Yellow discharge from a nulliparous cat. Yellow discharge from a cat's loop

Which discharge is normal and which is not?

What is the difference between natural discharge and painful discharge? And what causes this discharge? What is meant by the concept of normal discharge - this is the kind of discharge that occurs in cats during pregnancy, during the birth of cats, and the postpartum period. If such discharge appears, then there should be no cause for concern. The main cause for concern should be painful discharge, for example with endomitritis, pyometra, vaginitis, vaginal tumors. Let's look at some of these diseases that cause bloody discharge from a cat's vagina.

Pyometra in cats

This disease is caused by the accumulation of pus in the uterine cavity. There are open and closed forms of pyometra. Less dangerous is open pyometra, the discharge is purulent and comes out of the genital loop. The most dangerous closed form of pyometra, there is no discharge at all, since all the pus accumulates in the uterus, which can be fatal.

Vaginitis in cats

This is a vaginal disease accompanied by inflammation. Signs: discharge and frequent licking of the perineum.

How to identify painful discharge? What are the signs of bad discharge?

You may not notice the discharge itself, since the cat is a very clean animal. Therefore, every breeder should know the signs of bad discharge in a cat. The main thing is to pay attention to the frequency of licking the perineum by the cat; if within 5-15 minutes, sound the alarm. In addition, watch the cat’s appetite; if there is poor appetite, lethargy, frequent urination, sound the alarm. And don’t delay, contact your veterinarian. Better than a veterinarian and a full examination (ultrasound, x-ray, blood test), no one can determine whether the discharge is good or bad. After everything done in the veterinary clinic, the doctor will prescribe either

Vaginal discharge, especially in unsterilized (non-castrated) cats, can be a sign of a wide variety of diseases.

Purulent vaginal discharge is one of the symptoms.

Pyometra is a serious disease, in many cases immediately life-threatening for cats. This is why you should never try to treat pyometra yourself at home. When pyometra develops, veterinarians most often perform surgical removal of the ovaries along with the uterus; The operation is performed against a background of intensive therapy and antibiotics.

If you notice vaginal discharge in your cat, first assess the severity of your pet's condition by answering the following questions:

♦ Has your cat been sterilized?

♦ When was the last time you noticed signs of estrus (heat)?

♦ Does your cat seem lethargic?

♦ What color are her gums?

♦ How quickly does the color of the gums return after the pressure stops - immediately or after 2-3 seconds?

♦ Does your cat have excessive thirst or polyuria (increased urine production)?

♦ Is there any irritation of the skin around the vulva due to discharge?

Vaginal discharge. You need EMERGENCY help from a veterinarian if:

♦ You suspect the development of pyometra (main symptoms: signs of intoxication, discoloration of the gums, vaginal discharge or its absence, polyuria, lethargy, increased thirst)

♦ The cat develops lethargy, regardless of the presence or absence of other symptoms.

Vaginal discharge. Do not delay visiting a veterinary hospital for too long:

♦ If the cat’s vaginal discharge does not become clear within 1–2 weeks.

♦ If vaginal discharge irritates the skin (the cat constantly licks the genital area).

Vaginal discharge. Treatment

To enhance resistance to infection, it is advisable to administer vitamin C at a dose of 5-10 mg/lb of body weight 2-3 times a day. (note: 1 lb = 373.2 g). To strengthen the immune system, it is also advisable to prescribe herbal medicines such as:

♦ Canadian goldenseal;

♦ astragalus;

♦ cat's claw;

♦ Echinacea.

The above medicinal plants can be used either individually or in combination.

How to prepare an infusion.

♦ Pour one teaspoon of dry raw material into a glass of boiling water, leave until completely cooled and strain. Give the infusion to your cat 2-3 times a day, 1/4 teaspoon per 10-20 pounds of animal weight.

Goldenseal infusion is a fairly strong herbal medicine, so you SHOULD NOT use it for more than 7 days.

If you are unable to find the above medicinal plants, you can use pharmacy tinctures. Dose 5-10 drops per 10-20 lbs of animal weight. Give the tincture, just like the infusion, 2-3 times a day.

TIP: Before using the alcohol tincture, pour the required number of drops into a spoon and leave for a while - let the alcohol evaporate. This is especially important when using alcohol tinctures to treat cats.

