Yeah, my little furry feral friend went to the vet this morning.
I was vaguely aware his eyes 'looked funny' for a week or so, and last night I was down on the floor trying to load a laser disk in the player (yeah, I'm getting old technology nostalgic again) anyhow, kitty decided I needed help (or more specifically, I needed to look at his butt) while I was trying to get the player working. Anyhow, eventually he got his front end right in my face, and suddenly I realized one pupil is a barely open vertical slit, and the other one is fully dilated.
Oh, Jesus fucking christ !!
I knew someone (note the past tense) that presented that symptom a few weeks before dying of a brain tumor, so I had a bad go there in regards to the cat.
Called as soon as the vet clinic opened and they had a 10:30 appt, so stuffed cat in the carrier and hauled his ass down there.
Vet looked him over pretty well, and told me there were 2 possibilities; ear mites and an inner ear infection(s) or a brain tumor. And by checking out his ears, he really thinks it's the ear mites.
I sure hope so, although for what he's going to have to go thru to get rid of them, the cat might vote for the tumor.
Anyhow, we are looking at many months for the eyes to square up if it is the ear mite/ inner ear infection problem. If it's a brain tumor, we might be looking at something that is going to resolve in a few to several weeks . . . .
I was vaguely aware his eyes 'looked funny' for a week or so, and last night I was down on the floor trying to load a laser disk in the player (yeah, I'm getting old technology nostalgic again) anyhow, kitty decided I needed help (or more specifically, I needed to look at his butt) while I was trying to get the player working. Anyhow, eventually he got his front end right in my face, and suddenly I realized one pupil is a barely open vertical slit, and the other one is fully dilated.
Oh, Jesus fucking christ !!
I knew someone (note the past tense) that presented that symptom a few weeks before dying of a brain tumor, so I had a bad go there in regards to the cat.
Called as soon as the vet clinic opened and they had a 10:30 appt, so stuffed cat in the carrier and hauled his ass down there.
Vet looked him over pretty well, and told me there were 2 possibilities; ear mites and an inner ear infection(s) or a brain tumor. And by checking out his ears, he really thinks it's the ear mites.
I sure hope so, although for what he's going to have to go thru to get rid of them, the cat might vote for the tumor.
Anyhow, we are looking at many months for the eyes to square up if it is the ear mite/ inner ear infection problem. If it's a brain tumor, we might be looking at something that is going to resolve in a few to several weeks . . . .
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