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.

  • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    1 month ago

    Cat bites are really nasty, like losing a limb or worse

    Not that bad, but yeah. Cat scratches heal just fine. Cat bite? Instant course of antibiotics, and also a rabies shot if it’s not your own cat.

    The next time, throw a glass of water into the fight or slam some pot lids together to make a scary noise to interrupt the fight

    Absolutely. Throwing water at fighting cats is a great method of getting them to disperse. By far the safest and most reliable method.

    The vast majority of that final paragraph is just good advice for cat owners generally, not even specifically for cats that hate each other. Neutered cats have much better health outcomes as there’s just less that can go wrong. Giving them plenty of routes to move around the room just generally results in more active, happier cats. Also, scratching posts are mandatory if you don’t want them attacking your furniture. They have a physiological need to scratch, give 'em somewhere to do it.

    • daannii@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      Both are neutered and vaccinated. But the black cat has only been neutered for a month ish.

      I’m hoping he will chill out on the territorial behaviors more. I think some come from his food insecurity from being a starved stray.

      I have no idea how old he is but based on his playfulness and teeth. And he has no pooch, I’m guessing 2-4 years.

      Also yeah my hand is infected and I had to go get a tetnus booster and antibiotics today.

      I’ve been bit before with no infection but not this time.

      Quite a lot of swollen expanded area around the bite and thought it best to see a Dr.

      These antibiotics are awful though. So big I had to break in half just to swallow and they gave me an awful tummy ache even though I ate with yogurt like the Dr suggested.

      Ugh. Not looking forward to this for the next 9 days.

      • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 month ago

        These antibiotics are awful though. So big I had to break in half just to swallow and they gave me an awful tummy ache even though I ate with yogurt like the Dr suggested.

        Sounds very unpleasant. Get well soon.