Cat has a lot of eye boogers

The main causes of excessive eye boogers in cats should be considered dietary reasons, traumatic reasons, and eye infections. Dietary reasons mainly refer to feeding cats food with less water content, while the cat's water intake is relatively low, or feeding high-sodium food. Eye trauma and eye infections will frequently stimulate the eye mucosa, thereby causing an increase in eye secretions. It is recommended to seek medical attention in a timely manner.

The first cause to consider for increased eye secretions in cats is dietary reasons. For example, insufficient daily water intake, or feeding high-sodium food. In this case, it is recommended to moderately increase the cat's water intake. If the cat doesn't like to drink water, it is suggested to feed food with a higher water content, such as cat food cans, carrots, and cabbage. It is also recommended to feed low-sodium cat food and pay attention to the cat's condition. Generally, improving the feeding method can reduce the cat's eye boogers.

Secondly, consider eye trauma. The main causes of eye trauma in cats are due to foreign objects such as hair stimulating the eyes, causing itching, and the cat frequently scratching its eyes. Due to the frequent stimulation of traumatic reasons on the cat's eye mucosa, it leads to an increase in secretions. Meanwhile, the front paws of cats often carry a large amount of bacteria, and scratching the eyes easily causes secondary bacterial infections of the eyes, resulting in diseases such as keratitis and conjunctivitis. These infectious diseases also cause an increase in eye secretions in cats. In this case, it is recommended to check if the cat's eyes have symptoms such as conjunctival redness, edema, and increased tear production. If any abnormalities are found, it is recommended to use cleansing eye drops to wash away excess eye secretions, and then use eye drops containing components such as lysozyme, applying 2 to 3 times a day.