Bloodshot eye

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emfen1305

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I called the vet this morning and still waiting for a call back

Last night I noticed my horse had a very bloodshot left eye, as in the whole white bit above his iris was very red (the sclera I think it is called). There is no heat, no swelling, they aren't watery and no gunk is coming out, and just the usual amount of "sleep" in the corner of his eye this morning. He's reactive to me waving my hand in front of it (he blinks) and tried to have a look in there but couldn't see anything. I've bathed it with some cooled boiled water, popped his fly mask on and turned out. He's bright and happy in himself, not bothered about me trying to touch it. The only thing I can think of is on Sunday he did a couple of quite hard snorts and coughs when I was riding and I was wondering if he might have popped a blood vessel like a human would if we did the same - is this possible?

I am very wary when it comes to eyes but you wouldn't even no anything was wrong with him until you see the red. Has anyone dealt with anything similar? Googling doesn't seem to bring up anything similar surprisingly! Thanks!
 
My shetland had exactly the same, completely back to normal within 2 days (did administer optrex infected eye drops each evening).
 
My daughter's horse had the exact same thing the other day. Her eye was a bit sticky and if she looked to the side you could see that her sclera was very red. Her eye looked totally normal otherwise and there was no evidence of damage on the cornea. It didn't seem to be bothering her at all. We bathed it with cold tea twice a day and had it not cleared up would have bought some Golden Eye Ointment, the one with the antibiotic chloramphenicol in it. My other daughter is a vet and she said that this is what she would prescribe for this, its just cheaper to get it from the chemist! However we didn't need to get the ointment as it cleared up within a couple of days.
 
Lovely, thanks both, has put my mind at rest. Will keep an eye on it and call the vet again if it hasn't cleared in a couple of days!
 
Personally I'd call the vet to check it now rather than wait. Horses generally operate better with 2 eyes so better safe than sorry.
 
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