How to clean cat eyes:

1. Dip cotton, makeup remover or small gauze into saline and moisten it.

2. Gently lift the cat's head up with your hands, apply a little force to control the head, and gently stroke the area around the cat's face so that the cat can relax.

3. From the beginning of the eye to the end of the eye, gently wipe the eyelid along the edge of the eye. If there is dry and hard eye secretion, use cotton soaked in salt water to gently wipe it back and forth to soften the secretion instead of using brute force to wipe the secretion off, as this can easily cause inflammation of the eyelids and the skin around the eyes. .

4. If there is transparent secretion in the corner of the eye, you can use a few drops of artificial tears to flush the eyes and flush out the secretion. Some cats are afraid of artificial tears. You can comfort the cat first and hold the artificial tears before dripping. The hand comes from the rear of the cat, which is less frightening to the cat.

5. After cleaning your eyes, apply artificial tears or maintenance eye drops. Then use wet cotton to gently remove excess tears, being careful not to touch the surface of the eyeball during the wiping process.

Wrong cleaning method:

When cleaning the cat’s eyes, never use your fingers to forcefully remove eye secretions, because your nails may scratch the corners of the eyes. skin, causing more serious eye diseases.

Necessity of cat eye cleaning:

Healthy cat eyes have no discharge, but sometimes there will be brown eyes when the cat wakes up. Eye discharge, it is the same as us humans, these are naturally occurring eye feces. Sometimes the cat's "face wash" cannot completely clean it. At this time, people may need help cleaning their eyes. If it is dry brown eye mucus, you can use a small piece of cotton to moisten it and wipe it gently. For some cats who are easily nervous, cotton swabs can easily hurt their eyes, so cotton or makeup remover is a better choice. Sometimes a cat's tears can turn the fur at the corners of its eyes reddish-brown, making people mistakenly think that the eyes are bleeding, but in fact it's because their tears contain ingredients that change the color of the fur. In addition, there is a nasolacrimal duct between the cat's eyes and nose. Tears will be discharged from the nasolacrimal duct to the nasal cavity. However, if the nasolacrimal duct is narrowed due to inflammation, the tears cannot be discharged from the nasal cavity. Instead, they will overflow from the corners of the eyes and be wiped with toilet paper. Just wipe it clean.