Does my cat have an eye infection?

[Jeff7181]

Last night I noticed my cat was squinting with one eye, so I picked him up and brushed his eye with my finger thinking there might have been a hair or something hanging down in his eye. He seemed fine after than, he ran away and continued playing. Now this morning he was squinting again and there was a bit of green fluid from the center of his eye. I wiped it away and none is coming back yet 4 or 5 hours later, but he's still quinting.

I've spent almost $1000 in vet visits in the past 4 months for my kittens to get them all their shots, and I'd rather not go back for another $100 checkup if possible since in a month and a half they'll be going back to be fixed and declawed, which will probably end up being another $400 for the both of them.

Obviously something wrong with his eye isn't something to take lightly since it could be an infection, but I'm wondering if maybe I should wait a few days and see if maybe it was just a piece of lint or something under his eyelid that was irritating him that might work it's way out after a day or two.

Should I take him in now or wait a couple days?

 

[Azraele]

Eye infections can get nasty and result in blindness if left unchecked. I also understand not wanting to waste a visit if nothing is wrong. Perhaps give your vet a call and see what he/she thinks.

Also, please do not declaw. It's cruel.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Eye infections can get nasty and result in blindness if left unchecked. I also understand not wanting to waste a visit if nothing is wrong. Perhaps give your vet a call and see what he/she thinks.

Also, please do not declaw. It's cruel.

i prefer to have my cats declawed.

they destroy stuff if they dont.

and i dont even let them outdoors, so their "needing them to survive" argument doesnt work.

 

[fumbduck]

Don't declaw it if its a little normal house cat. If i had a tiger, i'd declaw it for sure.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Eye infections can get nasty and result in blindness if left unchecked. I also understand not wanting to waste a visit if nothing is wrong. Perhaps give your vet a call and see what he/she thinks.

Also, please do not declaw. It's cruel.

What he said. I'd at least give the vet a call, and please for the love of God don't declaw the cat. That seriously screws up their feet and can cause problems later in life for the cat.

 

[Azraele]

Proper training can take time and be taxing. It can be done, however.

If you don't want your stuff damaged, don't get a cat. It's that simple. Mutilation is not a good excuse.

BTW Encryptic, I'm not a he.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
Don't declaw it if its a little normal house cat. If i had a tiger, i'd declaw it for sure.

on the contrary... bigger than housecats shouldnt be kept as pets. it's cruel.

as far as declawing goes, the cat will destroy furniture if not declawed (generally).

we had cinnamon declawed, 12 years later, she still paws at furniture.

we only had her front paws declawed.

she does well enough with her back claws.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

i hate all you dont declaw your cat people! Sure no one likes having their fingers cut off. And im sure that if he didnt mind his furniture getting ruined he wouldnt declaw the cats. But All the cats ive ever owned have all been declawed.. none of them ever get outdoors because they cant reach the buttons in the elevators! And they are all happy. And yes i know what its like to be missing fingers

He's asking if his cats got an eye infection not if declawing is the right choice!

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Proper training can take time and be taxing. It can be done, however.

If you don't want your stuff damaged, don't get a cat. It's that simple. Mutilation is not a good excuse.

BTW Encryptic, I'm not a he.

yeah, it's an it!

even with declawing, my cat still loves me.

mutilation? isnt fixing a pet mutilation too?

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Eye infections can get nasty and result in blindness if left unchecked. I also understand not wanting to waste a visit if nothing is wrong. Perhaps give your vet a call and see what he/she thinks.

Also, please do not declaw. It's cruel.

