So yesterday my 2 cats got in a fight. I got the worst of it.
Long story short. I checked both cats over after the incident and all the blood was mine.
Black cat, Noir, had a little scratched spot on nose and near left eye but looked fine.
This morning I wake up and notice he’s got, what I thought, was some eye goo in his left eye.
As the day goes on into the evening, I notice it’s still there.
I get a qtip and wet the end and try to catch it to pull it out.
I notice at this point it doesn’t look like goo but like the bottom of the eye is cut. Or maybe the extra eye membrane.
It really looked like that.
Now mind you he’s been normal all day and not been rubbing his eye or anything. No drainage or redness but I kinda panicked thinking. “How did I miss this eye injury yesterday when I checked him over!?!”
So I rush him to the ER vet. Cause it literally looks like a cut into his eye with a flap/gash.
We wait like 1.5 hours. While in the exam room I noticed he’s got a big eye booger in the corner of his eye. Dried. Dark. I wipe it off.
A moment later I’m like. Hey. Hold on.
I check his eye again and the “gash” is gone.
It actually was eye goo.
Even the guy who first saw him agreed it looked like a cut.
But I called him over and was like. Yeah. So I think it actually was a booger.
He looked over Noir and agreed. The eye was fine.
Booger.
Flipping eye booger.
Almost cost me $200.
I understand how it went down, it sounds pretty unavoidable given the circumstances. I’m glad you went and got the bites taken care of.
And I also understand why the younger cat would react you the older cat protesting, that sounds like quite the triggering howl.
It can be a nightmare introducing old cats and new cats. I’ve given up myself and will not house any new cats until my current grump passes away, it’s not worth stressing him out over it at this point (nearing 20 years old).
I hope the pheromone helps.
If they are indoor cats, are you making sure to activate them enough? Like playing at least 15 min at least twice a day with each of them, especially the younger one? I mean getting them to chase and jump and climb and bite and finally successfully kill their pray with a snack (can be part of their feeding time). If they’re tired from playing they have less pent up energy turning to aggression.
I play quite a few times with the young one. I also thought maybe wearing him out a bit would make him less hostile.
I do think he’s getting better but for some reason just had a trigger and set him off.
Yeah I’m very protective of my older cat and I also don’t like him to be stressed.
Another time the black cat went after him he defecated. Which makes me think he was terrified. And he didn’t have a great life before me and has chronic pain. So I feel even more responsible to give him the best life I can.
I had no intention of getting another cat but Noir showed up literally on my door step starved and injured. And he needed a home.
I also initially thought Noir was older. But he was just in bad shape.