Comments on: How to Clean Your Cat’s Eyes

By: tingles on cats

tingles on cats — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:57:31 +0000

Teckla, try to make friends with the stray cat by gently grooming it, slowly at first, until trust is built. Grooming is a natural bonding activity and the stray will respond once its able to relax. Before you try grooming the cat start feeding it with high protein wet cat food, and also some high protein dry cat food. Leave fresh water out to try and build up the animal’s health. Then once you can groom it, a regular brushing with a small cat brush will remove loose hair and also any fleas, and make the cat feel better (and look better); the cat will also groom itself, so the eyes may be just dirty. Again, the regular grooming will build trust. Do this by first offering it cat treats, and gently patting the cat if it wants more as a way of getting closer. Once the cat can be handled (and it may take several weeks of trying), you may be able to get it into a cat box to take it to the vet for proper eye treatment. Otherwise, there’s no way you will be able to treat the cat’s eyes yourself without heaps of drama. When you handle the cat to take it to a vet wear gloves, and have a towel to wrap around the animal to protect you from the claws, and the teeth!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:04:27 +0000

Teckla, I’m so sorry I got to this site so late. How is this cat doing with its eye? Have you seen it lately? It is very common for strays to have eye infections that, if not treated can cause serious problems. One of my rescues has a deformity in his face resulting in a blocked tear duct. I have to clean him every day. Contact me.

By: Teckla

Teckla — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:48:37 +0000

One of the stray cats I feed has what looks like swollen watery eyes. I noticed it yesterday. She doesn’t come around very often and she only lets me pet her once in awhile. There’s no way I’d be able to get her to a vet without losing an arm but I can’t not try and help her. I looked at what Petsmart has for eye cleanse and the ingredients include Boric Acid which doesn’t sound good to me.
I saw her again today and it looks like the third eyelid is showing for a bit. I hope it’s just an allergy or maybe dirt in her eyes. Is there a gentler eye solution I can use even if I’m only able to squirt her with it?
I really don’t know what to do except pray everything turns out okay for her. I hope someone has an answer for me. Any ideas and suggestions are most welcome.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:47:51 +0000

Rox, it’s the area below the inner corner where staining accumulates or if it’s really bad, there might be some gunk on the eyelid. Whatever you put, the cat will start wiping it off so probably best to use a damp washcloth and not bother spending money on wipes. If the cat senses something strange on it, it gets stressed and over-grooms and you end up with bigger problems.

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Sun, 17 May 2009 04:54:03 +0000

How do you keep a cats eyes clean?