Cats Eyes Dilated After Anesthesia

Photography by Cait Rohan Kelly.

Cats eyes dilated after anesthesia. After all she was fasted since the previous night. It can result in signs such as watery eyes discharge redness rubbing blinking excessively and a showing third eyelid. In addition to enlarged pupils Key Gaskell has a long list of symptoms including avoidance of light vomiting diarrhea straining to urinate coughing.

When we went to pick them up the vet went to see if they were awake. Diseases can be found within the iris tissue and scar tissue can build up in the eye resulting in anisocoria. The two cats were spayed within a few minutes of each other.

Each of these parameters should be assessed every 5-15 minutes for the duration of anesthesia. Your cat is not likely craving her food while the effects of the anesthesia and pain management work their way through her system. General anesthesia is achieved by administering drugs that suppress your cats nerve response.

Your pet just had general anesthesia and received morphine-type drugs for pain control. I always think of cats after anesthesia. The pupil constricts or dilates enlarges according to the amount of light that enters the eyes with both pupils normally dilating in dim light and constricting in bright light.

You may see dilated pupils unsteadiness or lethargy lack of appetite moodiness or appearance of drunkenness. Key-Gaskell tends to affect cats younger than three years old and has no known cause. If the cat was truly normal for the two days after the anesthesiayour vets will probably start looking for infectious type problems that would take advantage of the suppressed immune system during anesthesia.

She has her eyes shut but not because of discharge she just does not feel good with light in her eyes. I am currently fostering a 4-month-old litter of 4 kittens for a local humane society. Withhold food and water for the first few hours after bringing your cat home.