What tea to rinse the cat's eyes with

We took her to the vet, he said it's nothing, just put drops in and that's it. We drip while she was smaller, but now it is unreal.

Can I wash a kitten's eyes with green tea?

Kitten may have a foreign body, allergy, infection, and so on. You can try rinsing kitty's eyes with decoctions of medicinal herbs (chamomile; calendula; St. John's wort; sage; manganese; green tea). The following remedies will also work: furacilin solution; levomycetin-based drops; ointments with antibiotics; ointments with antihistamine effect, etc. But these remedies can only partially cope with the problem. It is better and more reliable to go to the veterinarian to find out the cause of the tears and how to fix the problem.

Why use green tea? You can use boiled water or saline, wet a cotton or gauze disk and wipe it. In no case you must not use raw water, all kinds of teas, except for chamomile, but chamomile must also be boiled. You shall wipe it for cats when it is necessary.

AlisaRa Enlightened (22802) Alisa Doronina, vets always say that. What's more, I was recently at the ophthalmologist with a cat who has an eyelid wiggle problem, and his eye is leaking accumulating into large crusts. The ophthalmologist explained in detail what I described above.

What to rinse with?

Medications

If your pet's eye organs are sour, you can clean them with warm boiled water. And to rinse the cat's eyes from pus, the following medications are used:

• "Furacilin." Before treating the cat's eyes, the solution of "Furacilin" is diluted with water 1:5. A more concentrated product can cause redness and burning, or even burn the cornea.
• Boric acid. It is recommended to treat the affected area when it is festering. The solution of boric acid is not used if the integrity of the mucous membrane of the visual organs is disturbed.
• "Miramistin. Drops have a bactericidal effect. Treatment with "Miramistin" helps with inflammation of the organs of vision with the release of pus.
• "Chlorhexidine". Wipe the cat's eyes with "Chlorhexidine" is prescribed for suppuration or to prevent the penetration of infection after injuries or surgical interventions.
• Peroxide. Washing the eyes with hydrogen peroxide is recommended when the eye is injured to remove pus.
• Manganese. Make a solution of pale pink color, because a more saturated agent can provoke burns of the visual organs. The remedy relieves inflammation and disinfects.

Veterinarian T. Ilyina recommends washing kitten's eyes from dried pus crusts with infusion of green tea, calendula or succession.

Folk remedies

If there are no pharmacy preparations at home, then the cat's visual organs are washed with medicine prepared at home. The following recipes are the most popular:

• Infusion of linden. Take 2 teaspoons of linden flowers, pour boiling water in an amount of 200 ml and insist half an hour. This tea can be used to wash sour eyes of newborn kittens. The decoction is very good for relieving inflammation.
• Tea with chamomile. It relieves inflammation, and also helps with sticking eyelids and frequent souring of the visual organs. 50 g of chamomile flowers pour a glass of boiling water and allow to infuse for 20 minutes.
• Black tea. It is used as an adult cat and a newborn kitten to reduce inflammation. Positive results are already visible after 2-3 washes. To prepare the solution, take 1 teaspoon of coarse-leaf brew, pour it with a glass of steep boiling water and steep for 10 minutes.
• Aloe. Freshly squeezed juice of the plant is dripped with a pipette into the cat's diseased organs of vision. The procedure is repeated twice a day. Aloe eliminates inflammation and moistens the cornea.

How to perform the treatment?

For adult cats.

It is difficult to wash the visual organs of the cat by itself, so it is better to carry out this procedure with someone else who will hold the animal. The correct way to do the flushing is as follows:

1. Prepare the necessary equipment. Take absorbent cotton, bandages or gauze napkins and a syringe without needle.
2. The animal is secured so that it will not scratch the person, wrapping a towel around it.
3. The gauze napkin is moistened in a therapeutic solution and squeezed over the cat's eyes.
4. Wait a few minutes for the crust to become soft, and then wipe it off with a cotton pad. The movements should be from the edge of the eye to the inner corners.
5. If the eyelids are glued, then the movements of the cotton disk are done from the nose to the ear, changing dirty disks with clean ones.
6. The medicine is poured into a syringe and poured on the cleaned cornea.
7. Soak excess medication with absorbent cotton or bandage tampon without touching the eyeball.

Persian cat's eyes are convex, so they are washed daily to prevent inflammation.

