Cat Rescue Phoenix 4 Week Old Kitten Eye Infection

Staphylococcus and streptococcus bacteria species cause eye infections in newborn kittens the most often but herpesvirus is also.

Ninja cat o355. Every adult cat or permanent feline resident in your home should be up to date on their fvrcp vaccine even if they live indoors only. Pet lovers who must care for a 4 week old kitten without the aid of a momma cat should pay special attention to keeping the kitten warm fed properly and healthy through quality vet care. The mom looks malnourished as well.

Our newest kitten was a rescue was almost blind from eye infections thankfully someone at least cared enough to bring her to a rescue shelter in late oct. Quarantine new kittens in an isolated area with good airflow. Kittens are born with their eyes closed and the fun increases when their eyes open at 10 to 12 days of age.

Eye infection such as third eyelid showing or eye watering is a popular ailment that cats can be diagnosed with especially kittens that are highly susceptible to catching bacteria and virusesluckily it is not a too complicated dangerous disease that requires specialists attention. Eye infections before eyes open. Your cats vision will gradually improve over the next few weeks.

Intern house modglin is caring for a mom and her six 4 week old kittens that are getting over an upper respiratory and are on medication. He was born with a horrible eye infection and stranded in a remote area. I cant aford to take 8 kittens to a vet its 30 dollars per cat per check up i cant afford that right now.

However a cat showed up with 3 kittens 3 4 weeks looking with pus coming out of their eyes to the point where 1 is definitely blind. Can i just let it run it corse. My sister has had feral cats in her backyard just outside nyc for years and has taken care of them with no problem.

Cats tend to be farsighted but are very sensitive to motion. A kitten generally shouldnt leave his mothers care before hes 8 weeks old. Some high volume cat shelters are vaccinating even younger at 4 weeks.

Hes a fighter. Rescue kitten gets mini eye patch after infection. Ascertain that kittens are vaccinated for fvrcp starting at 6 weeks.

Could they have gotten it from the momeven tho she seems fine. Who nursed her towards healing until we adopted her she is still getting better 2. I posted a question last night one of my kittens had a eye cold but now all 8 of my kittens seem to be getting it ive been cleaning there eyes out a few times a day.

Found him when he was only 2 weeks old and got. The two most common causes of eye infections in new kittens are vaginal infections in the mother cat that were transferred to the kittens eyes during birth and dirty environmental conditions present after birth. At that age vision will be a bit blurred.

Paws up if you are watching the kitten cabana web cam to help us keep an eye on the other kittens while the interns work during the day caring for the big cats.