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Why is my cat's eye watering for days with no other symptoms?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | 5 years and 5 months old

My cat’s right eye has been watering for about 5 days. That’s the only symptom she has. Her eye isn’t red, it doesn’t itch, it doesn’t bother her in any way, the discharge is transparent, and her eye isn’t cloudy. I took her to the vet and they said it’s nothing because she doesn’t have any other symptom. But it’s still watering, and sometimes it waters a lot. What should I do? What are the possibilities?

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Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA

Veterinarian

Published on February 28th, 2019

Her duct that draining the eye could be clogged. I would put a warm compress on inner part of the eye near the nose and gently massage. You could also try Benadryl twice a day to see if there is an allergy component. If this doesn’t help, I would talk to your vet about y’all trying an antibiotics eye drop with or without a steroid to see if that helps it. I hope this helps! https://www.petcoach.co/canigive/cat/benadryl/

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