Sky & Ziggy's Annual Exams & Starr's Urinalysis: Ziggy's Latest Update 7-3-07

[K & L]

Oh no Tracey I sure hope things will turn out OK with Ziggy. I'm glad to read the others are doing so well. Please keep me posted on the updates on Ziggy.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Hi, things are going well with the new litterboxes except that they didn't seem to want to use the one in the hall bathroom so I moved it to the end of the hall in front of the hall closet. I'll just need to find a different place for the one by the front door later on.

I was able to get a drop into Ziggy's eye last night and it seems to be working. This morning I noticed that the pupil in her blue eye was very small while the pupil in her brown/bronze eye was much larger but then a while later they were both the same size. I haven't seen them the same size since sometime in March. I hope that she'll continue to be a good girl and let me medicate her. She didn't seem to react to the drop so I don't know if she felt any stinging from it or not.

Thanks again for all of the replies.


AmberLee, yes that's what it said.

Lori, we didn't talk about the clomicalm because we were talking about my peeing issues. I know that she wanted to try this doseage on Storm for at least 4-6 weeks though. Last night Pearl and Storm were both licking each others heads which is great sign that he's much calmer.

Laura, you can buy cat attract at Petsmart. I think that they're the only retail pet store that carries this.

[K & L]

I'll keep my fingers crossed this will work! I'll keep watching for updates.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Tonight Ziggy's eyes were back to how they've been for several months. The pupil in her blue eye is larger than the pupil in her brown/bronze eye. I guess I'm just hoping for a miracle cure. I'm going to e-mail my vet to see what she thinks about all of this.

[jennielynn1970]

Just thought of something when you mentioned pupil size.... My pupils are both noticeably different in size. My left eye, which is my "bad" eye is much larger than the right eye. All my eye docs have mentioned it. I also have a hard time adjusting from light to dark in rooms (I hate movie theatres). Usually the pupil expands to let in more light, so maybe that's part of the problem??

My eye color is also very light blue, and I have very little pigment in them, so they take on a lot of reflection and sometimes seem blue, green or gray/silver, and in very bright light, almost no color at all. I've had the pictures taken of my retinas or whatever it is that they call it, where they can see the insides of your eyes, and the girls at the front desk (at Lens Crafters) also remark how mine are so clear to see, while most "normal" pics are opaque. Like they can see all the blood vessels/veins or whatever and all that perfectly clear. Blue eyed people are also more light sensitive.

Do you think maybe that is part of the issue with Ziggy??

[krazyaboutkatz]

Jenn, that's very interesting. I know that my vet said that blue eyed cats where more prone to eye problems but I don't know why. Sky, Starr, and Pearl all have blue eyes so I hope that they won't have any problems. I know that Starr's and Sky's eyes are very sensitive to light because if I use the flash on my camera they always close their eyes or squint. I still haven't heard any thing from my vet yet but I'll be seeing her again this Sunday and I'll hopefully get some answers.