This channel inspired me to volunteer at a local cat rescue which Ive been going to twice a week for the past few months, thank you for these great videos!!
Humans do have a vestigial third eyelid, it's that millimeter wide flap of tissue closest to your noseward tearduct. It's called the "plica semilunaris". With all the pollution or pollen floating about making my allergies act up I kind of wish this vestige would still work. :)
@@HelpfulVancouverVet Is there a reason two out of my four cats cant stand there back area touched? They react immediately as if it tickles them and bite if you carry on 😔
Awesome, useful & simple video! I also noticed that this third eyelid is very visible and permanently pulled over half of the eye when cats are sick and/or having a high fever - I don't have any veterinary training but I noticed it after seeing viral infections in many kittens and also when my cats had a fever.
Funny you should ask. I usually do all my videos in one take and without a script, although I'm trying to script some of my more complicated, longer videos now. The cats are who they are, which is why you occasionally notice that they walk off in the middle of a vid. I try to accept it and move on, like any good cat collaborator would. I do occasionally pause to wipe hair off my face, and I edit those pauses out.
Thank you, I always enjoy getting to know everything about cats and how to keep them happy and healthy. we have four of them 😻😻😻😻. Thank you, too Lancelot! You are adorable.
Maybe there are some wildlife biologists in the audience who are better suited to answer your question. I don't belive the third eyelid has a role in underwater vision in crocodiles, but it may in other species. Mostly it acts as an extra layer of protection, light intensity regulator and windshield wiper.
@@bdf2718 yea I've seen a lotta animals have em and I wanna know if they mostly serve the same purpose for all or if they differ for every species. Might sound like a dumn question but I just wanna know.
As my cat had gotten oder, she's lost her bright eyed expression. I was worried something may be bothering her, but everything seems fine. The eyes are not swollen, there's no discharge, the membrane looks fine, sclera looks fine, she's not painful about anything on her face... I guess she's just become wise with age, haha. PS Last time we had visited the vet, they have run a bunch of tests for another issue. Turns out she's completely fine and just needs her diet adjusted.
Good to know about that, would irrtation of the membrane also cause excessive tear production? My cat O.J. ocassionally has tears coming from the corner of his eye near the bridge of his nose making it look almost like a human crying.
It's kinda funny to observe this membrane while a cat "supervises" me chopping onions and starts squinting at me but is still sniffing what the hell is that devilish thing. At least we know they can't handle all the sulfur from onion either. :)
It is a good idea, but diet changes have a lot more to do with your cat's health status than purely age. Are they obese? Do they have dental problems? Do they have a chronic illness? All questions that may lead to a different food choice and your veterinarian is the only person who can help you answer those questions accurately.
My cat recently had a cut by his eye and now that membrane is consistently more forward (as in covering more of his inner eye) - is this just to help with healing or is there a problem?
Good job! Neurologic injury, such as from head trauma, can affect the nerves that control the eyelids, or the muscle cats use to retract their eye (yes, they can do that) and a protruding nictitating membrane is an important neurologic exam finding.
That is so adorable ! They're spooning! I have a question, my cat got knocked in the head when he was a kit. It knocked the lense out of the retina. He's 16 now and I've noticed that eye appears to be shrinking. Dr. Lamb looked at his eyes at his last exam but didn't say anything. Is that because it's normal?
Hi Doctor, my cat is having frequent nightmares and wakes up really violently from her naps, she jumps, almost hurt herself when she jumps everywhere for 10-20 secondes :'( What can I do?
Hi Dr. Uri, we have a dog that has *rear* dewclaws. Because of a past incident, it's become difficult for us to trim them. They don't get worn down because they are about 6cm off of the floor when he's standing. What can be done about them? What are our options?
I didn't use to know about this until one of our rescue cats got a terrible eye inflammation 😱 Luckily we got to the vet immediately, so everything was fine. Random question: Would you consider endorsing a cat rescue, even if it isn't local to you? The lovely lady who rescued our cats in Bulgaria is running hers as a "one woman show", everything runs on donations and her own wages, and because of Covid-19 a lot of the donations have run dry and she's accumulated some debt with the local vet clinic.
The first time I saw my cat sleeping with only his third eyelids closed I freaked out and thought something awful had happened to his eyes. He's the first cat I've ever had that sleeps that way. It still looks like he's been possessed by a demon but I guess it must be comfortable?
Please help, my cat starts shouting whenever I hold up her with my hands onto her arms also she shouts in pain as if I hold up her from her back legs too. I don't understand her Situation and feeling very bad for her . please tell me what could be the problem she is facing
Woah! I’ve been around cats my whole life, how have I never seen one of these? From the episode title I thought it was going to some mutation maybe found in certaint breeds or something, but your saying all cats have this? 🤯
No. Painful squints are literally that, a squinting eye that is markedly different from the other eye and stays squinted. Very different from the slow blink, which can happen with one eye (Mr. Pirate does that when he looks at me, and I melt inside every time).