Nettle infusion helps increase the resistance of the genitourinary system to infection.

To irrigate the area of ​​inflammation, you can use a local infusion of herbs or pharmacy tinctures of Hypericum (St. John's wort) or Calendula (Calendula). The infusion is prepared according to the method described above. If you use a tincture for irrigation, then dilute 10–20 drops of the tincture in one glass of boiled water.

In addition to herbs, irrigation can be carried out with diluted vinegar: dilute 1–2 tablespoons of 7% table vinegar in a glass of water.

How to perform vaginal irrigation in cats.

Vaginal irrigation is carried out using a Janet syringe, which is carefully inserted into the vagina to a depth of a quarter or half an inch. If you have a small breed cat, you can use a plastic syringe without a needle or an ordinary pipette.

Health to you and your pets.

A cat's discharge may consist of liquid substances, which does not include urine. They mainly appear on the external genitalia. It is worth noting that the discharge may be bloody, gray, cloudy and even watery.

It is important to notice this phenomenon in time. In some cases, this is no big deal. But often discharge indicates that the animal has health problems. Moreover, they can be of any nature. In any case, the cat should be immediately shown to a veterinarian in order to exclude the worst possible outcomes. There are several main reasons why cats have discharge.

So, first of all, this phenomenon can be considered normal only if it occurs in the postpartum period. Moreover, it is important to pay attention to the color, so dark green and brownish-red discharge should not cause concern to the animal’s owners. After all, we are talking about the recovery period after childbirth; it usually lasts 3 weeks. Sometimes discharge appears in cats during estrus, if it is “untouched” by the cat. This phenomenon occurs over several days and does not pose any danger.

Moreover, this phenomenon is quite difficult to distinguish from blood in the urine. Therefore, diagnosing anything on your own is difficult, and generally dangerous for the animal’s life. If a cat has suffered a vaginal injury, then bleeding may accompany it throughout its life.

The color of the discharge during this period can range from dark green to black. As in the previous case, all this persists for 3 weeks. If we are talking about the pregnancy period, then any discharge in cats at this time is dangerous. There is no point in waiting and hoping for the best; you need to take the animal to the veterinarian. So, all of the above is considered to be harmless phenomena; further we will talk about more serious cases.

Urogenital infections are often accompanied by discharge from the genitourinary tract. They may be pinkish or even opaque. In the latter case, we are talking about a purulent infection. Most likely, the animal is developing pyometra; you need to start fighting it immediately. This disease is a serious tumor. A cat's pyometra must be removed in time so that it does not lead to death.

The next reason for discharge may lie in cancer of the urogenital tract. With this phenomenon, the discharge is reddish or purulent. They mainly appear in the vaginal area. Pulling and self-medication is prohibited; the animal should be given qualified assistance immediately. Often, mucous discharge signals the presence of vaginitis. This disease is fraught with serious consequences. It is an inflammation of the vagina, in which action must be taken immediately. Blood clotting disorders lead to abnormal blood discharge.

It is important to recognize discharge in time, because for some reason many owners do not attach any importance to it. Ultimately, the animal suffers and everything ends in death. Obviously, you don’t want to lose your pet due to inattention. Therefore, you need to know some information. In particular, about the most terrible diseases, such as pyometra.

But if we are talking about pus, then you should consult a doctor. What is pyometra in cats and how to properly deal with it? By the way, if the injury was “removed” by an experienced specialist, then there is no need to worry. Otherwise, more serious problems may arise. Sometimes animals have an abnormal position of the ureter or some problems with the sphincter. In this case, discharge occurs, the cause of which is the pooling of urine in the vagina.

This “combination” promises constant irritation, which is where, in fact, everything comes from. Sometimes cats have some defects in the rectum or fistulas. Therefore, watery feces travel through this channel through the intestines into the vagina. This is where the strange discharge comes from. In any case, whatever the nature of this phenomenon, we need to fight it. You should not wait until the situation changes on its own, this can lead to serious consequences and the animal may eventually die.

If you do not address this issue in time, you may be left without a pet. Pyometra in cats, which is not so easy to treat, is often found in these animals. Therefore, if any discharge appears, you should immediately contact a specialist.

Often, discharge from a cat on the outer labia is not considered normal and signals a problem with the animal’s health. Of course, you shouldn’t immediately panic and imagine a serious illness, because in some cases, discharge from the loop does not pose any danger.

