Henry's Thread
Henry seems to have developed a fungal infection under his eye. Is this something we can treat topically? Or does it have to be oral? Also, do we need to treat Frost, too?
No idea. It seemed like he had been losing a tad of fur under his eye, but it was so slight, it was almost like we were imagining it. But it looks very much like this one, from the medical reference page:
My bet is you can treat it topically if you wish, but it'll require something from the vet. Terramycin is supposed to have some antifungal properties but I have no idea how well it truly works. You can always order some Program and see if it helps before investigating other avenues. I have NO idea what other kinds of eye drops/ointments exist for fungus but surely there are right?
I worry about using anything more that needs to be taken orally only because Henry is on Actigall, and I have no idea about interaction issues.
Henry was in top form at the vet's office and was flirty with the vet techs and the vet. I actually overheard one of the vet techs telling another in an excited voice that Henry let her pet him.
Our vet doesn't think it's fungus...at this point, she thinks it's some sort of low-grade bacterial infection caused by the goop that comes out of his eye not being cleaned away well. So she wants us to try eye antibiotic ointment for a week and see if that does it.
Our vet doesn't think it's fungus...at this point, she thinks it's some sort of low-grade bacterial infection caused by the goop that comes out of his eye not being cleaned away well. So she wants us to try eye antibiotic ointment for a week and see if that does it.
- Sef
- I dissent.
I'm probably grasping at straws, but I've always used plastic bottles, and wondered if there might be some correlation there (thinking some funky bacterial thing?). Although, it seems like an issue with bacteria in the water bottles would present more as a gastrointestinal issue than urinary tract, but I'm running out of ideas here.
I just ordered 4 of the 8 oz. glass Lixit bottles from Rabbistop.com today to try out...
Good luck with the eye ointment. I hope it helps.
I just ordered 4 of the 8 oz. glass Lixit bottles from Rabbistop.com today to try out...
Good luck with the eye ointment. I hope it helps.