My two cats have an eye infection, Can I use tobramycin & dexamethazone opthalmic eyes drops on them?… by frankfortave18
It was antibiotics that I got for pink eye a couple of weeks ago.
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Don't give them the dexamethazone as that is a steroid. Steroids can only be given after the eyes have been examined for any punctures or wounds on the eyes. If there has been then the steroids can explode the eyes.
The tobramycin sounds like it is related to Terramycin which is what we use in dogs, cats, horses, etc….for eye infections so that would be safe to use.
Since both of your cats have eye infections I would say your cats have some sort of viral thing going on. There are viral colds that the current available cat vaccines do not cover. The vet, if you are going to take them in, would need to see them as they are eye goop and all.
I would take their temperatures….fun it is not…and you really need two people…and let their temperatures decide whether or not they need to go in. Vaseline on the thermometer helps.
If they have no elevated temperatures then I would go ahead and treat their eyes with the tobramycin or Terramycin eye ointment.
I get my Terramycin eye ointment at the local feed store (much cheaper than the vets office). I keep many tubes on hand as I never know with dogs, cats, chickens, pigs, and horses just who might need (including myself) some stuff in their eyes.
Cats do get allergies to pollens so that could be what started this. More than likely there is something more going on if they haven't been vaccinated for distemper, feline leukemia, bortatella viruses, or FIP. All of these can have the same symptoms to one degree or another.
What would be your determining factors are body temp, other symptoms like coughing, wheezing, vomiting, no appetites, they don't want to play, etc….
IF they have none of these other symptoms and no elevated temps then I would treat the eyes an then go to the local feed store and buy the vaccines that they need and follow the directions on how to give them.
Veterinarians charge an astronomical amount for the series of vaccines per cat and you can do the same thing yourself for two cats for a $50.00 bill versus a $250.00 bill from the vet. I know they need to work too and they too have bills to pay but so do the rest of us.
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