My cat has a pink eye infection for months. What can I do to help?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Male | neutered | 4 years and 4 months old
My cat seems to have a pink eye infection which he has been dealing with for several months. It didn't start getting really noticeable until a couple weeks ago when it started to get red and irritating looking. I feel bad and just want to know what I should do for this, I bought terramycin for cats and placed it around his eye twice a day for a week but it didn't really care it completely. It does help a bit, but it's still irritating him some. Please help.
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Published on September 20th, 2018
Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! This could be due to an eye injury or conditions such as a corneal laceration, corneal ulcer, conjunctivitis, dry eye (also known as KCS), among many other conditions. I highly recommend that you have Shelby evaluated by your veterinarian for further assessment and treatment. Further therapy would be based on the findings. Good luck and best wishes!
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Published on June 10th, 2018
Hi there and thank you for using PetCoach to address your concern. Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, can be due to many things. In humans, this is typically due to a bacterial infection. In animals, this can be due to an infection, irritation, allergies, etc. You can try the below product: ( ) If there is no improvement or the eye worsens, then I would recommend having a veterinarian examine Baby Girl so that the most appropriate diagnostic and treatment recommendations can be made. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.
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Published on May 10th, 2019
Bathing the eye every 4-6hours with sterile saline eye wash or cooled, boiled water can help to reduce the burden of infection and irritation in the eye and promote healing but if the eye is red, swollen or closed then it really does need a full examination to rule out ulcers or other traumatic causes and to assess for the most appropriate eye drops (antibiotic, lubricant, antiinflammatory, serum or antibacterial). Delaying treatment can lead to irreversible scarring and vision loss
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