He is probably just about a year old tomcat. His one eye is completely blown and when I flashed his eye with a small light, I did see his pupil. It is rotating crazily around the orb. I would suspect someone threw something like a blunt object at him as he came from out of one of the local trailer parks.
I almost said No, but it sounded like he needed our help so I went to fetch him. The lady who captured him told me she had been able to put Neosporin in his eye! OUCH. Although he is unsocialized, I was able to with help to flush out his eye and put in some safer eye ointment. I also started him on antibiotics just in case. he was open mouth panting by the time I got him home and he was really trying to get out of that cat carrier I put him in. Thank God it held!
He needs prayer- we call him One-Eyed Jack. He will go to my vet tomorrow-
Poor Jack – I hope you are able to help him.
I was told he was “feral” but I am always told that. Once he got out of the carrier and into one of our tri-level cages, he calmed down enough for me to be able to pet him. Like most of the strays, he is pencil thin, but he doesn’t appear to want to bite or strike out at me. At his worst, he growls. Our feline specialist when I emailed her about him, said that this is either an injury or an infection. She said if both of the eyes were the same, it would be nystagmus which is neurological in nature. She said FeLV and FIV can’t be ruled out since he is a tom (and he let me check yesterday) LOL He really is a lover and I’ll bet just a cat left behind during an eviction or a move. Happens a lot around here- especially in trailer parks.
Don’tch know? Cats are expendable?
🙁 (I’m being sarcastic here.)
I feel sorry for him and hoping for an injury and not a disease.
To most people, “feral” usually means the cat doesn’t want a stranger to touch him, probably because so many strangers hurt him. He’ll learn otherwise with you. I hope his eye can heal but if not, will it be removed?