But it won’t hurt to show your pet to a good veterinarian, since self-diagnosis is ineffective and is fraught with complications and consequences. Discharges can be very diverse

:

1. purulent;
2. blood;
3. watery;
4. transparent;
5. cloudy;
6. white;
7. gray;
8. brown.

General anesthesia

A more well-known term is anesthesia. It involves putting the animal into deep medicated sleep, accompanied by a complete shutdown of all pain. To reduce the dose of the “sleeping” drug and facilitate further recovery from anesthesia for the cat, any general anesthesia is preceded by premedication. This is the name given to the administration of mild sedatives and muscle relaxants. Without premedication, induction into anesthesia is much more difficult, and the risk of developing many complications increases significantly.

Any anesthesia can be performed either using one (less often two) drugs, or using a combination of several drugs. In the first case we are talking about mononarcosis, in the second – about polynarcosis (mono- and polyvalent types, respectively).

Simple, one-component anesthesia, despite the ease of implementation and the relative ease of calculating the dose, is an option suitable only for light, short operations. Despite all the successes pharmacists have achieved in recent years, ideal and “multifunctional” drugs for anesthesia still do not exist.

In particular, there are no means (especially in veterinary medicine) that would allow long-term operations. If complex surgical intervention is necessary, in any case it is necessary to use a combination of several drugs that enhance or smooth out the effect of each other.

Inhalation anesthesia

It is also known as “gas anesthesia”. It is believed that inhalational anesthesia is the most preferred method. There are several reasons for this:

• Medicinal substances, when delivered to the lungs in the form of a fine aerosol, are absorbed by the body much faster and better. This allows you to quickly put the cat under anesthesia and significantly reduce the volume of medications required for anesthesia.

• By reducing the dose, it is possible to bring the operated animals out of anesthesia noticeably faster, and the cat recovers from its consequences much easier.

• Only inhalation anesthesia allows unhindered access to many organs of the respiratory system, oral and nasal cavities.

However, in the latter case, not everything is so smooth. It is not always possible to supply a gaseous mixture through a mask, and therefore one has to resort to the same tracheal intubation. Because of this, the possibility of operating on many organs of the respiratory system is significantly reduced.

Important! In addition, inhalation anesthesia (due to its pronounced vasodilating effect) is characterized by a serious drop in blood pressure. To avoid death (or development of neurological disorders) of the cat from arterial collapse, blood pressure must be monitored throughout the operation.

Parenteral anesthesia

The most common type of anesthesia is when drugs are administered intravenously into the animal's body.

This technique also has a number of significant advantages:

• Possibility of perfect control of drug dosage. Simply put, the veterinarian knows exactly what volume of medicine and at what speed was infused into the cat’s circulatory system.

• The possibility of a smooth and gradual withdrawal of the animal from anesthesia, both due to a gradual decrease in the volume of the active substance, and through the introduction of “antidotes” that stop the effect of the drugs.

• Simplicity of the technique. It is not always technically possible to administer inhalation anesthesia, while any veterinarian can perform intravenous infusion, even at home.

Of course, parenteral anesthesia also has its disadvantages:

• Firstly, part of the drug in this case inevitably passes through the liver, which processes it. This leads to two negative aspects. First of all, some metabolites can be very harmful to the animal’s body (which manifests itself, among other things, in the form of severe recovery from anesthesia). In addition, in some cases the medicine may act too weakly, or its effect will suddenly end right in the middle of the operation. All this is fraught with the death of the animal from painful shock.

• Secondly, most of the drugs used for such anesthesia help to reduce the frequency of respiratory movements and a sharp deterioration in pulmonary ventilation. To prevent the cat being operated on from dying from suffocation, its trachea is intubated. Simply put, a special plastic tube is inserted into it, through which air flows directly into the animal’s lungs. Because of this, intravenous anesthesia is often impossible to use for operations on the respiratory, oral or nasal cavities.

Important! In veterinary practice, “pure” inhalation or intravenous types of anesthesia are used only in cases of relatively simple and quick operations.

If complex abdominal surgery is required (for sterilization with the need to remove the uterus and ovaries, for example), combined types of anesthesia are used. Thus, a specialist can carry out primary anesthesia by administering the necessary drugs intravenously, after which the cat is kept in the desired state by administering maintenance doses of drugs in the form of an aerosol (through tracheal intubation).

