Advice on taking on a horse with uveitis

[Rachelp48]

Hi everyone I have been offered a horse who is lovely but he has gone blind in one eye due to an injury 4 years ago, I’m just wondering if this is something that will end In frequent vet visits, has anyone any experience of this please thank you

 

[poiuytrewq]

It will break your heart.

I would never ever do it again. It's not just an eye infection its soul destroying especially if its a nice horse.

Sorry

 

[SantaVera]

Is the blindness due to uveitis or an injury? They are quite different things. If an injury eg a kick then I'd say go for it but if it's uveitis then no, with that the horse has no future and it costly and heartbreaking.

 

[AmyMay]

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Is the blindness due to uveitis or an injury? They are quite different things. If an injury eg a kick then I'd say go for it but if it's uveitis then no, with that the horse has no future and it costly and heartbreaking.

This. Two very different things.

 

[Cortez]

My advice is don't.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Yes sorry I read and replied to the title. An injury is different.

 

[Surbie]

Don't do it if it's uveitis. It's horrible and will hit hard both in your pocket and your heart.

 

[Glitter's fun]

Uveitis - Equine Hospital - University of Liverpool

www.liverpool.ac.uk

 

[Rachelp48]

Is the blindness due to uveitis or an injury? They are quite different things. If an injury eg a kick then I'd say go for it but if it's uveitis then no, with that the horse has no future and it costly and heartbreaking.

Injury he was a polo pony and was hit in the eye by the stick

 

[TheMule]

Injury he was a polo pony and was hit in the eye by the stick

How does the uveitis tie in then? Does he have it in the uninjured eye?

 

[AmyMay]

Injury he was a polo pony and was hit in the eye by the stick

So he doesn’t have uveitis??

 

[Rachelp48]

How does the uveitis tie in then? Does he have it in the uninjured eye?

I was told he developed it in the injured eye as a result of the injury

 

[AmyMay]

I was told he developed it in the injured eye as a result of the injury

Ah, ok. Walk away.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Agree. Leave it.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I wouldn't

 

[AlinFaolan]

I wouldn’t, BUT, my old boy had uveitis, he had three attacks, the last one the vet was talking about removing his eye, that didn’t happen and for whatever reason he didn’t have another attack, lived for another 10 years

 

[irishdraft]

I wouldn't go there if it's definitely uveitis, my friend lost her horse because of it.

 

[Armchair Eventer]

I am another saying don't take on a horse with uveitis. A friend at my yard had hers pts last winter and I saw the effect on and deterioration of the poor little mare. The vet supported her and said it was the kindest thing.

My first pony was partially blind in one eye as a result of an injury and it didn't affect him in the slightest but the eye was damaged rather than deteriorating due to a condition for which there is no cure.

 

[I'm Dun]

I get uveitis. It is horrifically painful. I'm pretty tough but my worst bout was so bad I collapsed in A&E, just to compare when I fractured my spine I was happy to try and get up. Thats how bad this pain was. Mine has a specific trigger and I get steroid drops before it starts now and it stops it in its tracks. If it was caused by an injury and hadn't happened again and I really liked the horse and it was dirt cheap then I would. But I'd want to see the vet records first to confirm all of this. And I'm a gambler, don't vet horses, happy to buy them lame if I think I can fix it, but eyes arent something to mess with and if I had a horse with more than one very mild bout of uveitis I would PTS. I don't think most people know just how painful it is.

 

[nagblagger]

I'm confused, the injured eye developed uveiis and the eye was removed is that right? Is there any sign of it in his 'good' eye.

 

[I'm Dun]

I'm confused, the injured eye developed uveiis and the eye was removed is that right? Is there any sign of it in his 'good' eye.

Trauma can definitely cause uveitis. Its one trigger for mine.

 

[nagblagger]

I was thinking if it was triggered by trauma in the eye which was removed the good eye might not be affected so worth the risk if the price was right.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I was told with ours when I was going through a why him, it’s so unfair that trauma can very often be the start of it.

I’m Dun, I’m wondering if it was you I spoke to after having mine pts?
I was feeling really shi^^y about it all and spoke to a human who was able to really explain what my horse would have been going through pain wise.

Ours had his eye removed after a long time trying to manage it. He’d only ever had it in that one eye so I thought that was it.
He got his first attack in the remaining eye a few months after the operation and was pts!

If one of mine got it now I would maybe treat the first time to give benefit of the doubt. It would be pts on the second.

 

[AmyMay]

I was thinking if it was triggered by trauma in the eye which was removed the good eye might not be affected so worth the risk if the price was right.

Where does it say the eye was removed?

 

[Rachelp48]

Where does it say the eye was removed?

He has not had the eye removed, and the eye that sustained the injury is the one he has had uveitis in

 

[nagblagger]

Sorry, having a senior moment, i meant the blind eye.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I think nagblagger meant the injured eye.
See my post above. Ours only ever had it in one eye, until we had it removed then he got it in the remaining “good” eye

 

[vmac66]

If he has uveitis walk away






. It's utterly heartbreaking and can be incredibly painful for the horse and very difficult to manage. I had a horse pts several years as he had uveitis in both eyes and was practically blind. He had cataracts on both eyes and the vet said he would eventually develop glaucoma.

 

[I'm Dun]

I was told with ours when I was going through a why him, it’s so unfair that trauma can very often be the start of it.

I’m Dun, I’m wondering if it was you I spoke to after having mine pts?
I was feeling really shi^^y about it all and spoke to a human who was able to really explain what my horse would have been going through pain wise.

Ours had his eye removed after a long time trying to manage it. He’d only ever had it in that one eye so I thought that was it.
He got his first attack in the remaining eye a few months after the operation and was pts!

If one of mine got it now I would maybe treat the first time to give benefit of the doubt. It would be pts on the second.

Probably, it is the worst pain I have ever experienced, and even when your treating it and its getting better your vision is affected for ages. I don't know if its the same with horses but I was told I would get cataracts it was just a case of when. I've got permanent damage from it as well and my vision is affected going from light to dark etc. If I was a horse I'd find it very frightening I think.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

I get uveitis. It is horrifically painful. I'm pretty tough but my worst bout was so bad I collapsed in A&E, just to compare when I fractured my spine I was happy to try and get up. Thats how bad this pain was. Mine has a specific trigger and I get steroid drops before it starts now and it stops it in its tracks. If it was caused by an injury and hadn't happened again and I really liked the horse and it was dirt cheap then I would. But I'd want to see the vet records first to confirm all of this. And I'm a gambler, don't vet horses, happy to buy them lame if I think I can fix it, but eyes arent something to mess with and if I had a horse with more than one very mild bout of uveitis I would PTS. I don't think most people know just how painful it is.

This, i get it due to my auto immune disease, its so painful and i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy.

My old lad had it in one eye and when blind from it. This is due to floaters he had in his eyes all his life. He had a high risk of it happening in his other eye but before we could make the choice if we would pts the ligament he had injured that runs over his hock flared up again and he was pts.


Would never touch a horse with a history of uvitis.