Seriously, my cat Abbott has a constant case of eye boogers

[LynneSin]

What's up with that!

I constantly am washing his face but they seem to keep reappearing.

Any suggestions?

[CherokeeDem]

1. Allergies????

Perhaps there's something irritating his eye?

[AngryOldDem]

2. Allergy? Eye infection?

If it's constant, perhaps a trip to the vet is in order. You don't want it progressing to the point where the eyes are literally sealed shut. It's been awhile, but my cat had that, and we had to give her drops until it cleared up. Not the most fun thing to give to a cat, but the medicine does tend to work pretty quickly.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's merely allergies, though. They're really kicking my butt this year, so I can imagine how they'd affect an animal.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Probably conjunctivitis but do a vet visit if you can.

You can buy the vet's treatment Rx Terramycin online cheaper than at the vet.

[HopeHoops]

4. Maybe he should lay off the catnip for a few days.

[TorchTheWitch]

5. could be allergies

My previous dog used to get gooey eyes in the spring. Clean them several times a day and check with the vet to make sure there is no eye infection going on. Gooey eyes from seasonal allergies can very quickly become an eye infection no matter how often and carefully you clean them. My first dog used to get eye infections and he went blind in one eye from one though it never looked like much of an infection. It was a damed stubborn one though... two rounds of strong oral antibiotics plus an antibiotic ointment I had to squirt in his eyes twice a day for nearly a month. Thanks to the antibiotic treatment for a long time he didn't have to lose the eye. The infection was so bad and so stubborn they really thought that in the end they'd have to remove his eye. Oddly enough, once he went blind in that eye he didn't get eye infections in that eye anymore but still got a couple later on in the good eye. Eye infections for him occurred pretty often since it was related to his sebaceous addenitis.

Don't mess with the eyes. Have them checked out by a vet to see what's going on. Blindness from an eye infection can happen VERY quickly.

[trof]

6. Puh-Leeze! Those are called 'Sleepies'!

Not 'eye boogers'.
That's just gross.

[TorchTheWitch]

7. technically they're called eye "boogies"

let's get the medical term correct, here.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Stop washing his face.

You are probably irritating his eyes. My cat always gets 'em, too. If his eyes and the surrounding areas are not red and swollen, and they look otherwise normal, I would not worry about it. Eye boogers are just dried tears. Some cats put out tears than others.

[LynneSin]

10. I only use water to wash his face

no soap or any other chemicals

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. I've had a lot of qats over the years who got eye boogers.

I think the amount of dust or pollen in the air probably influences it. Is he an outside qat?