My 9 week old kitten has developed an eye infection in his left eye , which emits a yellowish snot stuff- is there a way to treat this from home possibly without having to go to a vet and pay with money I don't have? Any and all help would be more than appreciated - thank you!!

Way too many variables to tell from here Spike. Like was said on another thread, if you don't have the money to care for a pet then maybe you should reconsider your decision? Vet bills should be considered a routine part of the joys of being a cat owner.

If you can't get the kitty proper treatment, at least give it to an animal shelter who will. Sorry but that's my take on it.

Maybe your local shelter or humain socity can give you a vet voucher or have a clinic you can take your kitten to. Because really the best way to treat any infection is to know what type it is first or you can make it worse by treating it in the wrong way or with the wrong med.

I know my vet lets me set up a payment plan when the bill is going to be really big or more than I have on that day. Sometimes you just can tell how big or small a the bill will be.

Good luck hope everything works out OK

You can try putting a used tea bag on it like you would a human if they had an eye infection it helps draw the infection out.

The word INFECTION means that it need antibiotics. Virus goes away on its own. The way to tell infection is color, yellow-greenish pus. Get the kitty to a vet or listen to what Val said, reconsider if you cannot afford a vet.

Animals are just like babies. You have to give them the time and attention they need to thrive.

Got the spread it message J, but I second what you have stated

My 9 week old kitten has developed an eye infection in his both eyes , which emits a yellowish puss like stuff and his eyes stay shut with gunk- is there a way to treat this from home possibly without having to go to a vet? Any and all help would be more than appreciated.

Way too many variables to tell from here Spike. Like was said on another thread, if you don't have the money to care for a pet then maybe you should reconsider your decision? Vet bills should be considered a routine part of the joys of being a cat owner.

If you can't get the kitty proper treatment, at least give it to an animal shelter who will. Sorry but that's my take on it.

ONLY shortsighted RICH suburban people say crap like that! I don't understand why some are so quick to condemn those who are poor. It is like all the affluent saying we ought to boycott Wal-Mart because it is destroying local businesses. I believe that everyone is entitled to new things, and pets if they are loving people. 1st the vet is a new invention in human-pet history, therefore we can expect there to be a large body of home remedies. 2nd antibiotics shouldn't be prescribed by you people (even savvy nurse-wantabes), it is not only necessarily prescription antibiotics that can solve this kitten's problem. SOAP and SALT WATER are NOT prescription antibiotics, but they still kill bacteria! (and no please don't put soap or salt into the kittens eyes)

Consider a trip to a developing nation for some perspective. I can't believe that you consider it normal to treat your property with more care than a majority of the world's children. And still won't donate the same considerable amount of money to those causes.

Consider a trip to your local factory farm that provides the meat that keeps you fat. Animals of intelligence are confined in small crates for most of their lives. Imagine a cage around your toilet where you can sit or stand, oh but don't worry, in some number of months you'll be moved or killed.

And for the record I found this website because my town (a city of 200,000) only has a rather lethal animal control, no Humane Society. I had a litter of kittens born under my deck. My dog loves kittens -no gravy needed. So we took the kittens in and set them up nicely in the garage. I do not have extra money to spend on vet bills (dogs arthritis med and special food take care of that nicely). But anyway, we are trying to get these kittens to an age where we can farm them out and then get the mother cat spayed. Stop judging people and contribute meaningful help.

I apologize for the rant but the attitude in some of the posts on this topic was too much.

Insensitive and not realistic

My 9 week old kitten has developed an eye infection in his left eye , which emits a yellowish snot stuff- is there a way to treat this from home possibly without having to go to a vet and pay with money i dont have? Any and all help would be more than appreciated - thank you!!!!!!!!
One thing you can do at home that helps is to hold a warm rag up to the eye and make sure it stays open and not gunky. If you do this make sure not to contaminate the other eye. If it is "pinkeye"that will only spread it. On another note: Do not let these people who are telling you if you cannot afford to go to a vet you should give your kitten to a shelter. How is that better for them? A cage in a no kill shelter vs. a warm and loving ( if not somewhat poor home) ?
If people waited until they could afford things no one would have children much less pets. I am a waitress who adopted 2 3.5 week old kittens that I have been bottle feeding. The woman I adopted them from did not ask me for a credit application. She knew that I would care for them and give them the best home I could. A good example is that one of the kittens was constipated. Did I run to the vet? No, I cannot afford it I gave him water and he is fine. I am not saying that if your pet is sick you shouldn't take it to the vet. I am saying that some of us do not have disposable income to run to the vet at every slight symptom. I know you would never risk a kittens long term health you are just looking for a natural remedy to save yourself the 100.00 vet bill. Good luck with your kittten!!

