Can senior cats wear prescription glasses for failing eyesight?

I'm sorry to hear that! The only treatment for cataracts is surgery to remove the diseased lens and replace it with an artificial one - just like what is done in humans for this problem. If this is something you're interested in doing with Alex, you can ask your veterinarian for a referral to a veterinary ophthalmologist who can evaluate him to see if he would be a good candidate for surgery. There are no eye drops or other treatment options that will help with cataracts, unfortunately.

I would recommend seeing a veterinarian who can examine Zaboo's eyes. Some of the more common causes of vision loss in an older cat include high blood pressure affecting the retina, infectious diseases, and cancer. The supplement you are referring to could be taurine which is an amino acid that cats need in their diets and can cause blindness and vision loss if deficient. If Zaboo eats commercial cat food, taurine deficiency would be extremely unlikely since all cat foods are required to have enough taurine.

Your vet will need to take a look at your cat's eye to see if the scratch perforated the cornea and involved other structures of the eye. Your vet should also see it to treat it because not treating it can lead to vision loss depending on the severity of the injury. The course of treatment will depend on the severity of the injury and the part of the eye that was injured. If the wound is non-perforating and has no wound edge or opening, an Elizabethan collar will be used to prevent your cat from scratching at its eye, along with antibiotic or atropine eye solutions. Non-perforating wounds that have a mild break in the tissue, or a pinpoint wound perforation, may be treated with a soft contact lens, an Elizabethan collar, and antibiotic or atropine solutions. If the scratch goes deep into the eye and involves other structures in the eye, surgical repair will likely be needed. Your vet is the best person to determine what course of treatment is best.

Poor Bella. It is very hard watching our loved ones get older. I would recommend not making changes in the house. This way Bella can go off memory of where things are like furniture. If you notice she just started having vision issues most animals will adapt to their surroundings with in a few weeks. I think taking her to an opthomologist would be great. Sometimes us general practice doctors don't have the best equipment to look at the eyes. It is possible an eye doctor will have better insit into her vision issues after an exam.

Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach and congratulations on your new pet! Glassy eyes may refer to cataracts, which are opacities in the lens of the eye. At a certain stage these can result in blindness. A photo of Puma's eyes would be great to help determine if this is the case. Cataracts can be treated, but it may not be necessary. I hope all is well!

What a beautiful girl! It does look like her left eye and pupil are larger than the right. There could be a few reasons for this including increased pressure (glaucoma) or a mass behind the eye that pushes it forward and makes it appear larger. I would strongly recommend an examination by a veterinary ophthalmologist to fully evaluate her eye and her vision to see what can be done for her.

Color changes in the eye can be something benign like iris freckles but it can also indicate a cancer called an iris melanoma. I recommend to get Prada into the veterinarian right away for an exam. If you catch things early, you have a much better prognosis. Other issues, if its not the iris, could be conceal edema, or glaucoma. Both require treatment. Cats don't generally go blind like dogs can. I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to post any additional questions.