Hello, everyone. My name is Caster, and I am a bully.
So here’s our wild child, Caster. It has been a tough few days for Mr. Caster. Thursday morning, my husband and I woke up to find Caster’s left eye squinted shut and weepy. We tried to open it so we could see what the problem might be, but all we saw when we opened his eye was his third eyelid. We didn’t know cats had a third eyelid at the time, so it was quite an unsettling sight. We thought something was horribly wrong. We assumed he had gotten scratched – most likely by Delilah. Delilah is the Queen of the house, and Caster likes to give her a run for her money. He gets so much pleasure from antagonizing her, which usually results in her swatting him. We figured she had swiped his eye.
We called the vet and got him an appointment for that afternoon. The vet took a look at his eye and explained that what we were seeing was his third eyelid, which was extremely inflamed. In order for her to get a better look at his eye, she had to sedate him. She gave him a sedative shot, which should have kicked in pretty quickly. However, it had almost no effect on Caster. She gave him a second shot. He finally started getting sleepy, but the vet almost thought she was going to have to give him a third sedative. Now, I was not at all surprised by this. Caster is a wild beast – our brutus. I didn’t think he’d go down easy. MOL!
Anyway, he finally became sedated enough for the vet to get a good look at his eye. It wasn’t a scratch at all. He had an entire nail sheath stuck underneath his third eyelid.
As you can see from Caster’s selfie, his eye is doing much better! We were very lucky he didn’t have any damage to his eye. He is back to his usual wild antics, and of course right back to pestering his big sister Delilah.
I wish I had photos or video of our vet visit. My phone battery had died though, so I am left with nothing but the memory of Caster’s disturbing inflamed third eyelid and the hilarious images of him trying to fight the effects of the sedatives. Oh well. We wish everyone a peaceful and easy Sunday!
Wow!! That is amazing! It’s so funny how vets and techs get “excited” about things like this lol… looks like Delilah got you pretty good Caster.
Oh my gosh, how lucky that you got him to the vet quickly. That could have caused serious damage to his eye. If his selfie was taken after that ordeal, his eyes certainly look great!
Wow, Caster! He never stops making us surprised!
I’m so glad you got him treated quickly and he is doing much better now!
OMG the poor baby!! That looks huge! Thank goodness he is ok! Also thank goodness you brought him in right away. Wow!!!! Please give him (((hugs))) from us!
OMC Lookit those whiskers. Caster be so gawjus. And meez so glad hims be okay. Dat be weally skeery. Hav a blest Sunday.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
Wow, that’s something! Caster is very lucky his eye didn’t get scratched or worse. We purr that his eye is better soon. That is a great selfie, too!
Oh My! Caster what a place to shed a claw! Or was it that Delilah? You brave boy!! xox
Thank cod that his eye wasn’t damaged! Wonderful selfie! Not sure what we love more, the ear tufts, gorgeous eyes or wonderful whiskers!
Marty and Mom
Poor baby!!! I’ve never even heard of such a thing happening!
Oh Caster! You made us laugh out loud with your introduction…”Hello everyone, my name is Caster and I am a bully.” You know, Levon could have the exact same intro with the exception of the name change! We are glad you were taken to the vet asap and that all was remedied in the end. You are such a handsome boy!
the critters in the cottage xo
That is a terrific selfie and that had to be very scary. No wonder the eye was squinting!
Heavens, we had never heard about anything like that ever happening. Did the vet have any idea how it did happen? Casters eye does look good here, and we are so happy there is no permanent damage. He definitely deserved a selfie. And this is a pawsome one. Thanks for joining and supporting the blog hop again this week. Mau posted a photo of Sampy, Astrid, Allie and himself watching fireworks over at Cat Scouts. Thanks so much for doing things for Sampson and Astrid. She had a terrific time. She is snuggling with her panda and sending Sampy her love and more kisses than he will ever be able to count. Love to all of you from all of us. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo <3 <3 <3
Oh my, that was huge. So glad he will be OK. He took a very nice selfie.
Poor kitty, that must have hurt. Beautiful selfie.
OMC that’s amazing….that must have really hurt!
The Florida Furkids
well that is incredibly impressive… glad it didn’t do any long term damage
Caster is lucky that nail sheath did not do any damage other than irritate his eye! I’m glad he’s doing so much better.
That is quite a surprise to hide in your eye lid Caster! I am so glad you’re alright and could pose for such an adorable selfie.
Awww, poor Caster! I bet that nail sheath didn’t feel very nice in his eye. I’m glad the vet got it out for him. Hopefully he is feeling much better now 🙂 Great selfie, Caster!
Oh my goodness! Poor Caster! 🙁 I’ve never seen anything like that! (But then again, I’ve never seen anything like those way-up-high scratches he was making on your doorways either – he’s like a ninja!) Caster sure does know how to get himself into some unusual circumstances! I’m so glad he’s okay 😀 Love that photo of him.
Oh gosh…. No WONDER your eye was all all inflamed there, buddy. Glad to hear the doc was able to fix you right up.
Purrs,
Nissy
Oh my, that was a horrible thing that happened to Mr. Caster. How in the world did he ever manage to get a nail in his eye? I’m so happy the vet was able to remove it and that his eye did not have permanent damage.
Oh my goodness, that was eventful for sure! Wow, so glad that Caster’s eye is in good shape and purrs to him, great selfie too. (PS: Our selfie post was a congrats to George Clooney on his wedding.)
OUCH!!! I’m just finishing up 2 drops a day twice a day for an eye lid infection; however, after seeing what was under your sweet eyelid…I feel like such a ninny for complaining about drops
Hugs madi your bfff
His eye looks fine. I know you run a lot of posts about what makes a cat tick so I was surprised you didn’t know about the third eyelid. They call it a haw—at least they used it. MOL!
Oh, Caster, we are glad you are okay. To think you had a nail sheath stuck in your eye … that had to be quite uncomfortable. But you are looking great now, as evidenced by that awesome selfie.
Your selfie is beautiful but what a terrible experience! Glad you are feeling better.
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
Oh wow! This is impressive! Glad he is doing better.
This selfie is a great one by the way!
Purrs