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Why is my cat not eating, has eye issues, and a respiratory infection?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 year and 10 months old | 2 lbs

My cats eyes look like she has cataracts and she quit eating and drinking now she has an upper respiratory infection and all this happened in the matter of a month well since my other cat went missing. Please help

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 17th, 2017

This is probably an upper respiratory infection. it's very common in young cats and is very contagious to other cats as well. It is treated with antibiotic eye drops/ointment and oral antibiotics for about 2 weeks. if left untreated many cats will end up blind or even die from the disease. I advise going to your vet asap to start the treatment right away.

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