Withdrawal from general anesthesia

It is carried out by gradually reducing and further stopping the supply of anesthetic substance. In some cases, drugs that support cardiac and respiratory activity, as well as drugs that block the action of anesthetics, are additionally administered.

What is considered a physiological norm?

It is completely natural for a cat to have discharge during heat or estrus. The color of the discharge during this period is transparent, and the consistency is uniform without an unpleasant odor. The heat does not stop for several days, and the cat arches her back, exposes her hindquarters, and shows excessive playfulness and affection.

Pregnancy and childbirth

Discharge during pregnancy may appear in a cat up to the third week. This is due to the fact that a mucus plug forms in the cervix, the excess of which flows out

. This is usually clear or stringy mucus that is difficult to notice because it comes out along with urine. Until the 6th week, yellowish discharge is very rarely observed in small quantities - excess amniotic fluid.

And only a day or two before birth does the mucous plug come off (at 9 weeks). This is a small clot of yellow or greenish tint.

During contractions and pushing in a cat, the presence of brown and bloody discharge from the uterus is normal. For some time after childbirth, liquid greenish discharge appears, gradually becoming lighter, and then completely disappearing.

Scarlet blood at any stage of a cat’s pregnancy is always a sign of pathology and can be a signal of uterine rupture. The reason for the discharge of brown clots is placental abruption or fetal death

. Green ones with an unpleasant odor indicate a bacterial infection, most likely due to the death of the kitten and the beginning of the decomposition process.

Symptoms of pathology

The nature of the discharge will help determine which disorder contributed to the appearance of the pathological discharge:

• purulent exudate of light brown, yellow or greenish color may indicate bacterial conjunctivitis, keratitis, viral infection and various eye diseases of bacterial origin;
• thick, cloudy mucus: various viral diseases (no discharge of pus is observed);
• milky exudate: cat flu;
• brown discharge: the most common cause is epiphora, which develops as a result of obstruction of the lacrimal ducts (accompanied by dermatitis, hair loss in the eye sockets, itching);
• profuse lacrimation, accompanied by reddening of the whites, frequent blinking, photophobia: allergic reaction, penetration of a foreign body, trauma;
• red liquid: usually this also means brown discharge, but it has a reddish tint in animals of light or white color;
• clear, watery, odorless liquid: normal if lacrimation goes away after a short period of time.

Important! Additional signs of an infectious disease in an animal will be loss of appetite, lethargy, dry nose

Unhealthy uterine discharge

Inflammatory diseases of the uterus lead to the accumulation of pathological substances in its cavity - waste products of bacteria, ichor, particles of epithelium, etc. Blood or pus from the vaginal opening may be a symptom of urogenital tract cancer. A cat suffers from discharge due to the following dangerous diseases:

• vaginitis;
• pyometra;
• hematometers;
• hydrometers;
• endometritis.

Vaginitis

This is an inflammatory process in the vagina, which can be acute or chronic. Ulcers form on the surface of the mucous membrane, and the cat is bothered by discharge:

• cloudy or transparent;
• viscous yellow-white;
• mucous membranes are purulent.

Mild forms of the disease are treated with douching; in severe cases, systemic antibiotics are indicated.

Pyometra

Life-threatening inflammation of the uterus, requiring urgent medical attention and surgical intervention. If a cat frequently licks itself, and brown wet spots remain everywhere on the bedding and carpets, then such symptoms should alert the owner. There are also other warning signs:

• tight or bloated belly;
• increased body temperature;
• lack of appetite, but strong thirst;
• frequent urination;
• decreased physical activity of the pet, lethargy.

In some cases, the cat's purulent discharge increases in quantity so quickly that the symptoms of the disease simply do not have time to appear. The walls of the uterus cannot withstand the load and rupture, and the contents spill into the abdominal cavity

. Naturally, it is no longer possible to save the pet’s life.

Hematometer

The condition is characterized by the accumulation of blood in the uterine cavity, disrupting the functioning of the organ. Often blood cannot escape due to blockage or narrowing of the cervical canal, so the discharge from the cat's uterus is very scanty. The reason may be:

• congenital anomalies;
• muscle spasm of the cervical canal;
• surgical procedures performed incorrectly;
• miscarriage or abortion;
• pathological births (especially if they happen more than 1-2 times a year);
• uterine fibroids.

