Is it normal for horses to have stuff coming out of their eyes?

Question

All the other horses out there are all clean around their eyes but my mare always has a trail coming from her's.

Could she have an eye infection or something similar?

Is it worth hauling her to the vet for?

Thanks

Answer 1

Most horses have some sort of eye discharge.


My gelding usually has excessive discharge right in the middle of the afternoon--- BUT That's usually right after his normal 11am-2pm 'nap time.' (Lol- walk into his stall and you get the "Go away I'm on a break" glare from where he's all curled up on the floor!!)

The way to tell if it is "normal" for your horse is... if it is consistent over several months/years, without changing in thickness, color, smell, frequency, etc, and this DOES NOT CHANGE over a long period of time, then this is the 'normal' discharge for your horse.

If the eye is inflamed and/or if the horse also has discharge coming from his nose... these are symptoms that the horse may have an upper respritory infection, a sinus infection..

sounds similar to people, huh? When your eyes and nose are runny you have a cold or infection, right? But we also have normal eye discharge (eye crusties we get when we wake up in the morning?). The tear ducts create lubrication so we can blink. This will ooze out and congeal.

Same concept for horses. (They're really not all that different!) :-)

Keep an eye on your mare over the next few days. (keep an eye on the weather, pollen, dust, too, and see if there's a correlation.)

If the frequency or consistency of the discharge changes, see if there are outside factors (hay in the eye, dust, pollen, etc.)
If there are no factors you can see, contact your vet for a phone consultation. Ask about a simple saline flush. You can get walmart brand saline solution (like tat used for contact lenses) and flush her eye to ensure there are no foreign objects in the eye.

Answer 2

you need to purchase sterile eye wash and use it to softly flush the eyes on a daily basis, spreading the lids aside and aiming it in the direction of the climate faraway from the interior corners. Use sterile cotton to cleanse the factors around the eyes after the flush. If it maintains you desire a veterinary examination finished because there could be an underlying circumstance that needs therapy, or maybe minor inflammation in eyes can progression to severe uveitis that can convey approximately blindness or maybe require eye removing. this could in simple terms be plugged tear ducts that must be irrigated by using the vet, yet with something affecting the eyes, you need to no longer waste time on guessing. do no longer use any sort of drugs the two, and purely carry out sterile flushes with a saline answer formulated for eye irrigation. Dont use infant wipes close to the eyes. they are actually not formulated for that use.

Answer 3

Yes, she might have an infection. You can call the vet to see if you need an appointment or whether they'll prescribe something over the phone.

Answer 4

First off if your feeding hay, which i am assuming you are. She might have got something in her eye. Or she could be allergic to something to make them run. You could rinse them with saline and see if that helps. If she will let you, you can check her eyes and see if you see anything.
Check your hay and how dusty it is or if its moldy that could be the problem.
Best bet take her to the vet.

Answer 5

From the sounds of it it's just sleep and nothing to worry about. Just wipe it away gently with a sponge.

Answer 6

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