Why do cats always shed tears? What causes cats to shed tears?

Pet     8:15am, 4 July 2025

Many cats will shed tears. Over time, the underside of their eyes will be dark, which not only affects their beauty, but may also have health problems. Why do cats cry? Let’s take a look at the reasons why cats cry.

1. The eyes are irritated

The hair around the eyes is too long and it is easy to enter the eyes, which will stimulate the cat's eyes to cry. The owner should pay attention to help trim regularly.

It may also be because the eyelashes are tumbling upside down to the eyes, causing the cat to cry, which will seriously damage the cornea and affect the function of the cat's eyes. Moreover, the hair in the cat's eyes will also become worse due to tears. If you want to improve the problem of inverted eyelashes, you need to go to the hospital for a minor operation.

2. Cats get angry

The cat's food, oil and salt content is too high and there are too many additives, which can easily cause cats to get angry. Giving your cat your own meal will also increase the possibility of a cat crying.

Pay attention to the cat's diet at ordinary times, less oil and less salt, and let the cat drink more water. Cats who don’t like to drink water can provide them with automatic water dispensers, canned water infusions, etc.

3. The cat is sick.

Inflammation of cat's cornea can cause pain in cat's eyes and tears. When a cat has symptoms such as tears, long-term squinting, redness and swelling of eyes, the shoveler should take the cat to the hospital for diagnosis in time, find out the cause and treat the symptomatically.