Horse with watering eye
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Horse with watering eye
Maybe some of you horse people out there can help me...
My horse (21 year old bay quater horse gelding) has an eye problem. His left eye only has been watering :'( for the last day or so. The eye does not look really swollen or infected with anything. It just seems to drain a little and run down the side of his face. I was told by fellow yesterday that the horse's nasolacrimal ducts are stopped up and need to be flushed. He showed me the little opening inside the horse's nostril that leads up to the eye. He instructed me to use a syringe and flush the ducts.
Just wondering if anyone has ever performed this procedure. How many syringes of fluid did it take to flush the ducts out?
I plan to get a big syringe at Tractor Supply today and try the flushing procedure this evening.
Thanks
My horse (21 year old bay quater horse gelding) has an eye problem. His left eye only has been watering :'( for the last day or so. The eye does not look really swollen or infected with anything. It just seems to drain a little and run down the side of his face. I was told by fellow yesterday that the horse's nasolacrimal ducts are stopped up and need to be flushed. He showed me the little opening inside the horse's nostril that leads up to the eye. He instructed me to use a syringe and flush the ducts.
Just wondering if anyone has ever performed this procedure. How many syringes of fluid did it take to flush the ducts out?
I plan to get a big syringe at Tractor Supply today and try the flushing procedure this evening.
Thanks
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Maybe some of you horse people out there can help me...
My horse (21 year old bay quater horse gelding) has an eye problem. His left eye only has been watering :'( for the last day or so. The eye does not look really swollen or infected with anything. It just seems to drain a little and run down the side of his face. I was told by fellow yesterday that the horse's nasolacrimal ducts are stopped up and need to be flushed. He showed me the little opening inside the horse's nostril that leads up to the eye. He instructed me to use a syringe and flush the ducts.
Just wondering if anyone has ever performed this procedure. How many syringes of fluid did it take to flush the ducts out?
I plan to get a big syringe at Tractor Supply today and try the flushing procedure this evening.
Thanks
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Go to my sister's site and register there. It would be a good question for them. http://forums.fasthorsesonline.com.
Or you could try http://www.thoroughbredsandmore.com
Even though those sites are specific to tb's, you should be able to get some good answers from them.
Maybe some of you horse people out there can help me...
My horse (21 year old bay quater horse gelding) has an eye problem. His left eye only has been watering :'( for the last day or so. The eye does not look really swollen or infected with anything. It just seems to drain a little and run down the side of his face. I was told by fellow yesterday that the horse's nasolacrimal ducts are stopped up and need to be flushed. He showed me the little opening inside the horse's nostril that leads up to the eye. He instructed me to use a syringe and flush the ducts.
Just wondering if anyone has ever performed this procedure. How many syringes of fluid did it take to flush the ducts out?
I plan to get a big syringe at Tractor Supply today and try the flushing procedure this evening.
Thanks
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Go to my sister's site and register there. It would be a good question for them. http://forums.fasthorsesonline.com.
Or you could try http://www.thoroughbredsandmore.com
Even though those sites are specific to tb's, you should be able to get some good answers from them.
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TX,
I posed this question for you on that site, and I got a couple of responses if you'd like to check them out. See the link below:
good luck with it. Jack
http://64.244.26.110/tbforum/index.p...;threadid=2424
I posed this question for you on that site, and I got a couple of responses if you'd like to check them out. See the link below:
good luck with it. Jack
http://64.244.26.110/tbforum/index.p...;threadid=2424
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Yep, good luck...eye injuries are nothing to fool around with--they can turn pretty sour within a matter of hours. I ended up with one in my old Thoroughbred gelding that cost me $5,000....better to call the vet and be safe than to try a home remedy or something and be sorry, unless you really know what you're doing. :-
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Something else to keep in mind too is that if it IS a corneal ulcer of some sort, it opens the eye up to further infection--to include fungal and bacterial--by providing the invaders with a portal into the eye. It's a good thing to have the vet on your side if something like that happens.