Newborn kitten

Kittens come into the world completely blind, and begin to see well after 2 weeks. The iris has a gray cloudy color, after some time its color changes according to the breed of cat. In the first days of life, kittens secrete mucus from the visual organs, it is removed by the mother cat. When the babies grow up, they wash their own eyes, but there are times when they need outside help. A small kitten is washed the eye organs in the same way as an adult cat, only the treatment should be more careful and gentle. The procedure can be done by one person. After washing, the prescribed eye ointments are applied after 5-10 minutes, so as not to cause a negative reaction of the two active substances.

What is used to treat the eyes of dogs and cats

The easiest thing to use is a saline solution (sodium chloride 0.9%). This can be used for eye wash in unlimited amounts and as often as necessary. It is also worth using if you suspect An eye injury Your pet's eye. In this case, other remedies may simply be dangerous!

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In addition, special lotions or drops designed specifically for eye care can be used to care for your pet's eyes. These are the lotions of already familiar to us firms "8 in1", "Vetoquinol" or "Global-Vet", as well as the series "Fitoelita" (Veda LLC) and drops "Brilliant eyes" ("Agrovetzaschita" – "AVZ"). Be careful, sometimes pets may have an allergic reaction to a particular lotion. In this case, stop using the lotion immediately.

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Another finding of my patients' owners, confirmed by years of successful observation: you can take care of your pet's eyes with contact lens fluid. The composition of these liquids provides effective disinfection, mechanical washing away irritants, hydration and protection of the cornea and conjunctiva of our pets' eyes.

Herbal infusions and teas, can they be used to wash the eyes?

I would like to say separately about herbal infusions for washing pets' eyes: chamomile, sage, calendula, green tea, etc. Such infusions are very useful, but there are two important points: the possibility of an individual allergic reaction to infusions and the need to carefully filter or stand the infusion before use, so as not to traumatize the eyes with residual herbs.

To preserve the benefits of infusions and not spend a lot of time preparing them. You can prepare herbal infusions and freeze them in cubes. You can thaw the infusion cubes as needed (for example, by diluting them with a small amount of boiling water – in which case the frozen infusion should be more concentrated than necessary for use) and use them to rinse your pet's eyes.

Separately, there are questions about whether or not dogs and cats' eyes can be rinsed with tea?

And, if so, what kind, fresh or "steeped" tea? And can tea "in bags" be used for this purpose?

Tea is an herbal infusion just like any other. Fresh green and black teas have irritant and antimicrobial effects. Standing tea contains tannin, a tanning and disinfectant. Rinsing the eyes with fresh tea is not recommended because of its irritant effect.

"Sleepy" steeped tea can be used once or twice (before buying a more appropriate remedy) to wash the eyes of a dog or cat in the "field" if they are inflamed. Why should the tea be "steeped"? So that the concentration of tannin in it is not higher than desirable.

Like any other herbal infusion, the tea should be filtered. The easiest way is to wrap the wet "spun" tea brew in several layers of clean cloth or sterile gauze (bandage) and wash the pet's eyelids, removing the crusts of secretions from them. Try to keep the extra tea out of the depths of the eye.

Important to know

How and what to rinse the cat's eyes with – it is decided individually on a case-by-case basis. The reason for which lavage was needed and the cats' individual sensitivity to some solutions are taken into account.

In case of profuse lacrimation

Rinsing the eyes with clean boiled water or 0.9% saline is sufficient. It is also enough to wash away dust, pollen, grass and any other non-penetrating small foreign bodies from the cornea. And this is the best option for allergic tears.

A cat's eyes are pusy and sour

If the eyes are getting sour and pusy, eventually forming dry crusts, this is a definite sign of a bacterial infection, and it is best to wash the eyes immediately with pharmacy antimicrobial agents.

Is it possible to wash the eyes of cats with chlorhexidine?

Opinions of veterinarians on this subject differ, but the prevailing answer is yes, you can. It is important to use a concentration no higher than 0.01% – such a concentration is absolutely safe for cats.

Washing with furacilin

When washing the cat's eyes with furacilin it is necessary to remember about the individual sensitivity of this type of animal to the active substance. The solution must be sterile and in a concentration no higher than 0.02%.

If it is not clear what exactly the cat has – an injury or a disease

If it is not clear, what kind of injury or illness, and the owner is afraid to harm the cat with medical means or does not know the dosage, weak herbal decoctions are the best and safest choice in this case. They can be used for tears of unknown etiology, and in the presence of pus, and when the eyes become sour or sticky due to dry crusts from various secretions.

How do I flush a cat's eyes correctly?

