My cat has "black stuff" on her eye and nose

[jerialice]

My white cat has had an on-going problem with with a black substance on the left side of her nose. Underneath it is a a shallow raw spot. There is also a leak in her left eye, that also turns reddish-black.
I have taken her to the vet and he tried anti-bios, salves, drops and it helped temporarily, but he did not know what it was. her vision is fine and she doesn't seem to be in pain, but it's ugly.And maybe her nose might be uncomfortable where it's raw.

The substance is almost like a granular, flea dirt looking stuff? The eye goop, is like eye matter balck in colr until i wipe it off then it turns reddish brown.

anybody have any ideas? We are going back to the vet next week. I have uploaded a picture and it's in my picture folder!
Would love some ideas to discuss with my vet.

[Jade59]

Hi jerialice, I'm in a rush to get off this computer, but I have a couple ideas I just had to share first.  I saw the pic, and looks like there may be two issues going on.  The eyes are likely herpes - my cat looked the same when she first came to us.  It's now under better control with the addition of Lysine on her food.  The nose issue looks like a possible buildup of the eye goop.  Jade was Very sick with herpes run wild when we first met her, along with a fungal disease making her eyes run and once we got that under control the crust on her nose cleared up.  Or, it might be cancer.  White kitties with that little pink nose and ears are most susceptible to cancer in those areas.  Jade is lucky to have a black nose, but her ears were not spared.  They were cancerous right off and we had them amputated in 09. I have old pics of her with her ears showing the cancer spots and its looks like your kitty does.  

The fungal infection she had was called Cryptococcus (sp?) which is caused from the inhalation of bird droppings.  More common in an outdoor cat of course, but spores can be tracked in on ones shoes to infect an indoor cat.  

Best of luck with this and please keep us posted.

And jerialice, I am so very sorry for your sudden loss of Toot, what a shock!  Hugs...♥