Mulereiner, please answer... (And a medical question)?

Question

Is there any particular reason why I can't check out your questions anymore? I like seeing what you have to say, and to my knowledge I haven't said anything to offend you. If I have, I'm very sorry.

For my other question, I recently bought a POA for my daughter, and he is mostly blind (but such a sweetheart!). I know that some Appys and POAs go blind as they get older, and I was just wondering if anyone can tell me more about it, and/or if anyone has had experience with this. Thanks!

Thanks for answering so quickly! I hope the twit, as you termed it, has since left you alone. I can only imagine how annoying it must have been.
Yes, Tucker does have pink around his eyes. He's completely blind in his right eye and going blind in the left. But he's oh so smart, and it doesn't seem to affect him except at night.

Answer 1

Go to Rollingdogranch.com; this is a horse rescue group in Montana. They take horses that are completely blind, deaf, lame, etc., they are doing a study currently about blindness in Appaloosas...apparently there IS a genetic defect which contributes to visual problems in the Appaloosa.

They are great people and would answer any of your questions...!!

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Answer 3

When I was in high school I worked at a horse rescue center that had a blind appy. This horse handled his situation very well, but really wasn't rideable. A couple people tried to ride him and they ended up being bucked off. Basically, we taught this horse several commands such as "step up" and "head down". He was able to be turned out and was usually fine, we just tried to keep his routine similar every day. The owner treated him with herbal remedies, which in my opinion was a waste of money, but you could look into that if you want. In addition, the horse almost always wore a fly mask when he was outside. Especially when the glare of the snow made it very bright out. Also, you should be very clear when you approach the horse, so not to startle him. Let him know that you are there before you touch him. If he gets scared it could be dangerous for you, your daughter, and the horse. If I remember anything else I'll edit this. Good luck.

Answer 4

i've heard myths that appys and poa's with pink skin around their eyes will go blind. that's just one of the old farmer's tales that floats around. we had a 4 year old gelding develope moon blindness and go blind within a matter of months... so age isnt always a factor. it can also be caused by a bacteria that is left untreated (his was... his owner moved him to our barn from another less cared for property where he picked up the bacteria. it's undetectable until permanent eye damage begins to show) he had leptospirosis. here's a great link that explains moon blindness. the POA could just have cataracts. without a vet's diagnosis it's hard to say what the cause of her vision problems are exactly

http://www.igs.net/~vkirkwoodhp/eru.htm

here's another link about general care of blind horses

http://www.equusite.com/articles/safety/safetyBlindEquines.shtml

Answer 5

I have you on block, no clue why sorry. I will take you off.

During the time that I had some twit hounding me if you tried to add me, I probably blocked you then. So I do apologize. Been a rash of attacks on here lately so my guards were up.

Thats actually moonblindness but I haven't dealt with it, Biscuit and Bailey I bet knows more about that too.

Again my apologies, was trying to stop the email and IM attacks I was getting.

I will star this so BnB and Lisa see it, I bet both have dealt with it.

Does your horse have pink around the eyes?


EDIT-thanks for being understanding, and no the twit hasn't, still getting emails from porno sites from her sent to me. I think I finally have her blocked in IM, my messenger wouldn't block her, go figure. So to anyone else that I have blocked and you honestly aren't one of them, I will take you off, there are reasons why I blocked, they probably weren't personal at all, more trying to stop the actions I was getting. So to those ppl I do apologize, some yes you are blocked for irritating reasons lol.

But anyway, on your horse, you can get a mask to help sheild the sun off the eyes. Its not a fix, more prevention, but not full proof at all. Nowadays, you can tattoo the eyelids on the horse to help with that. But with your horses age and advanced condition, it wouldn't help anyway. BnB has appys so I know she would be able to give more insight into this. Good luck with your horse, sounds like you have a good one.

Answer 6

Not relatively that might be the Doctor. (no pun supposed lol) You gets a combination of well dangerous and detached critiques on right here, you would get an excessively touchy 'listening to' however I would not learn an excessive amount of into any recommendation that went past 'move and notice your Doctor' or hyperlinks to establishments that support together with your unique trouble. So I might generally tend to word the query within the sort of 'Does any person understand of a help institution for........ within the UK?

Answer 7

My uncle had a Quarter Horse with moon blindness.
The eye & skin around it will be red & there will be excessive watering & even a strange discharge. In light or overly bright conditions, the horse will generally squint. There are other sings, but I apologize, I cannot recall them.
It does sound like the little guy is taking his loss of sight in stride though. Good luck with him...

Answer 8

As long as he isn't in pain, I wouldn't worry about it. Most horses do perfectly well fully blind or partially blind.

---coming from someone whose horse lost an eye, then became pretty much bombproof since.

Answer 9

yes i have herd about those annoying people too!!

An to think i used to be one of them

thank god i changed =D