Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1lb
We have a barn kitten that we found and her eye has been I don't really know how to describe it but I'll send a picture along but after doing a little bit of online research I was wondering what your thoughts were if a broad-spectrum antibiotic would help her please and thank you
1 Answer
Published on October 19th, 2018
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, the recommended antibiotics are Zhytromax or Veraflox (other antibiotics do not work well for this condition). 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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