Comments on: Cat Eye Operation

By: Lydia chilton

Lydia chilton — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 19:31:26 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I noticed there was something wrong with my cats eye when my son took a photo of him, and the eye didn’t reflect the flash…I thought it was the start of a cataract, and after research, thought it best just to leave it (BIG MISTAKE)…3 days after noticing it I went on holiday for 10 days..5 days in my dad rang me to say there was a yellowish lump protuding from his eye, as I was away there wasn’t anything I could do, another 3 days later my dad rang again to say the eye looked like a raspberry, and was weeping. I returned home last saturday and decided he needed to see a vet asap!!!..so i booked an appointment for the following monday….On sunday he went missing..I looked everywhere for him, with no avail !!!..I came to the assumption he had gone somewhere to die….that night I was doing some research on the internet and I found out what was wrong with his eye..it is called a descemetocele !!..I read on, and it said the eye starts oozing fluid from inside it…and this is what had started happening to him…it said the eye eventually collapses..well all that night i was beside myself knowing he was out there somewhere in excruciating pain with an eye ready to implode!!..I cannot tell you the trauma I was going through!!!!…well, Monday came and he never returned so I cancelled the vets and cried all night….at 3am Tuesday morning I was woken up by my son, with Felix in his arms!!..I was elated!!!!!…as soon as the vets opened I rang them up and that afternoon I took him there..they agreed that his eye would be removed..so they kept him in overnight..and on wednesday he had his eye removed. He is doing well now, even though he hates his buster collar immensley!!!..When i picked Felix up from the vets he crawled up me and snuggled my face and licked me profusely…it was the best feeling i had ever had!!!!!…..the vets said he had most probably suffered an injury to his eye to cause such trauma to it..and unfortunately he has limited vision in his “good” eye…I have spent the last 24 hours on poo and wee watch, as he has been struggling to go…2am sat in the garden watching an elderly cat bump about trying to wee is no fun I can tell you….he has had a good wee since and an explosion of poo…but he still is not as regular as he once was..I was told the operation and anaesthetic would have upset his bowel and bladder!!!!….anyway..the total bill came to just short of £600, and sadly i had no insurance for him, but the vets have been good and let me pay it in bits!!!!!….I just wish I hadn’t have been away when he got so ill, the speed of his eyes’ degeneration was alarming!!!…he must have been in total agony!!!!…please please, if you see this in your own cat..get them seen urgently..dont wait !!!!!

By: Susan Palmer

Susan Palmer — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:15:47 +0000

My 16 year old cat Buttons Strached the cornea of her eye and the doctor sent her home at1st with drops.She WENT BACK FOR Afollowup and the doctor then says hhe wants to clean her teeth ,she went in and the next thing I know her eye had burst while she was on the table[this was after he said he did not want to try to take out the eye] .She got through the operation ok and is fine after he took the eye and now because the teeth were not healed where he extracted them he says she has Cancer, I want to take her for another opion should I? SmPALMER OF OHIO

By: wendy

wendy — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:26:28 +0000

our cat who is 15 has been diagnosed a few weeks back with a detatched lense and the other eye was going the same. The vet said he was not in pain and nothing could be done for him as it was age related and he could no longer be an outdoor cat, and that if it became infected then he would lose the eye. It is so sad to see his white eyes.
I have just read the article Richard Aug. 11th and feel sorry that I have not been given this information , that an operation is possible. I do not have the finances to pay for such an operation as a pensioner but wonder if the cats protection league or similar have funds for such a thing.Does anyone know? If my cat does need an operation to remove the eye how would I finance it? But I would love to be able to save his sight and this makes me feel really guilty.Itsounds that if left it will become infected. Any info please.

By: RIchard

RIchard — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:42:11 +0000

My cat Charlie was a recused stray from the RSPCA. He had already had an operation to resolve turned in eye lids before we adopted him. He had been to the Vet a number of times where we mentioned his right eye always seem to have a grey tinge and the pupil seem grey. We were always told be the various Vet’s that the eye was fine.

Recently he walked in with his right eye closed with discharge. After a trip to the Vet we were prescribed drops. After checkups the Vet’s said the eye was much better. That was far from the truth, after checking the eye ourselves we could see that it was completely cloudy, almost white. Again the Vet gave us drops for conjunctivitis.

Three days later we asked to be referred to a eye specialist. After one question and a quick look in the eye, he immediately diagnosed the problem. Anterior Lens Subluxation, basically the Len’s had detached and fallen into the space at the front of the eye. A condition that needs immediate treatment to save the eye, he actually operated that day. Because of the time it had been left undiagnosed it was hit and miss if the the lens could be removed or if he would loose the eye. What was also confirmed is he had a long standing cataract in the Lens and actually could never see out of the eye!

Charlie is on the road to recovery, hence lots of drops, antibiotics and not being able to go out (and £1200 light). However, he now has sight in both eyes!

If a Vet cannot diagnose a condition or you are not happy with the diagnosis then a visit a specialist for a consultation, it will not cost much more than a standard Vet. At least the problem will be diagnosed correctly and you can make an informed decision on treatment. Vets taking pot luck on treatments is just not acceptable! I know its only a cat, but its my cat!

By: dog groomers sydney

dog groomers sydney — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:12:21 +0000

very inspiring – thanks for the post.

By: Jooles

Jooles — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:32:08 +0000

Been for another visit to the vets, breathing still not good and now has high temperature. Wish we could have stayed to comfort her but she is in an incubator of oxygen. Only couple more hours and we can visit again. Not bothered about the eye, she has another one! but worried what damage has been done. fingers crossed.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:37:26 +0000

Hi Jooles, So sorry to hear that, if the sight in the other eye is not affected she should adapt well to life with one eye. I hope the breathing is better now.

By: Jooles

Jooles — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:32:50 +0000

We got the dreaded phone call at 1230 this morning to say our youngest cat, not even 12 months old, has been in a RTA. She has lost an eye, and not very responsive this morning. No broken bones or internal injuries have shown up on the xray, but breathing not good. So worried.

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:31:53 +0000

Adam, I’m so sorry your trust seems to have broken down with your vet, its really important that you go and discuss with them how you are feeling. You always have the right to ask for a second opinion either with a different vet within your existing practice or a vet from a completely different practice. Unfortunately exactly as Joe said in the last post eye problems can be very difficult to treat, its a specialist area and your own vets cannot give the same level of service as a specialist would.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:48:48 +0000

Ollie stayed in the vets over night – so they could administer his drops throughout the night. I had to tell the vet it was only one night for definite – he had written on the admission form “indefinite.”

I picked him up this morning, and the nurse said he need to come back every 24hrs. Guess what? I get charged a consultation fee every time I take him back. Handy, that.

She told me that his eye might not be saved – how on earth can I possibly know any difference to what they tell me? Do I just trust them at face value – or do I get a second opinion? He does not look to be in any discomfort at all.