Lipizzan
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Europe, Croatia
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Post by Lipizzan on Jan 20, 2016 13:07:31 GMT
My stallion is not doing well this days. It all started one morning when I saw his eye was red and not so wide open as normal. I thought he pocked on a hay or something as they all sometimes do and it will pass. Next day his eye was all closed, swallen and thick discharge is running down his face from his eye. We called a vet he gave him drops and cream. The problem is it is not possible to wash his eye and to apply this cream or drop properly, I guess his eye is so irritated he is not alowing us to touch him.. I have a lot of emulsion for injection for eveyr healh problem you can imagine. I could try to give him medication tru injektion, but I don't know for what kind of infection to give him. I can't ask my vet because I did not get those medications legaly  Does somebody knows why is this happening to his eye, and what can I give him? |
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Post by horselover4life on Jan 20, 2016 15:02:56 GMT
Are you sure he did not cut or scratch his cornea?
Then a path was created for the bacteria to get in...
Lip, call the vet back.
Ask the questions as he already examined your stud.
Get his opinion, have him come back out and work on the horse again if need be...
Have you told the vet you can not get the medication in the eye as the horse is fighting and makes it impossible...is there another way to do this treatment??
You very well could have complications setting in....
Your knowledgeable by far about many things....but eyes are not something I would be guessing about.
The horse only has 2 of them {eyes}, if his sight is damaged it could make his "stud service" something people no longer want fearing genetics predisposition to a problem.
It could also make riding him not safe or dangerous if he has distorted vision, his vision or eye lost.
I would not administer any antibiotics till you spoke with the vet.
There is no way you can tell {to my knowledge} if you are dealing with a gram negative or positive bacteria and that makes a difference in what drug to treat this with.
I don't know if your tube of medication states what bacteria it is used for....
However, now you have more issue and need some serious qualified medical help, the vet, imo...
Let us know how it goes...
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Post by horselover4life on Jan 20, 2016 15:08:54 GMT
Do you have "Pain Medication" 
The horse sounds to me like he is in pain....
Some relief from pain may allow you to get that drug in his eye without so much fight going on.
He fights because he fears more pain, not you.
If you have sedatives....
Something to consider if the vet deems this is not any worse so you can get in that eye.
Not pleasant but may be necessary for the horses sake to make him groggy so you can work on him...
Very, very carefully administered...
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Jan 20, 2016 15:40:01 GMT
I also thought about some pain medicine - scratches to the cornea are very painful (as you can tell) so perhaps a bit of pain management and he will allow you to get the meds in. If not, I would give the vet a call, let them know you are not able to get the meds on topically. Perhaps then the vet will have something to give through injection to help. But I would not self diagnosis.
With the eye injuries I have dealt with, I learned that there are two different eye meds - one with steroids and one without. Depending on what is wrong with the eye determines which one to give. And if you give the wrong one, it can do more damage.
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Post by horselady on Jan 21, 2016 1:19:39 GMT
Unfortunately you might have to have the vet come back out. as was stated he probably has a torn cornea which will cause the eye to run and be goopy.. one of the cremes is atrophine sulfate.. than there is a cortisone creme for the eyes.. when i put it into the eye i put the cream on my finger and try to swipe it into the eye. and of course if you have pain meds like bute give that to him.
did the vet tranq the stallion and use a dye test to see if there is damage in the eye?/ if not that that is what needs to be done. i hope he is going to be ok. but with the eye infection can spread and do so much damage.
when i had a gelding come in with a very bad cut to the eye ball. i had to put the drops of creme into the eye 6 times a day, and the cortisone make the retna large so it lets in light. i had to keep him inside a dark stall for his eye not to be more troubling to him.
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Lipizzan
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Europe, Croatia
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Post by Lipizzan on Jan 22, 2016 15:26:27 GMT
Thank you for all of your concern, some things are hard for me to explain to someone who does not know what it is like here.
He has been given pain meds and is easier to handle. The treatment is helping.
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