[Girl_From_Nara]

I have an 8 month old Burmese named Claudia Pickle, who I adopted a week and a half ago. She is settling in well, full of life and keeping us entertained with her antics.

She has a very dark reddy-brown discharge that hardens at the corner of both of her eyes. They are not weepy at all, and otherwise look clear and bright.

At the moment I am removing the hardened gunk with a cotton bud dipped in warm water every other day.

Can anyone offer any comments on whether this sounds like a sign of illness or is a usual occurrance with cats/kittens?

Is it okay to remove the deposits in the manner described above, or should I leave them where they are?

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[Trifon]

Can you take any pics to show us (sorry, I'm a visual person).

It sounds like it may be a worth a check up at the vet, just to be sure. Did you get her from a breeder or shelter? If you got her from a shelter you could make an appointment to have her checked over by their vet and it wouldn't cost anything. If you got her from a registered breeder, they would also be able to advise you.

I clean my cats eyes with saline solution (from the chemist) and use either gauze or make-up pads to wipe them. But their eyes are not how you described though.

Would love to see some pics of your girl too - I bet she is beautiful and I can imagine the antics that are keeping you entertained GRIN. Burmese are beautiful.

[burmeselover]

That sounds like normal eye "sleep". My two Burmese both have this brown dried stuff in the corners of their eyes in the mornings.
Removing the dry "sleep" is fine provided you don't put fingers into the eye or accidentally poke the eye with the cotton bud.

If your cat's eyes become weepy, squinty, cloudy or in any other way different, then a vet check is important as soon as possible.

And a picture of your girl would be a delight!

[Analog6]

Raymond has this every morning too, I just wipe it away with a tissue.

[CatsRU]

Waiting for a pic of your beautiful girl.

[Girl_From_Nara]

Thank you all for your comments so far. I did indeed get Claudia from a breeder, and am leaning towards thinking that the deposit is the cat equivalent of "sleep". Thank you also for your tips so far on how to clean her eyes, I may try some of the make-up pads as they are less likely to be accidentally poked in her eye.

I am grinning at the requests for photographs also, which I shall attempt to make happen one evening this week (I'm still figuring out how the forum works at this stage) but there should be a photo of the Pickle as my profile picture....I was hoping it would show up along side my post...clearly I haven't got the hang of things quite yet

[Furkidz]

I usually just use my fingernail to scratch off the sleep in my cat's eyes.
Some of my cats actually like having their eyes rubbed - I put a bent finger either side of the nose and rub gently in the corner of their eyes with my knuckles!
If the eye discharge is wet it is more a concern than dry.