Colloidal silver drops, which is not expensive, can cure eye infections and can be purchased online or at a vitamin store. It it used in hospitals to cure eye infections in newborn babies. It is used full strength in the eye but make sure it does not have anything added to it. I currently have a kitten with an eye infection. I did bring the kitten to the vet and received antibiotic drops for the eye and liquid antibiotics to be taken by mouth. The vet bill was $95. If I could not afford the vet, I would use the colloidal silver without the antibiotics. I gave the kitten goat yogurt to restore the friendly flora killed off by the antibiotics. The kitten is 4 weeks old and being nursed by his mother who was a stray that I took in just before the birth. I also would like to respond to froggy 7. Before vets, people used herbs and other alternative remedies. Ancient people had very good medicine that is still used today. I have cured myself and friends of many aliments with herbs and other ancient remedies. If you have ever read All Creatures Great and Small you would see that the farmers had many remedies for their animals that in many cases was just as good or better than what the vet had to offer.

Call the animal feed store in your area [Yellow Pages under "Feed Dealers"] ask if they carry animal eye antibiotics, if they do purchase the eye antibiotic suave that the animal feed store carries and put it in your cats eyes. Give it time to work. Of course if it doesn't work, you will need the vet, but feed store medicine works pretty well on animals. It will cost you about $9. or $10. And it's worth a try.

Idiot

Animals arelike babies---hmmm... youare obviously not a parent

I think it is great that you asked. Did you figure it out? L-lysine helps with herpes in cats (usually eyes)

I have to laugh at this one. Not only is this post MORE than a YEAR old. But yes, I am a parent, of 4 children. Probably all older than you.

I am also a nursing student, with 7 pets of my own, the 4 legged kind.

My pets are treated like my children, they are not treated like animals, they are my babies too.

It must have been a trend J cause the same thing happened to me on Sept 17.

Anyway, who ever is reading this post a year later looking for advice about eye infections in cats, the tea bag thing is known as an herbal remedy for humans to soothe irritated, tired, itchy, whatever eyes - kind of like the cucumber thing I guess.
I asked my eye doctor several years ago about this and she told me that no one should be putting dirty old, used tea bags over their eyes for an infection...
Said it was an old wives tale that could potentially make the eye far worse not better.
I expect it would be the same for a cat.
Just thought I'd share my 2 cents on this old post LOL

Hi Spike, Im so sorry you have had such useless help so far from certain members of society who only want to moan that you can't afford a cat. I myself have recently rescued 2 kittens who both have eye infections. It sounds like your cat has viral conjunctivitis- whilst I am not a vet I have been rescuing cats for 12 years and this is very common, especially in cats from breeding farms. I must STRONGLY recommend you take the cat to a vet, normally a broad ranging antibiotic eye drop is all that is needed and provided it is administered as stated all will be fine. If you can't make it to the vet for a few days, try to bathe the eye in a light saline solution (like you get for contact lenses) or boiled then cooled water using a cotton wool pad- trust me, the cat will not thank you for this but it helps clear any gunk that is clinging to the eye and I've had kittens eyes clear up very quickly doing this- DO NOT think this is is an alternative to going to the vet- you must do this to confirm we are not dealing with cat flu or something as serious. As for your other responces- WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!! Spike had come to this site looking for help and all some people can do is tell him/her "perhaps you shouldnt have a cat" the sheer fact that Spike was willing to take the time to research and try and help this cat says to me this is a caring person. I've seen extremely rich people who get a lovely cute kitten and as soon as it s anywhere but the litter tray or gets big it gets dumped. Animal rescue centres are full of unwanted cats abanded from people with money who only wanted a "cute little kitten"- this person is trying to provide a loving home and all some of you can do is critise- shame on you!! To Spike, I do not wish to judge your financial situation- I am not what you would call a rich man but you can get help from many places if money is short. I think you are in the US if so (or if in UK) the US equivalent of our RSPCA are always happy to help with vets bills and treatment- provided they see that you are taking care of an animal in need and will continue to do so. Im not sure how your country does things but provided the charity is happy with you, neutering, treatment etc will often be covered or help towards payment is available. I hope this has been of some help and your cat is feeling better. Also that some of the less helpful and critical people have not put you off the years of joy that a cat can bring you. Take care Frankenstein

Hi Spike, Im so sorry you have had such useless help so far from certain members of society who only want to moan that you can't afford a cat

Frank
Spike posted in 2006.
Umm... not sure if you read the entire thread but spike and the others that posted concerning eye infections, was given a lot of good advice by quite a few people. When you decide to slam at least be fair and address the person that you have a problem with.

On a good note if you do cat rescue, it would be nice if you could provide some time on here, we get a lot of cat questions and I'm sure you could be quite helpful.