Stumpy and White White

Stumpy and White White are two males that we managed to capture and neuter last year.  They return to our back alley daily to eat.

Stumpy tucks into yummy tuna

Stumpy looks very well and is less afraid of me though he won't let me near him. I noticed that White White had "black eyeliners", around 3 weeks ago but he was otherwise okay.  On Friday night, my heart went cold when I saw that his right eye was sealed shut while his left eye was cloudy.

What he looked like when I caught him

After cleaning the eyes with saline

He allowed me to scruff him and put him in the carrier without any fuss which was very surprising. I cleaned out his eyes with saline and thankfully the right eye looked okay.  The left eye had a corneal ulceration.  I took him to the vet on Saturday morning and the vet said it was bad, but should recover with treatment. So we went home with oral antibiotics, antibiotic drops and antibiotic ointment.

After the eye drops and ointment.  He doesn't put up a fight during medication. And he doesn't bother the eye so there's no need to put the E collar on him

It's suspected that he had conjunctivitis (the black eyeliner period) which led him to paw at his eye which may have caused a scratched cornea and later an ulceration.  We should see significant reduction in the swelling within 2 days and possibly a full recovery in 10 days.  Till then, he'll stay at our porch (caged).

He's very well behaved, has good appetite and seem to be quite content to stay in the cage

Some purrs that he continues to cooperate and make a full recovery would be much appreciated!