kittens eye has pus help!

Sounds like a bad case of feline herpes its very common and kittens contract the virus from the mother… You need to get L-lysine add it to the kitten formula its an amino acid and it inhibits the feline herpes virus to grow properly… I’ve given it to kittens as young as 2 weeks because its a natural occurs amino acid its impossible for a cat to overdose on it..

You can get it from any health food shop in tablet form simple crush a tablet form and sprinkle it on food or in milk bottle it should help with his overall eye health.. I’ll post one of my old links if I can find one it describes in more detail the great uses for L-lysine ..

Hi, does he have his eyes opened yet? If so, you need to open the eye and flush the puss out with saline solution. If there is too much buildup and pressure on the eye, it could damage his eye if not relieved. This happened with my cloud. I used warm water to help open his eye, and saline once it was open. I hope he feels better!

Today morning while standing at the gate I saw a nice brown kitty strolling on the footpath. As it came upon the edge towards the road below, it didn’t stop, but when it its paws found nothing to step on, it retreated. I immediately sensed it cannot see. So I decided to take a closer look. I have two small cats of my own. And i saw its eyes were indeed shut.

Wondering if kittens too have eyes shut like pups, I googled. But when I saw its only in the first few days that the eyes are shut, i got suspicious. So I went back to the kitty and took a closer look by lifting it up. The eyes were shut with a gum or glue like substance it appeared. Then i took it home to see if anything can be done or perhaps i might take it to my vet. In the meantime I googled a bit more on this. And I found this page from dailykitten. The comments boosted my spirit to try cleaning its eyes and see. So with warm water and cotton, i gently rubbed on the closed eyes where the pus had dried out.

And indeed after a few minutes of gentle but thorough cleaning around the eyes the dried up pus gave away. But soon some more fresh pus appeared. It was quite scary never seen or attended a medical thing like this on a cat. But I kept on, having read all the comments here twice. Lo and behold, soon after a little more cleaning, a tiny speck opened in the eyes. And it was shining black, the eyes. So with some joy I did a little more cleaning. And eventually one eye opened, spotless clean. There was no more pus inside. After some time cleaing the other eye, it too opened up. It was a beauty and quite wonderfull to help the kitty have its sight back. I don’t have a picture yet but will post it by a day. Thanks everybody here for helping out the kitty get seeing the world.

But the concern is, its not really eating anything. So I fed it milk with a dropper I keep. I hope it comes around soon and regains appetite. I’m not sure if it will stay with me and join the company I already have, or perhaps I might set it where it was in a few days.

The vet visit is tomorrow, saturday. Meanwhile, pus is accumulating in the kitty’s eyes. And now ive got saline to clean it off. the appetite is still lost and feeding is through a syringe (without needle). I’ll get goat’s milk. Is Cerelac fine to feed him/her. My other kitten lops it up in no time. BTW, i didn’t find a link to upload an image on the Reply box.

Cerelac is the baby food powder from Nestle. I give him once a day. Olive oil good idea bec it gets constipated by milk sometime. Other thing is it gets quite cold sleeping all the time. I’ve put a hot water pouch with it and warm clothes though. And it keeps sleeping whole day. I wonder why. Ill see the vet and see what he has to say or prescribe. Injections i hope not but im sure he will give some antibiotic injection as his habit.

It may be a little late for me to reply. But I hope it will help others who have similar problems. Just try Ofloxacin Ophthalmic Solution eye/ear drops. It worked for all my kittens with eye infection. 😀