Dcats eye any advice?

[WildFlowerBees]

Of course stuff like this happens on a weekend when it costs a bomb to see a vet.

Dcat last night came downstairs from his 18 hour snooze and had a weepy eye, slightly green in colour. He's not closing it but it's not open like the other.

I've bathed it with cotton wool and water and it's not as bad today but I don't want to leave him over the weekend if he needs the vet.

No other issues just the eye, I've had a good look and can't see anything.

Is it ok to wait until Monday?

Hi Wildflower

Which insurer are you with? I'm with Agria and I know they have a 24/7 vet advice helpline. Maybe yours has something similar?

See how it goes - but don't use cottonwool to bathe it with. Tiny fibres from cottonwool can end up in the eye (nurses and Paramedics never use cottonwool on cuts or wounds for the same reason).

If the eye is still oozing or the discharge is coloured, your cat will need to be seen by a vet today. My old cat had an eye the same, last year. We took him to the vet's 3 times in a week, had 3 different antibiotic drops from the vet, and he still had to have the eye removed. £1200 altogether! he's managed perfectly well with only one eye, but it's best to avoid that if possible.

It's not oozing today just a little this morning in the corner of his eye but nothing since. Thanks for the cotton wool advice, no insurer at the moment we were with pet plan but they refused to pay for a tooth extraction with no pre existing conditions and we'd paid extra to include dental because a lot won't cover. Wouldn't even cover the anaesthetic.

Eyes are soft tissue so I’d go today.

He needs to see a vet before it gets worse.

My own cat had eye issues a few years ago - he'd been scratched and had a corneal ulcer - it took three weeks of medication to clear it up and he very nearly lost his sight/eye.

Even now (three years on) it gets gunky and I have to clean it most days for him. The vet said it'll be like that for the rest of his life.

The longer you leave it, the worse the outcome could be. Eyes aren't something to mess about with.

My cat had a weepy eye. Nothing particularly abnormal for her as she's a Persian. Turns out she'd punctured her eyeball in a fight. It happened on hood Friday and I only realised the following Monday when the abscess on her cheek burst. I was shocked. She'd been a bit quiet but not anything I'd notice particularly. That was £800