Not sure what these white spots are

[Jojo825]

My 4 yr old (appeared recently) has these white spots in corners of his eyes. He is a flame point Siamese with no known health issues. I have not changed his his food in past two years. He is strictly an inside cat. Does anyone know what this could be? Thanks!!!

 

[FeebysOwner]

Hi. I think if I were you I would be inclined to have your vet check out those spots. You could try to send that pic to your vet and ask their opinion, but unless it is completely obvious to them what they are, they will likely suggest you bring him in for a better look. It could be scarring from a previous injury to the eye tissue that has healed, an infection, tumors, or a whole host of other things in between.

Hope it isn't anything serious, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.

 

[Jojo825]

Hi. I think if I were you I would be inclined to have your vet check out those spots. You could try to send that pic to your vet and ask their opinion, but unless it is completely obvious to them what they are, they will likely suggest you bring him in for a better look. It could be scarring from a previous injury to the eye tissue that has healed, an infection, tumors, or a whole host of other things in between.

Hope it isn't anything serious, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.

Thank you! I have an appt for tomorrow. Praying it’s nothing serious

 

[FeebysOwner]

Let us know what you find out, please! Keeping my fingers crossed it is totally harmless!

 

[FeebysOwner]

Your vet will know for sure but, to me, it looks like ordinary "eye boogers."

I guess that would be a good thing to have J Jojo825 clarify - I thought the question was about the spots on his eye that is open in the picture, not the other eye that is closed and does appear to have some seepage.

 

[Jojo825]

I guess that would be a good thing to have J Jojo825 clarify - I thought the question was about the spots on his eye that is open in the picture, not the other eye that is closed and does appear to have some seepage.

Yes. I am concerned about the spots in the right eye but did also notice the little eye booger in left. He hadn’t had any of that in right or sign of infection.

 

[lavishsqualor]

What did the vet say?

 

[Jojo825]

Appointment is at 4. I will update

 

[lavishsqualor]

Awesome.

I'm really curious about those spots.

My suspicion is that it's nothing.

I remember years ago my male gray tabby Atticus, the star of the American Cat Huffer thread, yawned and I saw what looked like some sort of god-awful fungus growing on his tongue! I totally lost it and had him at the vet the next morning. The vet looked at his tongue, smiled and pulled out a ballpoint pen. She used the pen to dislodge the "fungus" (I was freaking out at this point) which turned out to be fibers from a black blanket. Atticus had been licking the blanket and the fibers accumulated in the papillae on his tongue. I practically wept with relief.

Fingers crossed you'll get a similar diagnosis.

 

[Jojo825]

Appointment is at 4. I will update

Awesome.

I'm really curious about those spots.

My suspicion is that it's nothing.

I remember years ago my male gray tabby Atticus, the star of the American Cat Huffer thread, yawned and I saw what looked like some sort of god-awful fungus growing on his tongue! I totally lost it and had him at the vet the next morning. The vet looked at his tongue, smiled and pulled out a ballpoint pen. She used the pen to dislodge the "fungus" (I was freaking out at this point) which turned out to be fibers from a black blanket. Atticus had been licking the blanket and the fibers accumulated in the papillae on his tongue. I practically wept with relief.

Fingers crossed you'll get a similar diagnosis.

Awesome.

I'm really curious about those spots.

My suspicion is that it's nothing.

I remember years ago my male gray tabby Atticus, the star of the American Cat Huffer thread, yawned and I saw what looked like some sort of god-awful fungus growing on his tongue! I totally lost it and had him at the vet the next morning. The vet looked at his tongue, smiled and pulled out a ballpoint pen. She used the pen to dislodge the "fungus" (I was freaking out at this point) which turned out to be fibers from a black blanket. Atticus had been licking the blanket and the fibers accumulated in the papillae on his tongue. I practically wept with relief.

Fingers crossed you'll get a similar diagnosis.

just got back from vet. They are ulcers. Possibly from scratch. He is on antibiotics 4x a day

 

[lavishsqualor]

Yay for ulcers!

I'm so glad it wasn't anything serious.

Your cat is lucky to have such a great custodian.

 

[Jojo825]

Aweee thank you so much

 

[FeebysOwner]

So very good for the long run, not so good for the short term. But, it looks like it will all be OK overall! That is terrific!!!