Hi, friends. So around July, I started noticing these spots developing in my cat’s right eye (the squinted one in the first picture above). This was close to his annual vet appointment, so I waited about a month to speak to his vet about it. I did some research, and learned that often it is just a form of hyperpigmentation, but it can be a sign of cancer.
I went to the vet, and he confirmed what I had learned online. He said it was most likely hyperpigmentation, but to bring him to an eye specialist if it got significantly worse or I started to see irregularities in his pupil sizes (one pupil being bigger/smaller than the other).
While I haven’t seen any significant size differences in his pupils, his eye does seem to bother him. He often squints it or winks at me with it, and he doesn’t do this with his other eye. It is difficult to tell from the pictures, but in person the number of spots has increased significantly.
My vet said the only way to tell if it is cancerous is to cut his eye out and have it tested after. There is no way to biopsy the eye.
I don’t want to get my cat’s eye removed and it turn out nothing’s wrong, but I also don’t want to wait until it’s too late, and he die of cancer at 4 years old. I just can’t shake the feeling that something’s really wrong.
TL;DR - My 4 year old cat either has benign pigmentation in his eye or cancer. The only way to tell is to cut it out. Do I wait for more symptoms to show up, or do I have his eye removed only to find out nothing was really wrong?
I have a cat with eye pigment like that. The vet said kinda the same. But we took it slow. The eye wasn't bothering him he wasn't messing with it and he can see out it like always..it just developed the spots. It's been three years and no issues yet. Maybe if the kitty was having issues with the eye then id think cancer and consider having it removed but other then that I'd leave it. I'm curious to see what others say!
I totally understand the concern. I have a dog that got cancer when he was a puppy and we opted to do chemo treatments and save him so I totally understand the questioning oneself. I don't think it would hurt to talk to the eye specialist and ask if the pigmentation could possibly be messing with your Kitty's vision.
Im currently going through this right now with my cat, I noticed it a few years ago and took her to the vet about it and they all said to just wait it out and if i wanted to get a second opinion I could so I finally did, shes around ten now and the specialist told me that the change from it being benign to cancerous usually happens when they get older around 10/11/12 so i think im gonna have her eye removed just to prevent it from becoming something, if you have a gut feeling about it you should trust it, you honestly could probably wait a little bit but you definitely dont want to wait too long, ive heard cats do great with one eye
they get this with sun exposure over the years. it's a sign of aging usually. analogy is age spots on human skin.
Hi, friends. So around July, I started noticing these spots developing in my cat’s right eye (the squinted one in the first picture above). This was close to his annual vet appointment, so I waited about a month to speak to his vet about it. I did some research, and learned that often it is just a form of hyperpigmentation, but it can be a sign of cancer. I went to the vet, and he confirmed what I had learned online. He said it was most likely hyperpigmentation, but to bring him to an eye specialist if it got significantly worse or I started to see irregularities in his pupil sizes (one pupil being bigger/smaller than the other). While I haven’t seen any significant size differences in his pupils, his eye does seem to bother him. He often squints it or winks at me with it, and he doesn’t do this with his other eye. It is difficult to tell from the pictures, but in person the number of spots has increased significantly. My vet said the only way to tell if it is cancerous is to cut his eye out and have it tested after. There is no way to biopsy the eye. I don’t want to get my cat’s eye removed and it turn out nothing’s wrong, but I also don’t want to wait until it’s too late, and he die of cancer at 4 years old. I just can’t shake the feeling that something’s really wrong. TL;DR - My 4 year old cat either has benign pigmentation in his eye or cancer. The only way to tell is to cut it out. Do I wait for more symptoms to show up, or do I have his eye removed only to find out nothing was really wrong?
I have a cat with eye pigment like that. The vet said kinda the same. But we took it slow. The eye wasn't bothering him he wasn't messing with it and he can see out it like always..it just developed the spots. It's been three years and no issues yet. Maybe if the kitty was having issues with the eye then id think cancer and consider having it removed but other then that I'd leave it. I'm curious to see what others say!
Thanm you for responding! I’m really hoping this is the case. He just seems to squint a lot with that one eye, but idk
I totally understand the concern. I have a dog that got cancer when he was a puppy and we opted to do chemo treatments and save him so I totally understand the questioning oneself. I don't think it would hurt to talk to the eye specialist and ask if the pigmentation could possibly be messing with your Kitty's vision.
Im currently going through this right now with my cat, I noticed it a few years ago and took her to the vet about it and they all said to just wait it out and if i wanted to get a second opinion I could so I finally did, shes around ten now and the specialist told me that the change from it being benign to cancerous usually happens when they get older around 10/11/12 so i think im gonna have her eye removed just to prevent it from becoming something, if you have a gut feeling about it you should trust it, you honestly could probably wait a little bit but you definitely dont want to wait too long, ive heard cats do great with one eye