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Questions tagged [eye-disease]

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Does my cat have eye worms?

I managed to pull 5-6 strange elastic white-translucent organisms from Toby's eyes. I never witnessed them move. They're definitely not hairs, and using 19x macro lens I took some pictures of them, improvising a home-made microscope. Afterwards, I…
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My dog's right eye is dislodged from the socket, do I need a second opinion?

My dog (he is a mix of a chihuahua and a Shih Tzu) just had an accident a few hours ago. His right eye appears to have popped out of his socket (but it's still attached), he has patches of scraped skin on his head, his left eye is closed and…
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Did I damage my kitten by accidentally forcefully opening her eyes?

I might have accidentally opened the right eye of a week old kitten. I was holding her head in order to place the feeding bottle in her mouth. She then squirmed (like she always does when trying to find the feeding bottle) and this stretched her…
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My cat has a wormy eye discharge

I have 2 cats in my house, both Ragdolls, age 6-7 months each. The older one of the two has recurring eye discharge which you can see in the images: https://i.sstatic.net/m47Kx.jpg . Video: https://streamable.com/ql1t3 First he had this issue with…
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Worried about domestic cat and urban cat fight

We have one male Persian cat, who likes to go to our yard and we have seen there is one male urban cat which is fighting with our Persian cat at our yard. Here are the cats below: We are worked about their fight, and we try to not leave them alone…
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Indian Tortoise all puffy

We have two baby tortoise (twins - from the same egg). Recently we went on holiday for Christmas and left both Elmo and Leon at a pet boarding (which had good reviews). When we came back yesterday Elmo looked very weak and puffy, he didn't opened…
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Iris of my cat's left eye is discoloring on the edge

A few weeks back, I noticed my cat's left eye's iris is discoloring from the corner (brownish red, iris is gold color). She is 8 years old, female. She has no other complaint whatsoever. I know I should check with professional, which I did. I took…
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Dog with red eye because sleeps with eye opened (photo)

I adopted an old boxer that sleeps with one eye a little open. This part of the eye is red and I think is because it get dry. Is there any nutrient or solution so he close his eye while he sleeps? This photo has two months. I think his eye is still…
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Does a cat that lost an eye from infection need to have its eye sewn shut?

For the past few weeks, a stray kitten has been wandering to my house and getting more and more comfortable staying around. When he came, he has an eye infection, and now he has lost his entire left eye. I did some googling and found that cats who…
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Cat eye infection

The mother cat gave birth to three kittens in our backyard. After the first month, I noticed one of the kittens' eyes has some "rheum" and is semi closed. I thought maybe it'd go away by it self (bad mistake)... In the second month, when they…
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What can I do for a stray cat having an eye infection

Last week I found a neighborhood stray cat (he often comes in my yard) is having an eye infection. His right eye appears to be half closed and abnormal with white eye discharge. His left eye looks fine. I am willing to take him to the vet if I…
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Entropion with a possible adopted dog

I am new to dog ownership and we're looking for an adult dog to adopt. We found a 6-year-old Chow Collie with a clean bill of health and that we are seriously considering. He has one eye with an inverted eyelid and we were told the vet says he is…
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My cat cannot close one of his eyes

My cat is 1 year and 10 months old. He is a white doll-face Persian cat, with yellow-brown eyes. He is eating very healthy and eats three times a day. Since yesterday I am noticing that he is not closing his Right eye frequently. Even when he blinks…
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Growing black stain in a dog's lower eyelid

Background I have a 2.5 years old male, mixed breed dog. We believe his ancestry is mainly cocker spaniel, with a fair amount of poodle and maybe some other thing. He is in general good health, he is quite obedient, he runs a lot he runs off-leash…
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Why are my old cat's pupils always dilated?

My cat is probably around 25 years old. She still has decent vision, hearing, jumps up onto my chair, no apparent arthritis or any other health issues. The vet said she's fine. The only odd thing is here eyes are always dilated. My apartment…
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