Blood is a rich nutrient medium for the proliferation of harmful microorganisms, which is why sooner or later inflammation of the uterus begins.

The cat has a fever and cramping pain appears. When helping an animal, clots must be scraped out of the uterine cavity and antibacterial therapy is prescribed. If hematometra is not diagnosed in time, purulent contents form in the uterus and the disease is complicated by pyometra. Fortunately, this disease is quite rare.

Endometritis

In a cat, discharge from the uterus may be a symptom of inflammation of the walls or mucous membranes of the organ. Acute endometritis occurs more often after childbirth due to delayed release of the placenta, infection of the vagina and cervix.

Mucopurulent discharge appears in cats from the genital slit 2–6 days after the birth of kittens.

Urination becomes more frequent, milk production decreases, and the temperature rises. The animal arches its back and meows pitifully due to pain in the uterus. In the absence of therapy, the pathology becomes chronic. The infection spreads to the muscular and outer layers of the uterus and penetrates the blood. As a result, the pet dies due to sepsis. Blockage of the cervical canal threatens the development of pyometra.

Hydrometer

Fluid accumulates in the uterine cavity - gland secretion, mucus, transudate in quantities of up to 10 liters. If the excretory channel is open or partially blocked, then the cat experiences white or transparent discharge. Usually they are scanty, smearable or drop-shaped. The disease often develops against the background of chronic endometritis

, as a result of which the uterine walls become thinner and stretched, adhesions and scars form. Without timely treatment, the cat dies.

Preventing discharge in cats

Physiological processes such as childbirth or estrus are often accompanied by discharge, which is considered a variant of the norm. Prevention methods allow you to avoid pathological discharge from the uterus and infectious diseases of the organ:

• Do not abuse hormonal agents to control the animal’s estrus (Antisex, Sex barrier, Stop-intim, Contrasex and others). Never exceed the recommended dosage and course duration.
• Always follow antiseptic rules during the delivery of your pet. Also help a young cat with hygiene during heat until she learns to take care of herself.
• Visit your veterinarian from time to time for an ultrasound of the uterus if your cat is spayed.
• When choosing a partner for mating, be sure to study documents confirming the cat’s good health and the absence of genitourinary infections.
• Remember, if your cat has strange discharge of any kind, then this is a reason to visit a doctor as soon as possible.

A cat is an affectionate pet that is found in almost every family. These four-legged friends easily calm their owners. But cat owners should also be attentive to their pets. For example, if you suddenly notice purulent discharge from a cat, you should immediately contact a veterinarian, as this indicates that pathogenic processes are occurring in the animal’s body, which can even lead to its death.

Types of discharge

Purulent vaginal discharge in a cat can occur for various reasons. Therefore, they are diverse and there is even a classification of them. Most of this discharge is very dangerous for the cat’s health, so you should always be careful about this disease. However, there are also reasons that cannot lead to serious illnesses.

In order to understand how serious and dangerous a pet’s discharge is, it is necessary to collect the clots and determine their nature. But this can only be done by a specialist; such an analysis can be carried out in a veterinary clinic. And only after this can the cause of the disease be more accurately determined and how it should be treated.

There are two types of cat discharge: dangerous and safe. Any purulent discharge requires treatment and the attention of a specialist. You should not treat your cat yourself, as this can only cause harm and aggravate the progression of the disease.

Discharge during pregnancy and childbirth

The owner should always be attentive to the cat during its pregnancy and especially during childbirth. Purulent discharge in a pregnant cat signals that something is going wrong in the body and the help of a specialist is needed.

It is known that during pregnancy and even during childbirth, clots form in cats, but they usually have either translucent shades or a greenish color. Their consistency is either similar to mucus, or it is a liquid of a certain color.

Causes of dangerous discharge

Dangerous purulent discharge in a cat always requires treatment and careful attention. There are several reasons for their occurrence. First of all, these are any types of infections, as well as various inflammations, cancer and other equally serious causes.

A pregnant cat always requires special attention, as complications may arise during childbirth, in which case part of the placenta remains inside the animal. Most often, purulent vaginal discharge in a cat indicates that the process of decomposition has begun in its body. To cure a sick animal, surgery is necessary.

