Saving Her Cloudy Eye

[amyrose]

Hi. My 5 month old foster kitten has (or had) herpes and nystagmus. Her remaining eye is cloudy but stable for now. Little vision if any. She gets around OK.

Wondering if anyone has had success treating this unfortunate condition? She's on terramycin, had antibiotics and idoxuridine. Not much change. Lysine too, Now Foods I think the brand is.

She's so sweet. Survived the ulcerated eye surgery (enucleated), panleuk and URI. I'm crazy about her. I'm almost too worried to adopt her out but my 2 boys dislike other cats. Also worry over vet bills since eye op cost $750. Moving to the UK next year with my lot. I feel selfish wanting to keep her plus no other playmate for her, but equally terrified of letting this one go to a new home given her circumstances and how kinda bonded we are. :/

 

[duckpond]

pretty little girl. I don't have any experience with this, i just wanted to give you guys my best wishes, for a full recovery. And give her a big hug!

 

[Margret]

I'm a little concerned about the quarantine laws in the UK, how long would she have to be quarantined when you move there? I think you should research that before making any adoption decision.

I know this isn't your first concern right now, but I have no experience with the problems you mention so I have no advice on those things. Sorry about that.

Margret

 

[Willowy]

If you do all the rabies protocols properly, you don't have to do quarantine to move pets to the UK anymore. There's a lot of info online; make sure you follow the protocol carefully. Some of it has to be started well in advance so it wouldn't hurt to look it up soon.

I have a young male who lost one eye to herpes/URI and the other eye is badly scarred and cloudy---looks a lot like her eye. I used terramycin and a round of azithromycin when he was first found, but nothing since then. He can see well enough to not be entirely blind, and is bold enough to take jumps that he can't always make . I haven't taken him to an eye specialist (I'm not even sure there's one in the area) but my vet said that it is what it is and not to worry unless something new happens with that eye. He gets along just fine.

 

[amyrose]

Hi. Thanks.

I have 2 of my own boys who I'm taking with me already, so I'll just be adding her to the list, if anything. I'll be careful either way.

I considered a specialist but not sure about vets here in NY (Queens) anymore as they missed panleuk diagnosis, both in Clover and her late sister Hazel. :{ Now I'm very sad that Clover has no playmate, and since we'll be living in a tight space at first I can't even adopt her a playmate until we have our own home.

Anyone think blind kitties need playmates or are they okay to be alone? That's the main thing affecting my decision. Not sure my boys who don't like other cats will take to her.

 

[Kflowers]

Sometimes moving changes all the territorial - 'my turf, buster!' business. It's traumatic and can make enemies friends, or at least civil to each other. Shared experience I guess.