He has suffered a deep penetrating wound to the eye. There is so much scar tissue surrounding the eye, that the eye is almost nonexistent. It is very infected and very painful. Without knowing his history it is hard to say what happened and when, but one vet feels this is an old almost chronic injury. I know they told me he was feral, but I have to say, he was wonderful and loving the whole time he was being poked, prodded, giving blood, getting fluids. If he is feral someone needs to tell him so!
He is back with me, he is on antibiotics (cepha drops) painkiller (metacam) and drops to his eye every hour. On Monday, I will bring him back to the vet clinic where they will remove his eye and neuter him. What was odd to me is the side of his mouth with the injury- his teeth are crap(sorry but they are) blackened and full of tarter- smells bad. On the other side, his teeth are perfectly white- no tarter, nothing at all. Putting him at about just over a year old on the one side of his mouth and a senior kitty age on the other! They wanted to do a dental but said it needed to wait for the infection in his eye to go away. One obstacle at a time. We need to raise $712.00 which will cover the neuter and the removal of his eye. Although he is “just” another black stray, there is something different about this boy, He was a perfect gentleman, just really sweet and loving. No feral in this boy!
Please those of you who can- put his story and photo on social media for us. He deserves to have a life after all he has been through and a chance at a loving home after all the wounds have healed.
shared on my fb, I hope some friends can come through and help this poor little guy. Will be sending up prayers that the donations will be more than double what is needed. Bless you Mary Anne.
Yes, this little fellow deserves to be healed and happy. With anti-biotics and pain-killers, he is probably already feeling better.
Could the injury to his eye have caused his teeth to be destroyed, too? Perhaps over time?
In cats much like people, the premolar roots extend toward the eye. (This coming from our feline specialist when I asked her about the shape of the teeth) Cats can get abscesses behind the eye itself. A vet will access that drain field from behind the back molar. So yes, the eye and the teeth rot can very much be interconnected.