true there are some people that are straped for cash... but x-box's , t.v. stereo's, jewelry are not necessary items to live by... they can be hocked and replaced, a little kittens life can not. I always say if there a will there a way. You can try as follow's... take the kitten to the vet explain to the tech.. They may not charge you an office visit, maybe only for the meds. Some vets will help you out, also you could wait and see if his body kick's in and heals itself (we do have that ability) but I don't know if a small kitten has. Maybe if you know someone that has had pink eye they may have some eye medicine left over, or some anti biotics I have known people to try these methods in desperate situations.(you'd better be careful , may kill it). I would say either the vet or a No kill Shelter is your best bet. No kill shelters will sometimes help you out because they have one concern and that is to keep animals alive and out of shelters. GIve these people a try if the vet idea doesn't work out. Also they may help you with spay/neuter and a shot clinic. :) peace and Good luck p.s. I am the queen of home remedies but I would not try them on a tiny kitten

Polysporin drops, (I probably misspelled that ,
You can get it at any drugstore,
It is inexpensive (under $10.00 if I remember correctly)

I have treated many many animals with eye troubles using that with great success,
Have never had a case where it hurt trying it,

You can give it a shot, bet it'll help!


Last time I used that was on a flock of chickens that had severe eye infections, the puss rolled from the eyes, they were sticky and severely swollen, 3 day treatment cleared up all except one, That chicken I ended up killing because I believe it was the carrier,
It also transferred into one of my goats eye, and a couple kittens I had at the time, Polysporin worked for all of them.

Having a large farm of many animal varieties you always looked for ways around running to the vets if possible.
Very rarely did I have a case where a vet had to be called in,

Ultimately its your call what you do,


She's asking for help People
Not a Damn Lecture!
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Concerning comment below, Bare in mind, Animals are not humans, Some cases I have had took up to 5 days to fully heal, Depends on the severity of each case. And good commen sense :)

Hi I got online and did some searching I found a med called BNP triple antibiotic ointiment for animals it is an over the counter medication and is rather inexpensive around 10.00 also I found a of websites that gives info on "pinkeye" or conjunctivitis. Website is thepetcenter.com :)

OK, I have been reading more on pinkeye, vets say that pinkeye can by caused by a virus or by bacteria. Virus can not be treated , but the cat can be given relief with eye drops. If it is a bacteria this can be a sign of something more serious, and the pinkeye is just one of the symptoms, this can only be determined by test that has to be performed by the vet. :)

A pharmacist suggested we use a Q-tip dipped in warm water that was made into a medium-strength tea with a teabag. This worked wonders! Apparently the tanins in the tea break down the proteins in the discharge. We also noticed that this treatment encouraged the discharge to drain out of the eye. Regular cleanings (every few hours) seem to do the trick.

How old was your kitten, that you used this on? Did it have fleas as well?

Wow this a kitten help forum not a about money thread. People look up these forum for actually information not some random's nobodies opinion about how money should be spent. And don't start about free speech and opinions blah blah this isn't the functin of THIS THREAD. Learn to read people WE'RE LOOKING FOR KITTEN EYE HELP!!

If the eye is sealed or has a hard coating matted in the fur you can use plain vaseline to open it and soften the goo.Warm rags work well,but don't use your good washcloths.

My 9 week old kitten has developed an eye infection in his left eye , which emits a yellowish snot stuff- is there a way to treat this from home possibly without having to go to a vet and pay with money i dont have? Any and all help would be more than appreciated - thank you!!!!!!!!
Ok here's what you can do and it usually works for people who are in the same situation with their kitten. Kittens usually get eye infections if they haven't had their needles yet but anyhow, wash their eye(s) with a warm cloth, a clean one each time and put polysporin eye drops in them. It usually clears it up. Good luck!

ONLY shortsighted RICH suburban people say crap like that! I don't understand why some are so quick to condemn those who are poor. It is like all the affluent saying we ought to boycott Wal-Mart because it is destroying local businesses. I believe that everyone is entitled to new things, and pets if they are loving people. 1st the vet is a new invention in human-pet history, therefore we can expect there to be a large body of home remedies.

Yes, the vet is fairly new in history. But for most of history, the solution to a sick animal was "it gets better on its own, or it dies". If it was seriously ill, the owner might kill it rather than have it suffer.

People deserve nice things, yes, but they also need to be realistic. There are costs associated with everything, and if you can't afford those costs, it's best to hold off on getting whatever it is until you can afford it.

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.

My 9 week old kitten has developed an eye infection in his left eye , which emits a yellowish snot stuff- is there a way to treat this from home possibly without having to go to a vet and pay with money i dont have? Any and all help would be more than appreciated - thank you!!!!!!!!
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

My 9 week old kitten has developed an eye infection in his left eye , which emits a yellowish snot stuff- is there a way to treat this from home possibly without having to go to a vet and pay with money i dont have? Any and all help would be more than appreciated - thank you!!!!!!!!
I think it is great that you asked. Did you figure it out? L-lysine helps with herpes in cats (usually eyes)

mimipk : animals arelike babies---hmmm... youare obviously not a parent

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.