Can I use human antibiotic eye drops in my cats eyes?
Posted on March 11th, 2009 in Antibiotics
rn71953 asked:
I have a white cat with blue eyes, he cross eyed, with poor vision, about 5 mo ago he started with drainage from his eyes no other symptoms, then the eyes got infected and I got Antibiotics from the Vet. it cleared up but is back still no other symptoms, I have come to the conclusion he is allergic to something, we live in the country and my cat stays outside all day and sleeps in at night, I have several other cats and they are fine. Now my question, I have some antibiotic eye drops (Polytrim OP ) from my 20 mo old son. I would like to stop this infection from getting worse do you think it would be safe to use these drops in my cats eyes? Or do you think I should just wait and call the Vet to be sure. Are cats sensitive to cedar or pine shavens? This is what the cat sleeps on.
I have a white cat with blue eyes, he cross eyed, with poor vision, about 5 mo ago he started with drainage from his eyes no other symptoms, then the eyes got infected and I got Antibiotics from the Vet. it cleared up but is back still no other symptoms, I have come to the conclusion he is allergic to something, we live in the country and my cat stays outside all day and sleeps in at night, I have several other cats and they are fine. Now my question, I have some antibiotic eye drops (Polytrim OP ) from my 20 mo old son. I would like to stop this infection from getting worse do you think it would be safe to use these drops in my cats eyes? Or do you think I should just wait and call the Vet to be sure. Are cats sensitive to cedar or pine shavens? This is what the cat sleeps on.
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This post has 10 comments
March 13th, 2009
Call the Vet immediately
March 15th, 2009
Well I would phone your VET and ask what you should do. I would think that the cedar and pine are probably having a affect on the cat. Maybe get rid of the shavings and see what happens.
Here is a good web site I found
March 17th, 2009
i would call the vet because i wouldnt want to put something like that in their eyes because then you might end up going to the vet any way
March 19th, 2009
NO!!!
The medicine that a vet will get for you is only about $4.00, our medicine is different, because a cats eyes are different.
Good luck with your kitty!
March 22nd, 2009
It could be a continuation of the original infection that did not clear up entirely or yes allergies is a possibility. NO do not use those drops it could cause more damage see the vet.
March 22nd, 2009
Would you put cat eye drops in your son’s eyes? I hope not. Call the Vet and get the proper drops for the type of infection it has. Antibiotics are administered for a specific infection type.
Plus human drops could potentially blind your cat forever. Please call your vet tomorrow, based on the fact he has given drops to the cat before may mean he could just call in a prescription for the cat.
–this is not really aimed at you…
People animals give us such great joy but we try to ave a few bucks when they get sick or put off going to the vet until the animals get very ill. I realize we do not have health insurance for our pets but if you love them care for them…please.
March 23rd, 2009
I think not. A cat’s chemistry is different from a human’s. Take your kitty back to the vet; perhaps they have allergy tests for animals. Another thing: chocolate is lethal to cats and dogs.
March 26th, 2009
NO! CALL YOUR VET!
March 28th, 2009
Ask your Vet first.
March 30th, 2009
Call the vet and ask him just to make sure that it will be alright. I am GUESSING that it should be OK becuase vets sometimes give infant (human) oral antibiotics to cats.. well, my vet prescribed amoxycillin oral antibiotics for infants one time when my cat had an abcess. What I do know is that antibiotics meant specifically for animals are not to be given to humans (especially the ear antibiotic).
Also, there are different types of antibiotics for targetting different forms of bacteria. So, even if your human eye drop antibiotic is safe for cats, we couldn’t know if it is the RIGHT type of antibiotic.
Call your vet and ask. shouldn’t hurt.
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