Discussion on Cats, Moggies and Felines in general [with Pictures]

[JessicaTam]

That’s how our cats like it. BJ (ginger) and Pip.

 

[Cossie]

Well, not good news, poor old Bean died on Friday, things were looking so promising. He wasn't our cat, but for some reason I had developed a great liking for him and of course hoped he recovered.

 

[VPS]

All cats

 

[k_sheep]

Who knew - there are pet ophthalmologists!

Bandit is 17yo standard issue cat with an entropian (bottom eyelid folds inwards) giving her goopy eye. Can do a surgery to try to fix the eyelid but it's a long one, no guarantee of success, and she's got a heart murmur so a bit of an anaesthetic rest. He thinks she's not actually in pain with it so we're going with keeping-an-eye (ha!) on it. If gets a corneal ulcer or something I think enucleation (removal of the eye altogether) will be next step.

You can see she's clearly suffering as she sits on my freshly planted coriander *rolleyes* (totally enclosed yard - she's not a free roamer and is confined inside at dusk).

 

[VPS]

Who knew - there are pet ophthalmologists!

Bandit is 17yo standard issue cat with an entropian (bottom eyelid folds inwards) giving her goopy eye. Can do a surgery to try to fix the eyelid but it's a long one, no guarantee of success, and she's got a heart murmur so a bit of an anaesthetic rest. He thinks she's not actually in pain with it so we're going with keeping-an-eye (ha!) on it. If gets a corneal ulcer or something I think enucleation (removal of the eye altogether) will be next step. View attachment 509409

You can see she's clearly suffering as she sits on my freshly planted coriander *rolleyes* (totally enclosed yard - she's not a free roamer and is confined inside at dusk).

You'd be astounded at the number of cataract surgeries they do on dogs

 

[Dr Bob]

Who knew - there are pet ophthalmologists!

Bandit is 17yo standard issue cat with an entropian (bottom eyelid folds inwards) giving her goopy eye. Can do a surgery to try to fix the eyelid but it's a long one, no guarantee of success, and she's got a heart murmur so a bit of an anaesthetic rest. He thinks she's not actually in pain with it so we're going with keeping-an-eye (ha!) on it. If gets a corneal ulcer or something I think enucleation (removal of the eye altogether) will be next step. View attachment 509409

You can see she's clearly suffering as she sits on my freshly planted coriander *rolleyes* (totally enclosed yard - she's not a free roamer and is confined inside at dusk).

Under normal circumstances that would be a 5 minute fix and , yes, she's in, at the lest, extreme discomfort.

 

[k_sheep]

Under normal circumstances that would be a 5 minute fix and , yes, she's in, at the lest, extreme discomfort.

See I had read all over the internet it's very painful (hence why I asked our normal vet for a referral) but he said "I estimated a 2/10 'arbitrary pain-scale'" ... and reassured me she wasn't bothered.

Urk!