes. After the hour or so we have been giving her the pedilyte water mix every hour unless she needs more sooner she has been meowing when she is thirsty. She has now gotten her head movement back able to pick her own head up and her legs are starting to move a bit again, and she seems to have a bit more energry opening her eyes more vs just sleeping and she purrs the od time when being pet, her fur on her head and neck look better too and her demeanour is better..as soon as we got her eyes cleaned up and she could see her spirits seems to lift But I think she is just exhausted from being woken up every hour. We have also had her wrapped in a nice warm soft blanket the whole time she seems to like it..her legs were cold at first but now she is warmed up. We are just about to mix up some wet food patte with water and pedilyte into an almost soupy mixture so that the eye dropper can pick it up and we can use it to help her eat. We were also going to try some chicken broth as well. I am Type 1 Diabetic myself and have glucose shots incase I have low sugar, it's a saline bottle with sugar in a seperate bottle that you have to mix. Would it help her to give her a shot of the saline between her shoulders to help with fluids? Obviously, I would never do something like this unless it was verified by a vet but I was just wondering if I should even ask the vet. Can anyone give me there input on this PLEASE. Thanks you. I love my little girl so much and will do anything to help her!!
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