Another reason may be an infectious disease of the genitals. If a cat has purulent discharge with a reddish tint, then most often this indicates that pathogenic processes are occurring in the animal’s uterus or in its bladder. They are easy to distinguish, since then such secretions do not have any odor, but are characterized by a peculiar and thick consistency. As soon as such signs appear in a cat, you should immediately contact a veterinarian.

Purulent discharge from a cat's loop, the treatment of which requires special attention, can also occur with cancer.

You should always pay attention to the smell of the discharge. Thus, a cat’s purulent discharge from the loop (vagina) has a peculiar smell, which will indicate that destructive processes are taking place in the cat’s body.

The cause of discharge with pus can also be inflammatory processes of the mucous membranes. You should carefully monitor your cat's behavior, as at this time she becomes restless and even aggressive. Can lick itself often and for a long time. Such a cat will be reluctant to go to the toilet, so it will show aggression and behave anxiously. This is due to the fact that she experiences pain when urinating.

If there was an injury to the bladder or uterus, then the cat may also have purulent discharge. Any injury to an animal will be accompanied by discharge, so the owner must provide it with immediate medical attention.

Complications of vaginitis lead to cystitis, pyometra and endometritis.

Endometritis is a disease of the uterine mucosa. Occurs when the genital organs become infected. The development of the disease is very rapid and becomes chronic.

Symptoms of acute endometritis:

• discharge;
• refusal to eat;
• apathy;
• high body temperature.

The main symptoms of a chronic disease are absent, but she cannot get pregnant. This disease is treated with antibiotics.

When the mucous membrane of the urethra becomes inflamed, urethritis appears. The disease occurs regardless of the age and breed of the cat. The cause is an infectious disease such as chlamydia, rhinotracheitis.

In addition to discharge from the cat’s vagina, you also need to pay attention to discharge from the anus. Sometimes they come from the paraanal glands, which are filled with secretion. As a rule, cats remove this secretion themselves, but there are cases when the glands become full. Then you need to help the animal by gently pressing them down.

When you have diarrhea, the discharge dries out and sticks to the fur near the anus. You need to wash the fur with warm water, and then carefully remove the feces with a swab. During diarrhea, as with constipation, blood may appear in the stool.

The owner must know the signs of pathological discharge. If you find them, immediately contact your veterinarian for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Timely treatment will prevent complications from developing and prevent the death of your pet.

Endometritis

Purulent discharge from the uterus in a cat should always alert the owner. Sometimes the cause of such processes in the animal’s body is endometritis, which can manifest itself in two forms. The first form is chronic, in which it is usually impossible to detect the disease in a timely manner, since the cat behaves quite normally.

The acute form of this disease negatively affects the condition of the animal; it does not show any interest in the surrounding world. With this disease, a four-legged friend not only shows apathy, but also lacks appetite. If you do not consult a doctor with this form of the disease, the cat may die.

How and how long do cats recover from anesthesia?

How long a cat recovers from anesthesia depends on many factors: the drug used, the method of its administration, the nature of the surgical intervention (or procedure), and the individual characteristics of the animal’s body. As a rule, the cat comes to its senses after anesthesia within a few hours.

The first 24 hours are considered critical, during which it is recommended to carefully look after the animal, protecting it from noise, stress and excessive attention. At this time, you will observe partial disorientation of the pet in space, drowsiness, and sometimes unreasonable aggression. The above behavior is considered normal.

Provide the animal with a warm place to rest on the floor (but away from heaters), as well as peace and quiet. Check vital signs as correctly and quickly as possible in the first hours after waking up, without imposing on the cat and avoiding the use of force - this is unnecessary stress that your pet does not need at this time.

After anesthesia, a cat may also not be able to control urination for some time; be prepared for this and, if possible, temporarily place the tray next to its resting place.

If you detect any symptoms that seem strange or suspicious to you, call a specialist - a timely response will help you avoid serious consequences of anesthesia in cats.

Pyometra

One of the causes of the disease in cats can be pyometra. Most often, it manifests itself in the fact that mucous and purulent discharge comes from the cat’s vagina. They can be of different colors: brown, white or red. When the disease occurs in an open form, the main symptom is the expansion of the genital organs.

