My kitten is 9 months old

Toby is still incredibly cute. Hes also taken to grooming Pixie who has been having issues the past few years due to his weight. Pixie is loving the attention and has bonded with Toby much faster then he did with Ziva or Jethro. 

I'll finish bathing you later, it's nap time.

Sorry I almost fell off the couch.

Stay still I can't lick your ear properly

I was sleeping before you came out with your camera

Look it's  stretch Armstrong!

What's a little pussy on a bed?

Jethro heard the camera, so he was listening

Decided that camera or no camera, it was time to nap.

My mischiveous female cat: Ziva Part II

Yes she's not finished.

Meanwhile Pixie comes to check it out. I mean boxes... all cats love boxes. You put a new box somewhere all your cats will want to check it out.

She spots Pixie in her box. That will not do.

Tries to repossess her box.

Pixie moves his paw so fast its just a blur from which Jethro emerges.

Pixie leaves the box

She back in fine form and remodelling.

Now my work is done. See how nicely I redecorated the hallway for you :)

Photos all taken with Sony Alpha 350 with Tamron 18-270 lens.

Pixie's eye is so much better

So a week after giving him daily eye baths and putting polysporin eye/ear drops in his eyes, he's doing great. Other then a bit of missing fur where he had the worst crusts, you coudln't tell he had a sore eye. I figure I'll put the drops in his eye for a couple more days just  to make sure it stays good.

Apparently because the polysporin eye/ear drops, is a special drug it needs to be put in your file at the pharmacist even if a prescription is not required. I wasn't going to tell them it was for my cat's eye infection.

It sucks that these days everything is so damn regulated and you have to see a specialist for everything. It's not the first or last time I heal one of my cats from a minor infection without ever seeing a vet.  TO be honest, putting cat in crate and driving them to vet, and waiting in vet office is highly traumatic to them. Why put them through that stress if I can heal them myself?

Pixie's Eye infection

Here's a photo of Pixie's infected left eye. This is after the treatment this morning.  When I first noticed it and it came about fast, he had blood coloured crusts all the way down to his nose. The pink tissue around the eye was bright red and inflamed. The swelling has gone down and from a distance you can't tell anymore that he's got an infected eye.  Will probably keep treatment for another 5-6 days. He's my oldest cat at 9 years of age.

Eye infection.

Poor Pixie, has an eye infection.  I've been treating him for it since last Thursday with the same approach I had treated Jethro's eye infection a few years ago.  I first wash the eye using a solution of 1 cup of water for 1 drop of baby shampoo.  I use either cotton balls or makeup pads to wash the eye. Once it's washed and I've unstuck all the crusts, I put a drop of polysporin antibiotic eye drops. Make sure it goes on all the affected areas and then dab any excess with makeup pads.   So far it appears to be slowly clearing.

It's weird, his tears are dark red, so it looks like crusty blood around his eyes, but it's not blood. He's not bleeding anywhere nor does he have open sores. Tonight I did a bit of googling and figured out it's most likely conjunctivitis,  likely caused by  FHV-1 or cat Herpes .    And much like the human variety, you can be infected as a small child and the virus can lay dormant for 40 years and then you have reoccurring flare-ups.  It's the first time I see his eye infected like this, and hopefully the last time.

He was pretty upset the first few days I was treated him, now he seems more docile. Dunno if it's because he's realized he doesn't have a choice, or because he's realized it's actually feeling better.  Either way I have to fight less to treat him and that's always a bonus. He actually showed up when I called him for his treatment when I got home from work.

I haven't put an Elizabethan collar on him because he does not appear to rub his eye or scratch it. 

She pushes him around.

She might be smaller, but she bullies him around.