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Thanks for posting on the other site Jack. I read the responses over there. I bought a 60cc syringe and a piece of 1ft tube to attach to the end. Hopefully this will be the cure. I am going to try this tonight. I don't believe he has a corneal ulcer problem, from the symptoms he exhibits.
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Spend the money on the vet, I had a neighbors horse choke last week and felt like we had it under control, the vet came by anyway (on her way home) and spent 2 hours w/ a tube to clear the esophagus (sp?). Could have been worse than already was. I know choke is different from watering eye but just shows we need to support our veterinarians and we owe it to our critters if we are going keep them.
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Thanks for posting on the other site Jack. I read the responses over there. I bought a 60cc syringe and a piece of 1ft tube to attach to the end. Hopefully this will be the cure. I am going to try this tonight. I don't believe he has a corneal ulcer problem, from the symptoms he exhibits.
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He's not showing any signs of pain, just tearing? Over the next day or so, if there's still tearing after you flush the duct, keep an eye out for any redness or any signs of pain and/or swelling of the sclera and eyelids as well as a sensitivity to light. It is possible that if his eye is bothering him, he's rubbing it to help it feel better and can damage his eye that way as well. Tearing is also one of the first signs of uveitis, among other eye disorders. Let us know how he does...
Thanks for posting on the other site Jack. I read the responses over there. I bought a 60cc syringe and a piece of 1ft tube to attach to the end. Hopefully this will be the cure. I am going to try this tonight. I don't believe he has a corneal ulcer problem, from the symptoms he exhibits.
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He's not showing any signs of pain, just tearing? Over the next day or so, if there's still tearing after you flush the duct, keep an eye out for any redness or any signs of pain and/or swelling of the sclera and eyelids as well as a sensitivity to light. It is possible that if his eye is bothering him, he's rubbing it to help it feel better and can damage his eye that way as well. Tearing is also one of the first signs of uveitis, among other eye disorders. Let us know how he does...
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Thanks for posting on the other site Jack. I read the responses over there. I bought a 60cc syringe and a piece of 1ft tube to attach to the end. Hopefully this will be the cure. I am going to try this tonight. I don't believe he has a corneal ulcer problem, from the symptoms he exhibits.
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He's not showing any signs of pain, just tearing? Over the next day or so, if there's still tearing after you flush the duct, keep an eye out for any redness or any signs of pain and/or swelling of the sclera and eyelids as well as a sensitivity to light. It is possible that if his eye is bothering him, he's rubbing it to help it feel better and can damage his eye that way as well. Tearing is also one of the first signs of uveitis, among other eye disorders. Let us know how he does...
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All the more reason to have the vet check it IMO. That way you have a scientific answer before trying a fix.
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Thanks for posting on the other site Jack. I read the responses over there. I bought a 60cc syringe and a piece of 1ft tube to attach to the end. Hopefully this will be the cure. I am going to try this tonight. I don't believe he has a corneal ulcer problem, from the symptoms he exhibits.
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He's not showing any signs of pain, just tearing? Over the next day or so, if there's still tearing after you flush the duct, keep an eye out for any redness or any signs of pain and/or swelling of the sclera and eyelids as well as a sensitivity to light. It is possible that if his eye is bothering him, he's rubbing it to help it feel better and can damage his eye that way as well. Tearing is also one of the first signs of uveitis, among other eye disorders. Let us know how he does...
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All the more reason to have the vet check it IMO. That way you have a scientific answer before trying a fix.
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All the more reason to have the vet check it IMO. That way you have a scientific answer before trying a fix.
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Hmmmm...I guess my attempt at humor was not appreciated by some (or one) seeing as how my post was deleted. :
Censorship at its finest....but just the same, sorry if I offended someone. :-
Censorship at its finest....but just the same, sorry if I offended someone. :-
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Hmmmm...I guess my attempt at humor was not appreciated by some (or one) seeing as how my post was deleted. : Censorship at its finest....but just the same, sorry if I offended someone. :-
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My horse could be sad ??? I don't really know. I keep asking him, but he never says nothing, except more feeeeeed. ;D No offense taken by me.