Declawing isn't cruel, and yes I know how it's done. If it was completely up to me I wouldn't have it done because I don't have a problem with their claws... there know where to scratch and where not to scratch already, and it doesn't bother me when they grab onto me cause they never draw blood. But these are indoor cats only, and other family members want them declawed. So like I said, I don't think it's cruel, I just think it's a little dumb to perform surgery on them for a person's convenience, but it's not that big a deal.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: TwinkleToes77
i hate all you dont declaw your cat people! Sure no one likes having their fingers cut off. And im sure that if he didnt mind his furniture getting ruined he wouldnt declaw the cats. But All the cats ive ever owned have all been declawed.. none of them ever get outdoors because they cant reach the buttons in the elevators! And they are all happy. And yes i know what its like to be missing fingers

He's asking if his cats got an eye infection not if declawing is the right choice!

i dont really hate them.. some things work for some people, others dont. they're not being aggressive about it. what should have been said is "please consider not declawing your cat" or something like that, though.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: fumbduck
Don't declaw it if its a little normal house cat. If i had a tiger, i'd declaw it for sure.

on the contrary... bigger than housecats shouldnt be kept as pets. it's cruel.

as far as declawing goes, the cat will destroy furniture if not declawed (generally).

we had cinnamon declawed, 12 years later, she still paws at furniture.

we only had her front paws declawed.

she does well enough with her back claws.

Yeah, my cats tear the furniture up sometimes, gets annoying. Declawing just never occured to me.

How is it cruel to keep tigers as house pets? I mean if they are walked regularly and played with and excercised, I don't see the difference. Just a big cat with *possible* wild instincts, but house cats have those too, they just aren't big and powerful.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: fumbduck
Don't declaw it if its a little normal house cat. If i had a tiger, i'd declaw it for sure.

on the contrary... bigger than housecats shouldnt be kept as pets. it's cruel.

as far as declawing goes, the cat will destroy furniture if not declawed (generally).

we had cinnamon declawed, 12 years later, she still paws at furniture.

we only had her front paws declawed.

she does well enough with her back claws.

You obviously missed the last thread about this.

Please do not declaw your cat.

It is quite analogous to having your fingers removed at the first knuckle. Of course, some cats are fine with it. It also seriously messes with some cats' heads. Many cats feel very insecure after being declawed. Many cats also resort to biting when they have no claws.

It is an unnecessary practice. If you don't want to train your cat, you don't deserve a cat.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: Azraele
Proper training can take time and be taxing. It can be done, however.

If you don't want your stuff damaged, don't get a cat. It's that simple. Mutilation is not a good excuse.

BTW Encryptic, I'm not a he.

yeah, it's an it!

even with declawing, my cat still loves me.

mutilation? isnt fixing a pet mutilation too?

Yeah id be more upset about having my sexual organs cut off rather than the tips of my fingers

 

[zixxer]

just cut their entire paw off. that's the real answer; after all.

 

[StageLeft]

Declawing is not kind but both of our cats have no fronts (only back), and one of them would surely have killed our furniture by now if not for the declawing. Does she care? Maybe, but we more than make up for it by giving them a good home, plenty of places to rest in the sun, treats, and medical care when needed. Would you offer to lose the little finger on each hand if it meant you were a millionaire? I would They feel no pani now and they don't _need_ them for anything, so it's not a huge deal. I was somewhat against the idea initially but now I"m glad they are clawless. They're like little teddybears now hehe

 

[fumbduck]

yeah, someone who is anti de-clawing better damn well be anti neutering/fixing as well, otherwise your argument is shot to sh!t.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: fumbduck
yeah, someone who is anti de-clawing better damn well be anti neutering/fixing as well, otherwise your argument is shot to sh!t.

Nonsense.

They are not even remotely similar. We're talking about something the cat uses every day, and has used every day since they were born.

It is not the same as sexual organs, especially if you have them fixed before they become sexually active.

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

 

[Encryptic]

To all the people arguing for declawing and comparing it to spaying/neutering a cat:

Would you rather leave the male cat intact and have to deal with them possibly spraying and being aggressive? Not to mention, I understand it can kill the female cat/make them very sick if they go into heat and cannot mate, due to the buildup of eggs in their ovaries.

Secondly, there are already too many unwanted cats in this world who don't have homes and end up being put to sleep. Getting the cat fixed is a permanent solution to this and can make the cat more mellow as a result.

