Iodine home remedies - Pink eye

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Has anyone used iodine in saline drops successfully for pink eye? My

cat, Bounder is just getting over a nasty eye infection. His eye was

quite swollen with large amount of goupy white discharge. I used some

rx eye drops that I had on hand rather than going to the vets. They

generally dispense polysporin eye ointment that has rarely cleared any

bad eye infections up. With four cats, I had my share of eye

infections to deal with. I always need to go back for amoxicillin

liquid. When it's all said and done, it's usually $80 and three weeks

of misery for the poor animal. The vets are quite apathetic and

usually respond, oh it can take a few weeks. Whenever I get an eye

infection, my doctor tells me that if it doesn't start looking better

in a few days to come back.

My drops took care of it but I'd rather find something natural that

will work as well. I can't always count on having antibacterial eye

drops on hand. I had them this time, because I had conjunctivitis

this summer.

I tried the detoxified iodine in saline on my eyes this summer but it

didn't seem to be effective. I don't know if I didn't use enough

iodine or just didn't give it enough time to work. I used it for a

couple of days before going to the clinic to get a prescription.

Should I have used lugols instead?

Lorie