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I wrote an earlier post seeking advice from anyone who'd had a cat with Bartonella and this is something you should definitely have checked out. My little one started off exactly the same way with a brownish very small spot which suddenly turned bright blue and started expanding. Two courses of azythromycin along with eye ointment and the spot is back to where it started, very small, but she'll be back in to be tested again. Good luck and let us know what happens!
Sorry I forgot to reply. I went to the ophthalmologist that my vet recommended on 28 OCT 08.
The vet fully examined the spots and concluded that he was unsure what they were. He noted that it is unlikely to be due to diet or weight issues, as our cat is fit and even cats that grow upwards of 20+ pounds do not typically exhibit fatty deposits like dogs commoly can. Still, it may be worth a blood test to screen the cat for cholesterol / thyroid issues, etc.
He recommended taking a sketch on graph paper of the spots so that they can be effectively compared later for growth or increasing amounts.
We are schedule to see him for a follow up visit in 3 months.
Please reply if you find anything out. We are very concerned about our cat and she has identical looking spots.
could be from getting clawed in the eye from another cat....."cat fight" as they tend to go for each other's eyes.....I had a cat that had an eye injury due to a fight and you could see the spot....This may be the same thing if your cat occassionally goes outside..........
We are going back in tommorrow to have a blood test.
-Cholesterol numbers
-Triglyceride numbers
This should tell up if the spots are fat or metabolism based. I'll post the results later. Send me a message if I forget. Thanks.
We have the blood test results back and there is nothing wrong with the cat, except for the spots of course.
The eye doctor still does not know what is wrong and has not seen this before.
The doctor recommends not going further with testing (scrape the eye to collect sample and then analyze) and I think this is the right choice. The spots are not giving the cat any problems and they are not growing much.
We drew a sketch/map of the spots and monitor them by comparing her eves to the sketch every 3 months, and they really have not gotten much worse over the last year since we noticed them.
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It's interesting that the vet has not seen spots like that before since it seems just from the few posts here, that it is not all that uncommon.
My cat is not bothered by his spot at all and it has not changed in any way.
He and one of his brothers got his annual shots this weekend and THAT knocked them out for almost 2 whole days! Poor babies. I still have 2 more to go this month but I only have 2 carriers....so 2 at a time!
My cat has the same clear but perfectly round spot on her eye. I assume its in her line of vision, but she isn't running into walls or anything. She is a strictly indoor cat and I have her sister who has no affliction of the eye. Curious.........what the hell is it?
Anything 'new' in the eye can be a symptom of any number of things. Some are more benign, such as a scar left after a scratch or abrasion. Some are less so, such as an early sign of cancer. It definitely calls for a vet visit.
JJ has similar spots, which in his case were signs of early corneal adhesion. He could develop ulcers on the cornea, and his body would respond by forming a 'band-aid' of skin to cover the area. He would eventually have bands of tissue covering portions of the eye.
Our cat Heather had a small spot on one eye. Eventually the pupil on that eye blew and became dilated. In her case, it turned out to be brain cancer.
The eyes can reveal much about health, and changes to them should never be dismissed. It might turn out to be nothing, but much better safe than sorry.
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