My 15-year-old cat's eye infection won't heal. What's wrong?

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Our cat has recently gotten an eye infection. She is the only one of our three cats that has this. She has had it in her left eye for about two weeks. We have tried the Vetericyn plus eye drops for cats which previously worked on one of our other cats, but hasn’t help at all this time. She is 15 years old and I was wondering if you had any idea of what this might be and or any advice. Thank you. Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 15 years and 3 months old | 8 lbs

David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

First of all, if you didn't take her to your vet you need to do this so the eye can be checked first, it might be an eye injury or eye ulcer, in such a case the treatment will be different. Veterycin is an eye wash, it is not a medical drops and does not treat eye infections, if she has an infection she needs an antibiotic eye drops which you can get from your vet after he checks her eye.

My 15-year-old cat's eye infection won't heal. What's wrong?

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