Our kitty's eyes are watering a little, how should we wash her eyes so she won't get hurt? The vet advised to wash her eyes with just strong tea twice a day.

When I had a sick kitty and her eyes were watery, I brewed strong black tea, a little warm and wiped her eyes with a napkin. I did this procedure several times a day, in 2 days she was fine. Teary eyes are colds in cats. Try strong black tea, and wipe it in warm condition.

You should wipe her eyes with gauze cloths as absorbent cotton or cotton disks can leave lint in the eye. And you should wipe the eyes with drops specifically prescribed by your vet. If advised with tea brew, wipe with the brew. Put the solution on the eyes and then wipe with a tissue.

If you were advised to wipe the eyes with a tea brew, then respectively a serious inflammatory process in the cat, cat is not. I can recommend wiping the eyes with a special zoohygienic lotion "Green Tea" Veda. Buy it at pet stores, or in IM "Fitobox" quite inexpensive – 80 rubles. It lasts for a long time. It contains only extracts of green tea leaves.

This product rinses the eyes perfectly and has antibacterial, astringent action. I wipe my cat's eyes with it all the time. Before that, we had brown discharge – now it's gone.

The main thing is not to rub the cat's eyes and gently – I personally use a cotton swab and a dropper. The main rule is from the outer to the inner corner of the eye and for each eye a new swab, disk.

Can I wash my cat's eyes with brew or something else, will it help?

A cat from "childhood", tears one eye, but drop drops do not give or hide, when she begins to suspect wrong, so that you can not find and get, and if you catch her, then scratches, bites and yells as an injured woman.
I know that children wash their eyes with brew, maybe cats can? If so, how do you do it, how long should you infuse it, etc.?

There are special drops, they are even prescribed prophylactically Diamond eyes. But how to keep a cat in place I can't tell you, my kitty is calm and lets me do everything, but maybe she just feels that I'm going to put her eyes, whether she wriggles or not, however, in all of us it is so.

Yes, it will help, for some reason only on animals this method works. But then again, you need tea, not the dust they sell in stores!

Eugene Romanov A Thinker (5994) Yes! I remember my neighbor was a Tajik, so she often sent natural tea from the motherland, often treated, not compared to the store.

Natali Mur) Artificial Intelligence (126816) in the brew tannins, they irritate the mucosa, and animals mucosa is more delicate than humans.

Levomycetin drops should help, you can drop into the corner of the eye, then when the eye opens the drops will hit. But you have to treat both eyes. They don't treat one at a time, even if there are no signs in the other.

We tried drops, but the cat goes "hold me seven" and we all go "striped" And cotton pads (I tried one time, it seems to take more/less normally. Is it possible to drop these drops on a cotton pad and then wipe the eye, will it do any good?

°-$4@(tliv@ya -° Artificial Intelligence (160047) Take a thick blanket and wrap the cat, tightly so that only the head was outside and drip as much as you can)))) with a cotton disk drops probably will not help. You should not delay treatment or you may get complications.

If she's been here since she was a baby and you haven't had the time to take her to the vet, she may have a chronic infection! You can not do anything with a brew! You should see a doctor and have tests done. Cats (especially extreme cats) have eyes, tear ducts, nose and teeth close to each other and they can get infected. You do not want your cat to lose all his teeth! And this is quite possible!

Cautions

If the disease is serious – you can not do without consulting a veterinarian. Only a veterinarian can prescribe the right medication and treatment on the basis of your medical history and test results.

Otherwise – if the cat gets dust in his eyes, for example – a simple cleansing can be done yourself. But remember a few important rules:

1. Not all water can be used for this. Not tap water, chlorine and salts in it dry out mucous membranes and destroy the natural microflora. In addition, such water can be contaminated. Rainwater and melt water are also not suitable. The liquid should always be boiled and cooled!
2. Use cotton pads instead of absorbent cotton: this is the only way to be sure that the fine fibers will not get under the eyelid and cause additional problems.
3. Use a new tampon for each eye and a fresh decoction for each procedure.
4. Do not use infusion of chamomile – it causes cats to lose their hair.
5. Washing solutions should be lukewarm, not hot or cold.
6. If days go by, but there is no result, take your cat to the doctor.

What to wash the cat's eyes with?

If you've read the headline and imagined expensive medications – exhale, calm down and look in your medicine cabinet. We can assure you: you can always find something suitable there.

