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My cat's eye is closed, discharging, wounded, and timid. What to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Female | spayed | 3 years and 5 months old | 11.5 lbs

My cat has had reoccurring minor eye discharge but over the last two days it has been severe causing his eye to close and be filled with discharge as well as a wound. He does not scratch his eye but I cleaned it off so he could see. He has also been acting quite and timid since his eye has been worse. What do I do? What's wrong.

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Answered By Linda G, MS, DVM

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Published on October 2nd, 2017

I am so sorry about Stitches's eye. She appears to have obtained some sort of trauma, or have a severe infection in the eye. She keeps it closed & is acting timid because it hurts & she is in quite a bit of pain. She really needs veterinary attention so that the proper treatment can be done to save her vision, & possibly even her eye.

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    I am so sorry about Stitches's eye. She appears to have obtained some sort of trauma, or have a severe infection in the eye. She keeps it closed & is acting timid because it hurts & she is in quite a bit of pain. She really needs veterinary attention so that the proper treatment can be done to save her vision, & possibly even her eye.

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