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eye problems in kittens
I work with a TNR colony at a local fairground and there is a long haired orange and white mommy cat (Sally) that we have been unable to trap for three years. Only her female kittens survive and of those, we have taken only 3 and adopted them out. Twice a year she has kittens and only two seem to survive. These last two, three week old orange chubettes, are having eye problems. When she’s not with them I pick them up nd notice that one cannot open the eyes at all (it resembles Gizmo of the Gremlins) and the other has one beautiful blue eye and the other the same as it’s sibling. I fear they will be blind so I have been treating them with eye antibiotic and now Amocillin. I am still really afraid for the one with no visible eyes. We would like to trap mom and take them but at least we would like to get these two very soon. I fear the one will be blind. I would appreciate your thoughts on this.
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This may be a viral keratits, especially given the death rate of previous litters, caused by a herpes virus. Effective treatment requires the frequent use of a topical anti-viral agent, an antibiotic topically, and a systemic antibiotic, as a secondary chlamydia infection is common. There are a number of anti-viral agents. Idoxuridine (IDU) 0.1% solution must be applied five times daily. IDU is marketed as Stoxil and Herplex. Adenine Arabinoside is sold as Vira A and the 3% ointment is applied five times daily. Triflurothymidine is sold as Viroptic and it is considered the most effective, least toxic and most soluble of the antivirals. It is also the most expensive. Available as a 1% solution, Viroptic is applied every two hours while the animal is awake until the cornea has re-epithelialized, then reduced to every four hours while awake, for two weeks more. The kittens must be taken and properly treated to have a chance of saving them.