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Is my kitten's swollen, red, cloudy eye with discharge an infection?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

My kittens eye is swollen , red, looks cloudy, and the white longing is very swollen and red, discharge, the red swollen lining covers most of her eye as well

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on September 4th, 2017

It looks like a very severe eye infection, you must take your kitten to the vet urgently in order to get it treated, he will need antibiotic eye drops. failure to treat it fast will result in blindness in both eyes.

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