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Okay feline lovers, my kitty cat needs some help... he is blind in one eye,?
and now has a nasty and threatening infection in the other eye. I have to find a way to protect his eyes from dust, contaminants, and of course, the new little kitty's claws. What I am looking for is any idea of how to make safety lenses to go over his eyes, that can be attached with a comfortable harness. The lenses would need to be dish like because cats' eyes tend to protrude slightly. Any ideas? Any body with some ophthalmologic design skills? Seriously, I need some ideas. If his eyes are not covered, the infection is going to cause him to go blind. I don't need any info about the infection. All I want is ideas about how to protect his little eyes. Getting rid of the new kitten is not an idea. He is very much attached to her as his playmate. I guess she is kind of like his very own seeing-eye-kitten
Already looked at doggy lenses. They won't work.
I did a quick search and have found a number of references that point to availability and use of protective, preventative, and medicated contact lenses for certain kinds of eye problems in cats. So it makes sense to talk to your vet about this.
Here is a small sampling of the references I found. Several of them are journal publications that aren’t available without a subscription, so I can’t post them here. But I have browsed those articles and others, and they do indicate that there are special products and procedures along the lines of what you’re thinking about for your cat:
This research paper discusses the use of contact lenses in certain feline eye disease situations. (subscription only).
As does the first article cited on this list.
The ’Medical Therapeutics’ section of this article about feline eye disease (located toward the bottom of the page) names a specific product.
This page contains a reference to use of contact lenses in cats at the end.
The question then, would be how applicable this is in your particular cat’s situation. I would think that whether or not such a lens might help preserve his good eye depends largely on the cause and nature of the current infection as well as what caused him to lose sight in his other eye. Particularly, whether this or the previous problem with the other eye is something congenital, disease-related, or injury related. I would expect that the current inflammation of the good eye and the infection itself might need to be treated and halted before such an appliance could be used, were it indicated as a possible preventative measure.
I suggest you do a search for a veterinary ophthalmologist in your vicinity or ask your vet to recommend one. There is such a specialty. Here are several useful links that may help you in your search for information, resources and practitioners:
The American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists
http://www.acvo.com/
The American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology
http://www.asvo.org/
NetVet (a veterinary library, information site, and resource jumping-off point maintained by a veterinarian at Washington University’s Division of Comparative Medicine)
http://www.avma.org/netvet/nvredirect.asp
If your vet isn’t informed on current products and procedures, you may want to e-mail one or more of the references listed in the above links to inquire about how to find additional information and a specialist. They won't be able to provide you with veterinary advice about your cat's specific case, but they should be able to steer you and/or your vet in the right direction.
I hope this helps!
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