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My cat keeps scratching her raw face sore, eye leaking. What to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Female | spayed

My cat has had a soar on her face she keeps ripping it open with her back claws. Now it looks so raw like flesh and her one eye keeps leaking.. I need help here.

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Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 23rd, 2017

Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. This could be an infected sore or something malignant. I wou ld recommend having a vet examine this to know for sure as it is difficult to say from the pictures. This may need a course of topical and oral antibiotics which your vet can prescribe. If you are unable to get to a vet right awsy, you can try using zymox topical ointment and see if this helps. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

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