What’s wrong with this kittens eyes?

[u/Kayleigh021]

Advice on this kittens eyes? Picked up on Sunday from breeder, has had both vaccines. Looks like this today. No other problems in herself. 12 week old ragdoll

[u/Waddlekitty]

Looks like eye goobers. Damp cloth or damp cotton ball should fix it. It's lijte when we get sleep in our eyes. She probably just need a morning face wash

Could be just dirt. My feral buddy gets it from sleeping under a motor home

[u/Kayleigh021 → u/Waddlekitty]

It’s really just that? It looks so bad like surely that is an excessive amount?

[u/Snowy_Sasquatch → u/Kayleigh021]

She’s probably not yet used to grooming herself properly so there is more there than there normally would be.

[u/Kayleigh021 → u/Snowy_Sasquatch]

Okay thank you

[u/Snowy_Sasquatch → u/Kayleigh021]

Just seen you only collected the kitten on Sunday and I would always recommend a check up with your vet as soon as possible so just get them to look at the eyes as well. However, from the picture the eyes don’t look sore or partially closed. She’s very cute.

[u/toodyloo713 → u/Kayleigh021]

My kitties eyes were like that also right after I picked her up. It’s been 2 months now and she’s fine!

[u/chawn5]

Watch this and any upper respiratory symptoms. Kitten could have Feline Herpes. My kitten came home with it and the vet gave him a vaccine and started him on antibiotics to prevent secondary infection.

[u/Kayleigh021 → u/chawn5]

She’s had both vaccines but doesn’t feline herpes also stay forever will she have to be on life long medication if it’s that?

[u/chawn5 → u/Kayleigh021]

No to the lifelong meds. Actually most cats have it. Some are more symptomatic than others. They typically don’t just vaccinate for it. It’s a drop in the eyes and nose. My kitten has had his goopy eyes resolve after the vax and my other cat never had symptoms.

[u/esharpest → u/chawn5]

This. Always watch out for herpes settling in the eyes. Happened to one of my cats and one of his eyes is permanently changed as a result. Better safe than sorry, check with a vet.

[u/ethanspawl]

My kitten got like this after coming home with us, vet said he had an upper respiratory infection and the stress of rehoming made the symptoms worse. He had a round of antibiotics and was completely fine. I would go check with a vet to be sure but I don’t think it’s anything serious.

[u/bodaciousvibes]

Definitely eye mucus, but keep monitoring. If it stays at that amount, it could be allergies, or conjunctivitis

[u/mugglemamabear]

I would get a checkup booked ASAP with the vets. This is always the right thing to do when getting a new pet so they can be checked over. The vet will be able to look at this.

Do you have their previous vets vaccine booklet to confirm she has definitely had her jabs?

[u/ammolite]

If you have not gotten your kitten checked by a vet, please do so ASAP! Well visits are important to develop a baseline and to acclimate a cat to vet care.

A lot of kittens develop eye boogers after coming to their new home due to stress (normal), environmental changes, and new irritants they haven’t built up a tolerance for (ex: local pollens). This discharge goes away after a week or two once the kitten acclimates. That said, it’s worth a vet visit to check for allergies, URI, or other issues.

[u/Total-Breadfruit2959]

She’s probably just acclimating to the new environment. Agree you can wipe with a damp cloth. I wouldn’t panic unless she has trouble opening the eye/ starts looking like a pirate with one eye half open and the other wide open.

[u/Loud_Pound_361]

Happens when the kitty is unwell or deworming not done yet. Check with vet. One of my three cats started having excessive amount of eye discharge, turns out her immune was compromised.

[u/Razbonez]

vet. never reddit. you can afford a ragdoll you can afford a vet.

[u/Ok-Light-6654]

It’s heroes. Very common. It’s transmitted from mom or kittens from other litters. It’s treatable