Train your cat, for fvck's sake. Declawing is a poor substitute for training them. You could also trim their claws if you really wanted to. We try to do this with our cats on a regular basis and we've also trained them with a squirt bottle to stop them from scratching.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fumbduck
yeah, someone who is anti de-clawing better damn well be anti neutering/fixing as well, otherwise your argument is shot to sh!t.

Nonsense.

They are not even remotely similar. We're talking about something the cat uses every day, and has used every day since they were born.

It is not the same as sexual organs, especially if you have them fixed before they become sexually active.

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

Since when does a house cat use his claws everyday? They certainly don't claw their food, and they don't claw things they play with, they paw them around.
Unless the cat is doing some super climbing up a wall of carpet or something, they don't use their claws much either.

If you have a cat's claws fixed at birth, or whenever they come in, wouldn't that be the same thing? Wouldn't they just thing they naturally don't have them?(i really don't know, im honestly asking, not being rhetorical)

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

I agree with this statement. I cannot tell you that.

 

[Jeff7181]

Guess I should have left that part out of the origional post

In a lot of cases it's better for the cat to be declawed... if it's done properly, and the owner does what's necessary to ensure that they heal properly there's no adverse effects. Where you run into problems is when the surgery isn't performed properly, or the cats are switched back to clay litter too soon.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fumbduck
yeah, someone who is anti de-clawing better damn well be anti neutering/fixing as well, otherwise your argument is shot to sh!t.

Nonsense.

They are not even remotely similar. We're talking about something the cat uses every day, and has used every day since they were born.

It is not the same as sexual organs, especially if you have them fixed before they become sexually active.

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

Since when does a house cat use his claws everyday? They certainly don't claw their food, and they don't claw things they play with, they paw them around.
Unless the cat is doing some super climbing up a wall of carpet or something, they don't use their claws much either.

If you have a cat's claws fixed at birth, or whenever they come in, wouldn't that be the same thing? Wouldn't they just thing they naturally don't have them?(i really don't know, im honestly asking, not being rhetorical)

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

I agree with this statement. I cannot tell you that.

Of course they use them every day. I have NEVER gone through 24, let alone 12 hours without seeing our cat use its claws.They always scratch when they wake up.

I don't think cats are declawed until they have stopped growing, though. I may be wrong, but I think we would see a lot more declawed kittens if it could be done when they were young. Anybody?

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: fumbduck
yeah, someone who is anti de-clawing better damn well be anti neutering/fixing as well, otherwise your argument is shot to sh!t.

Nonsense.

They are not even remotely similar. We're talking about something the cat uses every day, and has used every day since they were born.

It is not the same as sexual organs, especially if you have them fixed before they become sexually active.

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

Since when does a house cat use his claws everyday? They certainly don't claw their food, and they don't claw things they play with, they paw them around.
Unless the cat is doing some super climbing up a wall of carpet or something, they don't use their claws much either.

If you have a cat's claws fixed at birth, or whenever they come in, wouldn't that be the same thing? Wouldn't they just thing they naturally don't have them?(i really don't know, im honestly asking, not being rhetorical)

You can't tell me that having a vasectomy would be debilitating like having your first knuckle removed would be.

I agree with this statement. I cannot tell you that.

Of course they use them every day. I have NEVER gone through 24, let alone 12 hours without seeing our cat use its claws.They always scratch when they wake up.

I don't think cats are declawed until they have stopped growing, though. I may be wrong, but I think we would see a lot more declawed kittens if it could be done when they were young. Anybody?

That's what I'm saying....My cats use theirs all the time when playing with toys. They hold them with their front paws and kick with their back paws. They also use them to climb their scratching posts.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Eye infections can get nasty and result in blindness if left unchecked. I also understand not wanting to waste a visit if nothing is wrong. Perhaps give your vet a call and see what he/she thinks.

Also, please do not declaw. It's cruel.

I agree with both of your statements.

Ausm

 

[acidvoodoo]

yea i'd check it out, my cat had one but we didn't notice it fast enough and she had to have the eye removed