Well, sadly, I'm an expert eye ointment doser. You've been given a triple
antibiotic, which is pretty standard. The eyeball actually heals itself
surprisingly well- it's a little known anatomical fact. It can sustain serious
injury, such as painful scratches to the cornea, and it actually repairs itself
faster than other body parts. This is true for humans too- although it's hard
to believe because a corneal scratch is so freaking painful (yes, I've been
there- in fact, a corneal burn, and I'm fine- no permanent damage...so I speak
from having real knowledge!). So that is the good news. But I regularly treat
the no-kill adoption cats eyes with Triple Antibiotic and/or Terramycin because
some of them are always passing around a URI. I took one of the kittens home
this past weekend that is one of the WORST for eye ointment treatment- which
probably explains why his URI won't go away because no one wants to treat the
little Devil. He's very spastic and he runs around like a crazy man non-stop.
My mom has never seen anything like it and she's always trying to tell me he
has a thyroid problem or he's ADHD or something (she's just talking out of
her a$$- she doesn't really know anything!). Now she's compared him to an
out-of-control puppy, which I think is a good comparison. He just always runs
at you like a maniac and he's always under your feet and he dances around on
his toes non-stop. Needless to say, when you go to pick him up and hold him,
he's a monster! He got me accidentally last night under the eye with a
scratch...so, I know the pain of trying to treat a spastic cat. But I can get
eye ointment in him 3-4 times/day no problem. Here's what I recc:
Scruff the cat- and I mean scruff. You have to get a really good hold on the
cat by the scruff. There's no way for me to treat my little B/W Devil unless I
have him scruffed really good (and even then he does this unique thing where he
moves his 4 legs around like he's air swimming even tho I have him
scruffed?). Use a big bath-sized towel to wrap the cat in. Wrap the cat
really tight and make sure you get all 4 legs in there. If you circle the
towel around the cat, the cat can't figure out quickly enough how to get out of
the many layers of towel. I wrap them really tight so that all that is
sticking out is the face- I call it the kitty burrito! You should be able to
wrap the cat like a burrito and still hold the scruff. I am right handed so I
hold the scruff with my left and wrap the cat with my right really quickly-
holding the kitty burrito against my chest, with the cat's head in the crook of
my left arm. Then you put the ointment in the eye with your right hand. You
may not be able to do this alone. I've been doing the eye treatment thing for
a looong time and what you need more than anything is confidence in your
skills. If you need a partner, I recc the partner scruffs and holds the cat's
head steady- while the cat is wrapped in the towel- that leaves you free to
have both hands for inserting the med. You may need to have two hands so as to
pull the lower eyelid down and insert the med close to the lower eyelid. I
have been doing it so long that I can do it one handed and get the med on the
eyeball without touching the eye- even with the squirmiest cat in the world--
but I don't recc that if this is your first time. You don't want to scratch
the cat's eyeball with the tip of the tube should the cat make a sudden attempt
to escape, so please be careful. I'll be honest- with a real fighter of a cat,
you do have to use your muscles to get control- but it's for such a temporary
time, that you shouldn't worry about being too rough- use your judgment.
I hope this helps a little. Good luck.
-Caroline
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13 Nov 2007 01:06:14 -0500
Don’t have any great suggestions for the eye ointment. When I had to give it
to my Tucson, it took two of us. We wrapped her up in a big towel and then
moved quick!
I’d be interested in how the buspar works. Tucson’s on Clonicalm but not sure
it really works. She goes after my Romeo with a vengeance and I’m ready to try
something different…. He’s a big scaredy cat and usually runs and hides
someplace where she can’t get at him but on those rare occasions that she does
manage to throw her 18 lbs body on him, she’s always on the losing end of
things…. Doesn’t stop her though… I feel for you—I know how hard it is…
Christiane Biagi
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Penelope/Grizzabella
Ok, guys, thought I'd update you on the situation with the two fighting girls.