Medications

Among human medications for cat eye irrigation you can use:

• 0.9% isotonic solution (saline) – is one of the most important components of tissue fluid and plasma, due to which it has no irritating effect on the skin and mucous membranes of animals;
• furacilin solution (0.02%) – is an antibacterial drug for external use (you can buy tablets and prepare the solution yourself);
• boric acid solution – dissolve 1 small spoonful of powder in a glass of warm water;
• chlorhexidine (the best concentration is 0.01%) – a cheap remedy with good bactericidal action;
• potassium permanganate solution (1:5000).

The list is short, but other drugs are not recommended without a veterinarian's prescription: you may have problems with intolerance or with dosage calculations.

Do not exceed the recommended doses! The slightest mistake may lead to irreversible consequences: severe chemical burns and even blindness. If your pet develops any symptoms of allergy, stop using the product immediately and take your pet to the doctor!

1. Diamond Eye Drops are antibacterial drops for topical application. They reduce swelling and inflammation and kill bacteria. Contains: succinic acid, taurine, chlorhexidine bigluconate, purified water. Contraindications: Hypersensitivity. Compatible with other medicines.
2. Drops "Bars" contain nitrofural and chloramphenicol. They have a bactericidal and bacteriostatic effect, cope with certain types of viruses, pain relievers. Contraindications: allergy to components.
3. Drops "Iris" is an analogue of "Bars". Gentamicin sulfate (base) has a pronounced bactericidal effect.
4. OPHTO-LAVAS is a sterile solution for eye cleaning. The drug must not be allowed to come into contact with the skin of the animal.

Peculiarities of the procedure

There are no fundamental differences in the washing of the eyes of an adult animal or kitten: the scheme of performing the procedure is practically identical. The difference lies in the small nuances that will help to help the pet as much as possible and do no harm.

Everything begins with the preparation of the necessary materials – You will need:

For aggressive or fidgety animals, a towel will come in handy – you can wrap the animal in it – or a bag fixer.

For adults.

Adult cats may resist, so you will need a helper to hold and calm the cat. The cat should be wrapped in a towel or blanket to gently hold it and not harm it during the procedure. Once the animal has been secured, you can begin rinsing.

First you need to soak the dried crusts, if any. Dipping a cotton pad in the medicinal solution, you need to squeeze the product into the sore eye and wait until the crusts become softer and more accessible for removal. Gently wipe your eyelid with the disc, trying not to touch the cornea. The movements should be directed from the ears towards the nose, towards the tear duct. Use different discs on different eyes to avoid infecting the healthy eye.

After the eyes are cleaned, pour the medication solution over the cornea of the eye, using a syringe without a needle – if the treatment requires it. Routine hygienic cleansing can be left without this action. Use a dry cloth or towel to wipe up any residual solution around the eyelids. Do not squeeze and try not to touch the eyeball with the cloth so as not to traumatize it and cause irritation.

How to wash a kitten's eyes

Kittens don't always do well with washing, as they are used to having the mother cat do the hygiene. During the first few months, the owner needs to rinse the baby's eyes regularly to prevent them from starting to stick and fester.

What to wash a kitten's or cat's eyes with as a prophylactic

It is recommended to monitor the condition of the cat's eyes from an early age. Newborn kittens' eyes open after one to two weeks. If the eyes have not opened by the end of the third week, you need to rinse them very carefully.

Adult cats take care of their own hygiene. The daily feline ritual includes washing the muzzle and eyes. But it happens that the cat gets hurt or cat catches a disease – to prevent complications, periodically check on the cat. If you find clouding or discoloration of the iris, purulent discharge, fur on the muzzle with traces of tears, go to the veterinarian immediately. If you find an injury, do not let your pet rub his eye, as this irritates the mucosa. You should not force your pet's eyes open. Do not self-administer medications containing prednisolone or dexamethasone – you may make the situation worse.

The attending veterinarian will advise on what to wash the cat's eyes with as a preventive measure. You can soak a cotton disk in strong tea or saline and then clean the eye with smooth movements. All this is necessary if the cat periodically has brown crusts – consequences of poor hygiene and dust on the cornea. It is not dangerous if you remove the accumulation from the lacrimal corners in time.

Don't forget to vaccinate your pet once a year, staying on schedule. If you have an elderly or weakened pet, see the vet regularly.

If simple remedies do not help and your pet's eyes continue to be pusy, swollen and sticky, you should take your pet to the vet. The doctor will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe age- and breed-appropriate treatment.

This article is only a recommendation. Ask your veterinarian for advice!