So, my 9 month old cat has an eye discomfort since last night, around 11pm he started to blink his right eye and keep it shut most of the time. His eyelid turned pink and he occasionally scratched his eye. He had a similar situation 2 months ago and his vet gave him some eye drops and send him home without worries, it was just an occasional dust or fur that irritated his eye.

Last night I washed his eye with saline solution and used the eye drop my vet gave me the last time.

He woke up this morning with his eye open, but is still blinking a little bit and the eyelid is a little pinkish, but his eye is bright.

Can I do anything to help my little buddy feel better? I can't afford a vet visit for a super simple issue right now unfortunately.

He has no other issues, behavior is normal.