Come give some virtual hugs to poor Colin

[Kenworthington]

He’s been in an ‘altercation’ again. He’s torn his extra eyelid (who even knew that was a thing???) poor boys feeling very sorry for himself . As will I when I attempt to put his eye drops in.... may get dh to do it while I do the holding. I feel he may be ‘better’ at it ....

Oh ouch! Poor Colin, I hope he feels better soon (and you don’t lose any limbs attempting the drops).

Oh poor Colin. Good luck with the drops and wishing him a speedy recovery, it must be sore.

Best wishes Colin 😻

Thanks. He’s not a vocal kitty so he’s being quite stoic about it. Poor chap though 😿

Poor boy. Hope he didn't puncture his eye As Snorg did.

Ah poor him, speedy recovery.

Wow that looks so sore! Poor Colin.

From one Colin to another- get well soon

Colin is the double of my cat Clyde. Even down to the white hairs on his chest!

Thanks for all the well wishes. She’s been scared of going out since the poor thing. Also- his left damaged eye is still massively dilated. Is that ok? I tried calling the vet to ask about it but I can’t get through

@Kenworthington
My dd is a (senior) vet student, she says to check if the eye drops you are giving him contains atropine. If so it causes the pupil to dilate.

Otherwise you can post the name and she will look it up.

If the vet seeing him, put atropine in to examine the eye, it can take up to several days to subside.

But contact your vet if in doubt.

Ah great thanks yes the vet put some dye in it to look at it so maybe that’s it phew!

No, sorry the dye is a different product to check for cornea ulcers. You better ask the vet.

Ah ok the drops brand is isathal

I’ve tried googling it but it doesn’t mention it

Isathal is an acid and antibiotic, I hope your vet checked for ulsers on the cornea, because acid makes ulsers much worse.

Please contact your vet, if they haven't used atropine either, your cat should be checked again.

because acid makes ulsers much worse. - on the cornea.

Hey I'm a vet. The first thing I noticed on your photo was that dilated pupil. That's not right. Back to your vet please.

Isathal is perfectly safe with corneal ulcers. It contains an antibiotic called fucidic acid. It does not have atropine in and will not cause the dilation of the pupil.

Poor poor Colin please take him back to the vet as PP advised.
I hope he soon recovers.

Thank you @BadEyeBri, nice with some more knowledge, peww .

But dd has been warned by another (old) vet that all guidelines recommend fucidic acids, but actually they often make it worse 🤷‍♀️.

But as I said dd is a student .

It won't make the ulcer worse. It might not heal it but it won't melt it. I've been in small animal practice for 15years. Your daughter might be confused with steroid drops which should never be put in an ulcerated eye.
Good luck to your daughter. Tell her there's still time to change to dentistry. Or law. Or anything else TBH.

she is still young and enthusiastic. Dentistry simply must be much worse in my opinion. Hope you enjoy your work sometimes though .

Thanks all. I’ve phoned the vet and he’s booked back in for tomorrow at the bigger vets practice where they can do more intensive tests. She thinks perhaps the damage is greater than they originally thought 😿