If this disease develops into a more complex form, then there will be no more clots. This is due to the fact that all the purulent masses gradually accumulate in the cat’s body and negatively affect its body and the functioning of individual organs. If you consult a doctor at an early stage of the disease, then there is a chance to save the cat. At a late stage of the disease, the animal’s uterus is already closed, intoxication occurs in the body, and there is practically no chance of salvation. Most often, late stages of the disease lead to the death of the animal.

Treatment of purulent discharge

Purulent discharge in a cat is a reason to consult a doctor. In addition, alarming symptoms include:

• the cat constantly tries to lick the crotch;
• abdominal consolidation;
• poor appetite;
• complete indifference of the animal to what is happening around.

He will definitely perform a thorough examination of the cat, and he will also take a smear from the purulent lesion for examination. To make a diagnosis, the animal will undergo all the necessary procedures: ultrasound, tests.

For each type of disease, its own treatment is prescribed, which can only be determined by a specialist. The easiest way to treat purulent discharge in a cat is to take antibiotics. If the discharge is too active, then only a doctor can decide on surgical intervention. This is required if it is necessary to remove infected organs. You should not treat your cat with folk remedies, as this can only worsen the course of the disease and even lead to the death of the animal.

Preventive measures

The discharge itself is not dangerous, only as a symptom of a disease.

Owners of domestic cats have more than once noticed that their beloved pets have watery eyes, but this does not bother them at all - the animal is mobile and looks healthy. But is this really normal, is black discharge from the eyes of a cat normal?

In fact, it is common for a kitten to have discharge from the nose or eyes, but only if the secreted substance is clear in color and the amount should also be quite scanty. The appearance of mucus in this case is associated with external irritants, such as dust, chemicals, smoke, etc. The animal looks completely natural, has a good appetite and a playful mood. When faced with this problem, the owner does not have to take any action, since with the disappearance of the irritant, the discharge will stop on its own.

In cats, discharge from the eyes is also observed after a long sleep - this is also considered normal and does not require intervention from the owner. In addition, before worrying about the health of the pet, the owner should remember that for some breeds of cats, the release of fluid from the eyes is due to nature itself, since the characteristic shape of the nose and head does not allow the nasolacrimal ducts to function normally.

In a kitten, nasal discharge may indicate the presence of an allergy, and the reaction can manifest itself both to external irritants and to incorrectly selected food. In this case, you need to identify the allergen and eliminate it.

Black discharge from the eyes of cats cannot be normal!!! Often this indicates the development of an inflammatory process. In order not to neglect it, the owner must take the animal to the veterinarian as soon as possible and undergo all the necessary examinations.

Black fluid can come out of your cat's eyes for several reasons. Most often, this fact indicates the presence of a respiratory infection, so postponing a visit to the veterinarian is not recommended. At the clinic, in order to make a final diagnosis, the animal will be given eye washes and will also be prescribed the necessary procedures, thanks to which the cat will quickly recover.

In addition, black discharge from a cat's eyes may indicate the presence of herpes virus or chlamydia. Coping with these ailments is much more difficult, but the owner’s patience and normal treatment will help the animal regain its health.

As a rule, to treat pathology, a veterinarian prescribes a set of various procedures. Antibacterial drops are prescribed from medications. In addition, it is recommended to wash the eyes. For this purpose, you can use a decoction of chamomile, a solution of boric acid or furatsilin. The procedure must be carried out very carefully so as not to further harm the animal. It is best if the washing is carried out by two people, one is directly involved in the procedure, and the other is holding the animal. To carry out the procedure, you must use only warm solutions.

The prepared tampon is moistened in a medicinal solution, and then squeezed onto the eyeball. If the cat's eyelids are glued together, a medicine is also applied to them. Do not rub them with a dry swab so as not to accidentally damage the skin.

Black discharge from the eyes does not pose any particular danger; it only indicates the presence of some kind of disorder in the animal’s body. Therefore, the owner should take the pet to the veterinarian as soon as possible and begin the prescribed treatment.

There is some kind of magical mystery in the cat's eyes. They attract with their depth and unusual pupil. Pet owners may encounter such a nuisance as cat discharge from the eyes. There can be several causes for a symptom, and in order to choose the right treatment, you need to find out what is causing the problem.