Dog food and milk will LEAD TO BLINDNESS IN CATS. It does not contain TAURINE, an amino acid which cats require. Taurine deficiency in cats leads to BLINDNESS. So, basically, EVERY cat at that dairy farm will be blind eventually. The kindest thing you could do is DONATE the dairy farm bags of cat food to feed the cats. I do that here in my area, as I also live in a very rural area with lots of dairy farm cat dumping. It is quite possible this cat has lived at the diary farm for a while, and recently lost his sight due to the diet they are eating there. He probably wandered off into the fields where you found him to die. I would advise you to try to educate the farmers that run that farm, but I know from experience they don't often respond well to that. Try GIVING them cat food. That would be the only solution I can see.
Usually cats that lose their vision due to taurine deficiency never recover their vision, despite treatment. I do not think Pred is a treatment for URI at all, but I could be wrong. It's a steroid used for inflammation, primarily. I suppose it could be of use in sinus infections if there is nasal tissue swelling causing congestion. Perhaps you are thinking of it to treat the eyes? Are the eyes inflamed, or is he just blind? Like I said, pred is for inflammation, but usually NOTHING helps with blindness caused by taurine deficiency. Try a stronger antibiotic, like Zithromax, which has been discussed recently on this list (see archives for the past few days). Pred is usually avoided if possible due to it causing Diabetes in felines. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources http://www.iGive.com/html/refer.cfm?causeid=21303 Sign up for iGive and a percentage of your purchases helps save animals!
