Cats, like people, also shed tears and have eye excrement, especially those flat cat breeds like Garfield, which have teary eyes all day long. Some cats are born with tears, but some can be a precursor to disease. Oh, I don’t know if you poop scrapers have noticed it in normal times. Today, Xiaomeiao will take stock of 6 possible reasons that may cause cats to cry.

　01. Eye inflammation

When you find that your cat’s eyes are red and shedding tears at the same time, you should be careful. The cat’s eyes may be infected with inflammation. The cat often rubs its eyes with its paws, which may cause the cat’s eyes to be infected. Dirt from the paws gets rubbed into the eyes, causing infection.

For ordinary eye inflammation, the owner can apply a small amount of anti-inflammatory ointment around the cat’s eyes to help reduce inflammation. The cat’s eyes will recover soon. If it persists, it is recommended to go to the pet hospital and let the pet doctor diagnose it. .

　02 Nasal tear duct obstruction

In addition to common infection and inflammation, another possibility for cat eyes to shed tears is that the tear fountain is narrow or blocked. Some cats are born with narrow lacrimal glands, and some have acquired blockages. No matter what the reason is, the poop scooper should Take the cat to the hospital in time and use appropriate drugs for treatment.

And for some cats with narrow lacrimal glands, owners should try to avoid feeding large amounts of high-oil and high-protein foods. Cats that shed tears for a long time may leave tear stains. However, cat owners can appropriately adjust the cats’ diet to help them relieve their symptoms, and also Help your cat wipe the tears around its eyes frequently.

　03 Feline Herpes Virus

Feline herpes virus, also known as feline nasal congestion, is definitely a cat disease that frightens all cat owners because once you get sick from this disease, you will carry the virus for life.

The main clinical manifestations of cat rhinoplasty include sneezing, runny nose, increased secretions around the eyes, ulcerative keratitis, fever, anorexia and other symptoms. Cat nasal congestion is contagious, and it is very contagious. In most cases, acutely infected cats can pass the virus to other cats by sneezing, but you don’t have to worry, feline nasal congestion is not contagious. people.

Once your cat has the above situation, please be sure to take the cat to the pet hospital for treatment. The more effective drug to deal with feline herpes virus is ciclovir. Cat nasal congestion can be cured. Do not Because the cat is infected with nasal congestion, the cat is thrown away.

04 Eyes are irritated by foreign objects

Cats’ eyes are very beautiful, just like wearing contact lenses. If foreign objects get into their eyes, they will cry like crazy. Sometimes cats’ eyes will get stuck.Some fine dust can be expelled by cats through tears.

But there is one condition that cats cannot solve by themselves, and that is trichiasis. If you find that you are always tearful, you should pay attention to whether his eyelashes have grown upside down. To put it simply, trichiasis means that the eyelashes or hair around the eyes grow toward the eyeball. Because the eyeball is irritated, the cat will shed tears crazily. If left unchecked, it may cause bacterial infection.

Generally speaking, the treatment for trichiasis is to go to the hospital to pull out the long eyelashes, which will reduce the irritation to the cornea. If your baby has severe trichiasis, you can go to the hospital for surgical treatment.

05 Ear inflammation and ear mites

Yes, if a cat suffers from ear mites, ear inflammation will also cause the cat to shed tears. Cat ear mites not only make the cat very uncomfortable, but also cause many diseases, so once the cat is found to have If you have ear mites, treat them aggressively.

The way to judge ear mites is that there is secretion in the cat’s ear canal that is dark in color and has a sour smell. The cat at home keeps scratching. With these symptoms, you can give priority to ear mites. If you are not sure, you can still Go to the hospital and let the doctor help judge.

After ear mites are diagnosed, scavengers can use ear rinses and ear medicines to clean the cat’s ears.

　06 Pungent smell

Cats’ eyes are very sensitive, so some pungent smelling foods can also make cats cry, such as Fengyoujing, lemon, and green onions. These smells are insignificant to humans, but they are very irritating to cats. Just like humans shed tears when chopping onions, cats will burst into tears because of the smell. So, fellow poop-slayers, please don’t use these things to tease cats.