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Jeanne,
I applaud your efforts at trying to take care of a bunch of feral kittens. It's not easy taking care of a litter of normal, household kittens that are sick, let alone several feral kittens that don't want to be caught or handled.
What I will suggest in this situation depends a lot on your answers to a few questions. Are you able to actually visualize the eyeball? If you are, can you see a distinct pupil and the iris (colored portion)? Are both the upper and lower eyelids freely movable? Does the "bright, deep pink bulging thing" seem to be a part of the eyelid or of the eyeball?
Depending on your answers, you might be able to make some progress on this problem right there at home. Send back your answers and we'll try to give you some guidance.
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Jeanne,
Thanks for your response, although I'm still not certain what you're describing. The main question here is whether or not there is an eyeball remaining. It could be that the kitten has suffered a punctured/ruptured eyeball and the remaining tissue has closed over in a lump of scar tissue. Or, there could be a functioning eyeball underneath the stuff you are describing. Your main goal right now should be to continue keeping the whole eye area as clean as possible--which it sounds like you are doing. If the kitten continues to eat and play, perhaps the worst that will happen is that he will only have one eye.
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Posted by ur2juv413
This is a feral kitten, one of a litter I found living under an abandon trailer house, they are about 2 mo. old. The whole litter had upper resp. infection. Many of them had both eyes matted shut. I rescue animals and have seen this many times, so was able to get an antibiotic and eye gel to take care of it. However this one kitten's right eye continued to get worse while the left eye is fine. At one point I feared the eyeball was going to pop out. I switched to penicillin G gel to put in the eye and started giving injections of penicillion 1 1/2cc per day. it started looking better and I thought the swelling was going down. Then I missed 2 days in a row of treatment, I could not catch that kitten. On the third day I caught him and it seemed much larger. Now I have been treating them for 2 weeks, and all are well but this eye problem. So when I last cought him 2 days ago I brought that one home to try to do something for him. After I put him in the carrier he started rubbing on the towel and the blackish coating, which I thought was a scab or maybe the dead eyelid came off, to reveal a bright, deep pink bulging thing. So now in looks like it might be a cyst. Of course the best thing to do is to take him to a vet. But I would have already done that a week ago if there was any possible way I could. The story is too long to include here, but I seem to be this baby's only hope. I just need advice from a Vet, Dr, Tech or someone that has had a similar experience. If you can give me constructive advice or you would like to do better for this kitten than I can, Please let me know. Thanks for any help anyone may be able to give. Jeanne.