Karen, thanks for your reply. I'm not aware of any head injury but that doesn't mean it couldn't have happened when I wasn't around. Pixie is a little monkey and we have very steep stairs. The prospect of a head injury or a slight stroke causing the unresponsive pupil is upsetting but needs to be dealt with, I guess. I wonder what my vet can/should/will do for her since the general approach to medicine (human and animal) in the Netherlands, where I live, is "wait and see". She's not on any meds and eats a tiny cube of tuna for cats mixed with L-lysine and a drop of fish oil each morning. She grazes on grain-free dry food for the rest of the day.
Giselle ---------------------------- > > Message: 20 > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:24:41 -0400 > From: "Karen Griffith" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] One eye won't dilate > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <e652fa59b4dc4ddda9eba401f4fdd...@karenaxjwddhoj> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Giselle, > > You should probably take her in for an exam. This could be caused by a head > injury from a fall, etc. (i.e.,what could have caused the head trauma or > imbalance to cause such a bump), slight stroke, etc., all of which needs to > have your vet take a quick look. Is she on any meds that could initiate > such a response? (Very few meds will cause such a reaction.) > > Hope all turns out O.K. > > Karen Griffith > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Giselle de Grandis" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:06 AM > Subject: [Felvtalk] One eye won't dilate > > >> This morning I noticed something strange about one of Pixie's eyes -- >> it won't dilate in response to light like the other eye and the pupil >> stays the size of a fat grain of rice. She's four years old. >> >> Does anyone know why this is happening? Does she need to see the vet? >> My Google searches on this topic yield some scary results. >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Giselle _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
