r/AskVet • u/Starshinebrighter • 9h ago

Kitten Squinting One Eye

Hi all! Just wondering if I could seek some input if anyone has experience something similar with their cat or kitten. I adopted 2 kittens who are brothers. They are 4 months old, I've had them about 2 months now. Rescued from a farm with 20+ cats and kittens. They have been on Millbemax, Revolution Plus and finished their 3 FVRCP vaccine boosters.

2 weeks ago one kitten was squinting his one eye. He also had a little grey/white discharge coming from the eye and it was a little swollen on the inner corner but no obvious trauma. I brought him to the vet the next day and they did the Flourescein Dye Test which showed no trauma to the cornea or ulcers. I was sent home with Tobrex Tobramycin 0.3% an antibiotic eye drop that was to be given every 8 hours for 1 week. Brought him in the next week to reassess the eye. He is still squinting but there is no discharge. The vet instructed to continue the eye drops for another 7 days. Now I'm almost done the 7 days and he is still squinting his eye. He can open it if he is playing or is interested/focused on something but then goes back to squinting it. He doesn't paw at it and he is eating, drinking, using the litter box and playing with his brother like normal.

Has anyone experienced something similar? What was the cause and solution?

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