conjuctivites

[lucky lodge]

my mini mare has pussy eyes

anyone got any home remiedes for it

 

[White Socks Miniature]

It is Conjuntivitis... have you had it checked by a vet? If not I would highly recommend having that done first as eye issues can become an emergency very quickly. You will want to know if there is an ulcer or anything else going on before you just start putting things into your horses eyes also as it could make the situation worse.

 

[Genie]

It is Conjuntivitis... have you had it checked by a vet? If not I would highly recommend having that done first as eye issues can become an emergency very quickly. You will want to know if there is an ulcer or anything else going on before you just start putting things into your horses eyes also as it could make the situation worse.

actually...Conjunctivitis

(Pink Eye)

 

[Genie]

I have a spray from the vet that you just spray at the eye. It clears it up quickly.

It's called a "pink eye spray"

 

[yellerroseintx]

I had a rescue horse that came in with gobey yellow blecky looking eyes....wads of stuff in the corners...the Vet came out and told me it was fly larva...eeewwwiiiieee........how creepy is that! cleaned it out anfd gave me ointment.....

 

[Genie]

We also had a mare that would have runny eyes off and on for a little while.

The vet decided that she was getting her eyes poked eating from a hay rack so suggested feeding from the floor....problem solved!

 

[Carolyn R]

Teramycin is sold at feed stores. it is a vaseline based product used to treat pink eye. It must be placed in the eye. If it is something more resistant or if there is anything trapped under the eyelid that has caused the irratation, it may need to be treated with something stronger like Gentac or triple antibiotic eye ointment from a vet.

 

[White Socks Miniature]

lol, I dont know how many times a day I spell that word either, must be one of those days.

I just wanted to make sure that it was an actual veterinary diagnosis, of conjunctivitis, before anything was put into the eye. I have seen people research eye issues on the internet thinking it is "just conjunctivitis" put something in the eye, and then a few days later come running in for an emergency, and their pet actually has a more severe issue going on and is now worse.

so just wanting to make sure that the above scenario doesn't happen.

 

[Minimor]

Honestly, if I called the vet every time I had a horse with goopy eyes (especially this time of year when the flies are so bad--and they are very bad here the past 3 weeks or so) I would be bankrupt--and my vet would think I was a nut. Truly she would!

If the eye is open normally and clear, just that it is goopy around the corner and lower lid, I wipe/wash it off. If I feel it needs something more than that then I use penicillin--plain old PenG (or ProPen is what I have on hand now) syringed into the eye. I used to get the actual eye ointment, but then my vet told me to use the penicillin (which is what she uses in most cases) and so that's what I've been using. It's cheaper, easier to apply, and in my experience is much more effective. I use it even for eye injuries--there's nothing in it that will cause a problem even if there is a scratch on the eye itself (don't use any cream/liquid that contains a steroid if there is any scratch to the cornea--steroids make eye ulcers worse!).

 

[lucky lodge]

thanks everyone

sorry about the spelling