anyone any experience of corneal sequestra in a cat ?

[peridito]

Looks like our male cat has this ,we're booked in for a million pound ( £275) consultation with an expert .

But I don't know why really ,if it 's confirmed ( and I can't think it's anything else ) we won't be able to afford the cost of surgery ( graft ) or aftercare . Although my sweet soft hearted son is keen to explore ( and pay for ) every avenue .

It's bound to be back to our vet and surgery to remove the eye .

In the meantime I'm watching for any change in shape of his eye and imagining our lovely cat will manage with only one eye .

it just sounds so disfiguring and I'm sad and feeling a bit and that I must have missed it's onset/early signs .

If he does end up losing an eye he will be absolutely fine. A previous cat of mine lost an eye when he was about 6 or 7 - it didn't seem to cause him any problems at all, he still had access outside, and he lived to 17. And it isn't disfiguring at all - I always thought it made him look rather dashing .

A friend of my cats lost his eye in a car accident. He's fine. Agreed that it makes him look rather dashing!

Thank you both for posting and for the picture GOPWC - you're user name describes me v well !

It's reassuring to see a photo .Can I ask ,do they sew the eyelid shut over the ummm cavity ?

With him the vet told me they removed the eyelid and then sewed up the skin.
I assume that is standard practice but vets here could advise?

My friends cats eye was completely sewn up.

Hi Peridito, any updates on what you decided in the end?

My exotic shorthair had the same thing just a few months ago....£275 for a consultation followed by a £3800 operation to graft over his poorly eye and remove the sequestrum! 🙁 luckily we were insured and my kitty made a full recovery but two months down the line and it looks like it’s happened to the other eye and the last operation has maxed out our insurance limit so we’re a little anxious right now about what we can do!

Would love to hear how you got on? Hoping your cat is much better now

Any chance of a pic. I love Exotics, and Cheddar was very disappointed that no other Exotics appeared on her recent post about them.

@peridito Here is our boy 😊 the last is with his poorly the at the moment, waiting on his appointment later in the week to find out if it is a sequestrum causing ulcers 🙁 poor thing

@Toddlerteaplease (sorry... @ at the wrong person!) x

He's gorgeous & identical to Cheddar although she's a bit darker.

@HootyTooty hi sorry not to have updated .

We did have the eye out and he recovered well and quickly . He's fine ,still v purry .Does jump a little when unexpecetdly approached but perhaps he's a little deaf .

When we had the consultation the vet did say that there were two different ops for condition ,one sounded more complicated .

What day is your consultation ? I will send as many postive vibes your way as I can !