Cats Eyes Watering Brown Discharge

But oftentimes eye or ocular discharge in cats can be a sign of ocular disease and should be checked out by a veterinarian.

Cats eyes watering brown discharge. A cat weeping eye could be due to blocked tear ducts when cat eye discharge will be brown allergies or something more sinister. There is a chance she could have an infection. A frequent cause of eye discharge in cats these can include viruses such as feline calicivirus a contagious respiratory disease pneumonitis or rhinotracheitis herpesvirus bacteria and protozoa.

Feline tears contain a pigment that turns a reddish-brown when exposed to air. Kittys eyes may look like hes been crying but that brown gunky stuff coming out of his eyes isnt tears. Brown or red discharge is not normal.

Eye discharge can be a symptom of a number of diseases. The eye discharge carries on for more than a few days. Any ideas of what it could be.

While you may think Kitty has been crying gunky red or brown tears under his eyes are actually a sign hes sick. I suspect that the brown runny discharge you describe is an overflow of tears from the eyes. Normally the tears should drain through the tear ducts but if a cat is making more tears than normal or if the drainage system is blocked they can overflow onto her fur.

Symptoms can be mild or progress to something very serious and may include a sticky pus-like eye discharge. First there can be the presence of a watery discharge coming from your cats eyes. I have sphynx cat and its eyes are costantly watering and there is a light reddish brown discharge coming outI took him to the vet and she gave me lysine supplement for himhis eyes are still running and he has been on it for about a monthcould.

My cat had watery type discharge from her eyes so I assumed it could be related to a viral infection or allergy. This can be caused by anything from allergies to blocked tear ducts to allergies. The thin layer of tears on the surface of your cats eyes lubricate them and prevent dryness.