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I also asked this question on a different platform but didn't get many answers, so I am trying here also.
This is what happened;
My (previous) vet suggested to me that I could clean my cat’s ear at home weekly. (not because of an infection, just for the "benefit"). I did it on Saturday night (around 10 pm), just like many times I did before, but this time, it ended up in a disaster. My cat got extremely sick, started being dizzy, puked one time, cried out loud, and pooped herself once. This episode lasted around 30 mins - 1 hour. I was extremely scared because I did everything just like I used to before, which didn’t cause any harm at all. One of her eyes also got the “third eyelid” on, which I thought was because the solution (quite alcohol-y) got into it and irritated it. I took her to the vet on Sunday (not to the one who suggested this terrible idea but another); he gave her 2 shots (a steroid I suppose (but that's for her other, unrelated problem: she has an allergy) and antibiotics.- this one I think for this particular problem that happened) also prescribed eyedrops called Tobradex, to use it 3 times a day. (it has steroids, antibiotics in it.)
My cat, by the way, looks much better, she is calm, cleans herself, purrs, likes to be with us and being petted, walks, also ate and drank a bit, not as much as she usually does though. But she is still dizzy when shakes her head suddenly and strongly - she falls, and she still has the “third eyelid” on.
So I started to investigate on the internet, and one of them wrote that, that ear-cleaning can culminate in the so-called Horner’s Syndrome; which can be caused by trauma(!- the ear cleaning maybe?), and my cat’s eye’s symptoms are exactly like this. When I was at the wet, he didn't mention this, so I do not know for sure that she has this, but I think according to the symptoms and events it is quite likely. My vet at first thought she got an eye infection from the solution, so she is treated for that right now.
So my question, finally, is this: Has anybody heard about a similar story like mine (ear cleaning resulting in Horner’s) or has any experience with this syndrome? What do you suggest concerning treatment? I will go to a check-up on Wednesday and I will definitely mention Horner's to him, but I am also very interested in other's opinions, experience, knowledge. If you gone through it with your cat, how did it happen, what medication did the vet give, how long did it last?
I read that it is not life-threatening, not painful, and will eventually go away, but unfortunately, it can take a long time, and I am feeling extreme remorse, that I did this to my cat Also, I am a bit concerned about her decreased appetite.
My cat is like my center of life, and I am just really scared that I did something irreversible to her.
Incredibly thankful for any comments, answers!.
This is what happened;
My (previous) vet suggested to me that I could clean my cat’s ear at home weekly. (not because of an infection, just for the "benefit"). I did it on Saturday night (around 10 pm), just like many times I did before, but this time, it ended up in a disaster. My cat got extremely sick, started being dizzy, puked one time, cried out loud, and pooped herself once. This episode lasted around 30 mins - 1 hour. I was extremely scared because I did everything just like I used to before, which didn’t cause any harm at all. One of her eyes also got the “third eyelid” on, which I thought was because the solution (quite alcohol-y) got into it and irritated it. I took her to the vet on Sunday (not to the one who suggested this terrible idea but another); he gave her 2 shots (a steroid I suppose (but that's for her other, unrelated problem: she has an allergy) and antibiotics.- this one I think for this particular problem that happened) also prescribed eyedrops called Tobradex, to use it 3 times a day. (it has steroids, antibiotics in it.)
My cat, by the way, looks much better, she is calm, cleans herself, purrs, likes to be with us and being petted, walks, also ate and drank a bit, not as much as she usually does though. But she is still dizzy when shakes her head suddenly and strongly - she falls, and she still has the “third eyelid” on.
So I started to investigate on the internet, and one of them wrote that, that ear-cleaning can culminate in the so-called Horner’s Syndrome; which can be caused by trauma(!- the ear cleaning maybe?), and my cat’s eye’s symptoms are exactly like this. When I was at the wet, he didn't mention this, so I do not know for sure that she has this, but I think according to the symptoms and events it is quite likely. My vet at first thought she got an eye infection from the solution, so she is treated for that right now.
So my question, finally, is this: Has anybody heard about a similar story like mine (ear cleaning resulting in Horner’s) or has any experience with this syndrome? What do you suggest concerning treatment? I will go to a check-up on Wednesday and I will definitely mention Horner's to him, but I am also very interested in other's opinions, experience, knowledge. If you gone through it with your cat, how did it happen, what medication did the vet give, how long did it last?
I read that it is not life-threatening, not painful, and will eventually go away, but unfortunately, it can take a long time, and I am feeling extreme remorse, that I did this to my cat Also, I am a bit concerned about her decreased appetite.
My cat is like my center of life, and I am just really scared that I did something irreversible to her.
Incredibly thankful for any comments, answers!.