Posted 2016-01-19 4:58 AM (#165863) Subject: Eye Removal
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Posts: 282 Location: southcentral pennsylvania
My trail horse was admitted yesterday to a University's Equine hospital. He may need his eye removed. For unknown reasons his body is treating the eye as a foreign object, causing rejection. Under vet's care, we have been struggling with this for 3 months. University doc told me if a horse is already blind and eye removed, adjustment period is very quick. If horse still has sight, which my boy does, adjustment may take months. I am hoping he can still be trail ridden. Anyone have experience with this? They are going to try some last ditch efforts in the next day or so medically, but prognosis not good for saving the eye.
Posted 2016-01-20 1:10 PM (#165884 - in reply to #165863) Subject: RE: Eye Removal
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Posts: 114
after being surgically treated three times, my hunter-jumper had to have his eye removed. He mostly had trouble turning into things like tree limbs posts that was on his blind side. I still rode him some, but became cautious where I was riding him. As he got older he seemed to loose his confidence with any other rider. Eventually as he aged, we stopped riding him any where except our property. He was still the leader in the field and could quickly establish his place when another horse entered the herd. He was put down last year at the age of 24 from severe progression of cancer.
Posted 2016-01-20 5:31 PM (#165886 - in reply to #165863) Subject: RE: Eye Removal
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Posts: 656 Location: Rayne, LA
I had a mule that lost an eye at 2-1/2 years and I rode him all over ( several times in the mountains ) with no problems. I know the fellow that has him now and still rides him at about 20 years of age.
Posted 2016-02-05 8:27 PM (#166015 - in reply to #165890) Subject: RE: Eye Removal
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Posts: 29 Location: kansas
I have an old mare that had an eye infection that left her blind but with eyeball intact. I have learned to talk to her when i walk up to her on the blind side because she accidentally turned into me one time not knowing I was there. So be careful walking up to the horse on their blind side and when you take halter off ( she turned and walked into me again not knowing I was there). She is too old to ride so I can't give advice. She gets along find in the pasture. She has learned to turn her head in order to see.
Eye Removal
