Blaise
Well-Known Member
My Appaloosa x TB was seen by a vet for her eye yesterday, it was completely fine on sunday but yesterday morning was really sticky with yellow/cream discharge & lots of 'eye bogies' (excuse the term! No better way of describing it 
) Managed to just about clean it once but took forever and she wouldn't let us anywhere near it again. Vet came and had a look, no foreign bodies present and thought it was just a regular case of conjunctivitis, probably aused by the wind blowing in her face as their field is right on a hill, catches the wind and they live out 24/7. Gave her oral antibiotics (trimediazine powders) and bute as an anti-inflammatory as there was no way i could get near the eye for drops, with instructions to give them 5 days to work and if they dont- then re-evaluate. Also advised to put fly mask on to keep wind out of eyes. Did that last night but have re-checked the eye tonight and it's really swollen on the lower lid and half closed. She still wont let me anywhere near it to do anything, she just rears and bounces around so i cant reach. Have txt my vet to see whether she thinks AB's need more time to work or whether she needs seeing again tomorrow. I know Appaloosas are particularly prone to eye problems so i'm reluctant to let this get any worse. Am i panicking over nothing, do the AB's need more time to work? Or am i right to be concerned? 
) Managed to just about clean it once but took forever and she wouldn't let us anywhere near it again. Vet came and had a look, no foreign bodies present and thought it was just a regular case of conjunctivitis, probably aused by the wind blowing in her face as their field is right on a hill, catches the wind and they live out 24/7. Gave her oral antibiotics (trimediazine powders) and bute as an anti-inflammatory as there was no way i could get near the eye for drops, with instructions to give them 5 days to work and if they dont- then re-evaluate. Also advised to put fly mask on to keep wind out of eyes. Did that last night but have re-checked the eye tonight and it's really swollen on the lower lid and half closed. She still wont let me anywhere near it to do anything, she just rears and bounces around so i cant reach. Have txt my vet to see whether she thinks AB's need more time to work or whether she needs seeing again tomorrow. I know Appaloosas are particularly prone to eye problems so i'm reluctant to let this get any worse. Am i panicking over nothing, do the AB's need more time to work? Or am i right to be concerned? 
