Hi,

I've noticed that one of my cats eyes has been watering for the past couple of days, It's a clear liquid and it doesn't seem to be causing him any discomfort and it's not stopping him from opening his eye.

I'm not overly concerned about it at this stage but was wondering if anyone has any ideas what it could be?

Your cat might have had something in his/her eye or it could be a blocked tear duct. I would take him/her too the vets for a check up as a precaution. If eyes are left untreated they can cause a lot of trouble

I agree, you really ought to have him checked out.

two of my parents cats have watery eyes and they cause them no problems, they have always had it (one's persian and one part persian). If it gets really bad they just bathe it with saline to clear the gunk away.

before taking them to the vet try bathing it with warm water or saline and see if it clears up after a day or two, if it doesn't then take them to the vet.

Go to the vets. Eye problems in cats can signal respiratory problems. Not always, but it'd be prudent to go for a check up at least.

Thanks for the advice, I called the vet and they advised that I should see how he gets on over the next few days.

Having spent most of the day with him today I think it's an allergy, his eye only waters when he's been outside. The council have been doing a lot of gardening work in my area so I'm thinking that could be the cause.

Oh, geez, really? One of mine sometimes seems like she has something in her eye, which I put down to litter-dust, but I was also worried because she pants sometimes if she plays too hard. The vet didn't seem to think anything of this.

Now I'm worried.

OP, I would definitely get him checked out by your Vet to be on the safe side. Having said this, my Mojo has a runny eye quite frequently.

We had him checked out by the Vet who said it was OK and 'just one of those things' - just like a person getting a watery eye now and then, and so long as it wasn't inflamed or bothering him that it was fine.

Still get him checked out just to be on the safe side though

Hope he goes on OK.

Sorry, my intention wasn't to worry people! I only found this out myself a couple of months ago when I had to take one of mine to the vets as it looked like he had conjunctivitis or something. Turns out it was only a small infection but my vet did say respiratory problems can manifest themselves as eye problems in cats. It's worth a check up

Could be a little scratch from another cat or a bush and will hopefully clear up on its own.

Just one thing I'd like to mention, in the spring Minx had red looking eyes; the vet diagnosed conjuctivitis and gave me drops to treat it (fun, fun, fun ). However it was so difficult getting the drops into her eyes and we were both stressing out. After a bit of research I found her symptoms fitted the feline herpes type 1 virus, it's basically a cat version of the human cold sore virus. The symptoms were one of her eyes looked a bit red, she would wink a bit and the discharge looked dark brown, then as one eye seemed to get better the other would flare up. Otherwise she was fine, eating, playing etc.

I'd seen a food supplement called L-lysine recommended for treatment of the herpes virus, but kept dithering until I found out lysine is also present in tuna and I noticed that her eyes seemed to improve when she'd had tuna.

I ended up buying a food supplement for cats called Enisyl-F - must admit I was nervous about using it as I hadn't consulted the vet first, but after another few days of her eyes improving/relapsing I started adding it to her wet food and within a matter of days the condition had cleared up. Obviously this isn't the answer for all eye conditions, but it made life so much easier than treating her with the eye drops that only seemed to provide temporary relief anyway. If it's necessary to take your cat to the vet for his eye it might be worth bearing in mind to mention.

I did take her when she turned one, and the locum said she seemed fine, but now I'm wondering. It's nearly time for the annual check-up, so will bring it up again. No worries re worrying me!

Wouldn't both eyes water if it was an allergy?