My kitten's weepy eye has brown discharge. When should I see a vet?

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I just adopted a 9 month old kitten last Friday. When we picked him up he had a weepy eye and they thought it was just due to maybe getting something in his eye so they gave him eye drops and a shot of antibiotics to be safe. It’s still weepy and now the clear liquid is starting to get a brown tinge to it. I’ve never owned a cat before so I just wanted to know if this is something I should try to bring him in for or not. Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Male | neutered | 9 months and 15 days old | 8 lbs

Daniel Fonza, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. If Henry had an upper respiratory infection / eye infection, it may still be resolving. If it is due to a viral infection, the medications won't help unfortunately and you just have to wait it out and wait for his immune system to fight it off. If he begins squinting his eye or it becomes red / swollen, I would take him back in to be examined by a veterinarian. Otherwise just keep monitoring the eye for now.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.

My kitten's weepy eye has brown discharge. When should I see a vet?

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