Every cat owner at least occasionally, but faces the health problems of his pet. If your cat after sleeping in the corners of the eye accumulates a little bit of excreta, then this is normal. It is necessary to regularly carry out hygiene procedures: wipe your eyes with swabs moistened with boiled water. But if one or both eyes of the cat get watery strongly and constantly, it squintes, rubs your eyes with your paw, then this is an alarm signal.
Often, the owners of cats ask the question: why does the cat get watery eyes? It should be noted that different masters of animals have different treatment for this disease. Some do not pay attention to this: it will pass by itself! Others try to wash the eyes of a cat with something. Well and the third, that the most correct, carry the favorite to the veterinary doctor.
Causes of lachrymation in a cat
Veterinarians classify several reasons why the cat's eyes water.
- Bacterial or viral infection. When it hits the eye, conjunctivitis occurs - inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eye. After the veterinarian takes the analysis for the diagnosis, complex treatment with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs will be prescribed.
- Allergy. Cauterize the eyes of cats can dust, chemicals or feed, pollen of plants and much more, right up to the animal's own hair, if it low hangs in his eyes. For the treatment of such allergies hormonal preparations are used, however for complete cure it is necessary to eliminate the focus of inflammation.
- Infection with parasites . The presence of certain types of worms in the cat's body can cause a reaction of lachrymation. Your cat's eyes will cease to water, if the treatment is carried out in this case, it reduces to the expulsion of worms with special preparations.
- Mechanical damage. If a cat has a problem, it hurt its eyes, there was sand or some caustic liquid, you need to urgently go to the vet.
After all, if the trauma of the eye is serious, then the animal may even lose sight. - A slight lachrymation can be caused by the anatomical structure of the eyes in some breeds of cats, for example, Persian or British. If you are the owner of such a cat, you should spend more careful daily care for the eyes of the animal with the help of napkins or special preparations.
Attentive to the pet, timely response to changes in his behavior will help to detect the eye disease that has arisen or prevent it.