He doesn't seem to be in any pain. I cleaned the eye out yesterday with warm water and he never flinched or moved away.
Hmmmm...I guess my attempt at humor was not appreciated by some (or one) seeing as how my post was deleted. :
Censorship at its finest....but just the same, sorry if I offended someone. :- [/quote]
My horse could be sad ??? I don't really know. I keep asking him, but he never says nothing, except more feeeeeed. ;D No offense taken by me.
He doesn't seem to be in any pain. I cleaned the eye out yesterday with warm water and he never flinched or moved away.
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He doesn't seem to be in any pain. I cleaned the eye out yesterday with warm water and he never flinched or moved away.
How is he holding his eyelid? Is he squinting even the slightest bit? Look for wrinkles above/below his eye, kind of like how you'd look if you had a bad headache--maybe forehead wrinkled with squinty eyes....that'll tell you whether or not he's in pain. Also look for excessive blinking, which would be an indication of light sensitivity...
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[quote author=Hoss link=board=10;threadid=19949;start=0#msg187735 date=1064258618]
Hmmmm...I guess my attempt at humor was not appreciated by some (or one) seeing as how my post was deleted. : Censorship at its finest....but just the same, sorry if I offended someone. :-
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Hoss, I removed it because I wanted this guy to get the information he needed without wading through crap. Not that all you post is crap, but I felt the answer he needed was important enough to warrant eliminating stuff that was irrelevent.
Call it censorship, it doesn't matter much to me. I can tell you that I am getting somewhat tired of seeing threads being "hijacked" into something totally off the wall while providing little useful real world information. Again, I'm not accusing you of doing that per se, but it has happened to an extent I'm not comfortable with right now by many people, including myself at times.
In addition to all this, I wouldn't have been particularly happy about seeing a post like that if I were posting a thread requesting help for a potential health problem with my dog, or any other issue for that matter. I felt it was somewhat rude. I know you guys like to kid around and stuff, as do I. However, I felt like this was a matter where no jokes were appropriate.
Now that I've explained myself, we can get back to the topic at hand.
Jack
Hmmmm...I guess my attempt at humor was not appreciated by some (or one) seeing as how my post was deleted. :
Censorship at its finest....but just the same, sorry if I offended someone. :- [/quote]
Hoss, I removed it because I wanted this guy to get the information he needed without wading through crap. Not that all you post is crap, but I felt the answer he needed was important enough to warrant eliminating stuff that was irrelevent.
Call it censorship, it doesn't matter much to me. I can tell you that I am getting somewhat tired of seeing threads being "hijacked" into something totally off the wall while providing little useful real world information. Again, I'm not accusing you of doing that per se, but it has happened to an extent I'm not comfortable with right now by many people, including myself at times.
In addition to all this, I wouldn't have been particularly happy about seeing a post like that if I were posting a thread requesting help for a potential health problem with my dog, or any other issue for that matter. I felt it was somewhat rude. I know you guys like to kid around and stuff, as do I. However, I felt like this was a matter where no jokes were appropriate.
Now that I've explained myself, we can get back to the topic at hand.
Jack
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[quote author=TXBobcat link=board=10;threadid=19949;start=0#msg187744 date=1064259003]My horse could be sad ??? I don't really know. I keep asking him, but he never says nothing, except more feeeeeed. ;D No offense taken by me.[/quote]
If you weren't offended then that's all I care about. I wasn't trying to make light of the situation (even though it was a light hearted comment). The best horse I ever had (a BIG Palamino gelding) just died on me one night for no apparent reason, so I've got a decent understanding of horse problems. I hope you get his eye fixed up soon.
Jack...understood.
If you weren't offended then that's all I care about.
I wasn't trying to make light of the situation (even though it was a light hearted comment). The best horse I ever had (a BIG Palamino gelding) just died on me one night for no apparent reason, so I've got a decent understanding of horse problems. I hope you get his eye fixed up soon. Jack...understood.