My paint stallion got a little bit of a runny eye a couple days ago not bad at all and i checked it out and kept an eye on it. Today he didn't open it very wide and i got it open and noticed a whitish cloudy area that seems to be off to the side of his eye. He can definately still see from it. I don't think i'll be able to get a vet out until at the earliest Tuesday - I live in cow country where all the vets are cow vets and will not leave their Christmas on account of a horse.
Could someone give me some ideas of what it may be?
2006-12-24 14:24:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Could be a number of things. Could be a cataract, moon blindness, or maybe your stud even poked his eye. My twin sisters' mare poked her eye and she never knew it was poked because the wound was hidden behind a white spot. But then it started leaking and she knew something was wrong then. Sorry if I did'nt help but hope I did. Merry Chriistmas!
2006-12-24 14:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by ♡Rummy1125 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think it is a clogged tear duct, my mare gets them on occasion and i had to learn to flush them with a small tube and saline. Generally that will cause some swelling and drainage. The white spot is as likely a scratched corneal lens or ulcer. Eyes are so delicate and very tricky to diagnosis correctly as is. (Try telling the vet you have a new cow and need it identified, if your horse is a tobiano tell him you thought it was a dairy cow ....lol.) Does your horse squint in the sun or bright light, is it bothering him much? Try to keep him inside stall and quiet, darkness is usually the best to keep discomfort down. Put a flymask on him, and wipe the crusty yuck off with warm wet cloth very gently. Try not to press on eyelid, can make it worse. He probably got something in it and rubbed it, causing scratch, but I strongly advise getting a vets opinion ASAP . Good luck
2006-12-24 19:16:11 · answer #2 · answered by Kimberly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like an ulcer on the eye, problem is you don't know if the eye is scratched or not. so if you have some plain antibiotic eye ointment to put in the eye until the vet can come out this will help. you can't use one with cortisone in it as it could make things worse. if you don't get some antibiotics in the eye he may loose sight in it. the white cloudyness is a sign that some damage has been made and could be infected. can you call a diff vet and have them come out sooner than tues? good luck
2006-12-24 15:40:23 · answer #3 · answered by cattledog_vinnie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing happened to my horse, and when I took her to the vet, they said that her nose was clogged and her sinus drainage had backed up. They ran a tube up her nose and flushed it until a small amount started coming out of her eye then put her on some eye ointment to help her eye heal back up. I work at a Vet Clinic, but I had never known a horse's eye to do that... what the other person said is also possible, scratching it and such. Just check with your vet as soon as you can and get some eye ointment for him.
2006-12-24 15:34:33 · answer #4 · answered by Kassie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a buckskin that did this about 3 yrs ago and he had poked his eye on a stick the vet came out and told me to keep putting eye drops in his eye. I cannot believe you cannot get an emergency vet out there to look at this horse yeah i know its christmas but if I got a vet out there you could bet I would stick with him since none of the others wanted to come out . Call around maybe you can find one . you need to get one soon cause the horse could go blind from it . That is what they told me . good luck to you.
2006-12-25 02:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could possibly have an infection and it should be seen by a vet. If left unattended too long, it "can" lead to blindness. There should be a vet on duty that is covering Christmas.
2006-12-25 15:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Veneta T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