Oooh I keep hearing this. I got the very last tube of antibiotic eye ointment from my vet yesterday its a good thing he had one cuz I called A to Z vet suppy and they were out! My vet says they are getting hard to find and are on back order everywhere- I wonder why?
Tidus just went through having an ulcer (pretty bad one) and whatever it was seemed to possibly be contagious cuz now Molly got it too, but not nearly as bad- just a bit of fogging on her eye. So I consider myself lucky that I got this last tube.
You can also get some eye flush and eye lubricant at Walgreens to help keep the eye clean and well lubed. Even tho Tidus's eye is all better it is going through some boogery healing process still, so I am using those on him now rather than the antibiotic since it is healed.
I would call around to other vets and see if anyone has some in stock- just in case there is something going on with antibiotic eye ointment shipments right now!