cyst on the eye question

[Welly]

Hi does anyone have or had experiance with a cyst in the eye, would you buy a horse with one? I have been told its had it a long time.

 

[Misog2000]

Mine has one, it's been there for the 9 years I have had her and never caused any problems, vet checks it when she does teeth and jabs but doesn't expect any issues with it.

 

[Harveydales]

My last horse had one. It looked like a small brown sphere in his eye partially attatched to the corpus nigra. It grew quite a bit over the 17 years I had him but never appeared to affect his eyesight although the vet told me it might. I believe they can be removed now via a simple procedure. If buying a horse with one I would want a vet to confirm it is just a cyst and not a tumour though.