Hi guys, my cat Moe only has one eye and I've noticed the little hole where his other eye used to be has been getting clogged up with black gunk. I try to pick it out when I can but sometimes it is really stuck in there and forms like a little marble of hard goo before I can get it out. It must be uncomfortable for him! I'm wondering if anybody has any experience with this? He was one-eyed when I got him so I was never given any instructions or info about how to properly care for it or how the operation went. Is it normal for their to even be a little hole for discharge to come out after an eye gets removed? Or should it have been totally stitched up? I'm wondering if the shelter he was at had to just do the cheapest surgery on his eye so it wasn't done in the best way and that is why he is having these issues? I've had him for around 5 years now so it is clearly not like endangering his life but I would like to know if I could do anything to make him have an easier time being a one-eyed boy. He is going to his vet check up in a few weeks so I will also ask the vet, I just wanted to hear all you cat folks opinions as well.
Here is a picture of his cute face (including his little eye hole filled with goo)
and also a picture of the big awful bead of goo I just pulled out (which must have felt awful to have stuck in there )
Here is a picture of his cute face (including his little eye hole filled with goo)
and also a picture of the big awful bead of goo I just pulled out (which must have felt awful to have stuck in there )