Entropion

[Stinkbomb]

Hi, i have just posted in the NL about my Inky who has just been diagnosed with entropion ( rolling in of the eyelids ) It is quite common in foals apparently and just wondered if anyone here has any experience of it and what the treatment was and whether it was effective?

 

[Fahrenheit]

No I haven't personally but I have heard of it, its congenital isn't it?! I believe that they temporarily stitch to turn the eye outward but i've never seen it!, I'm sure someone like AndyPandy would be a good person to ask, they probably know alot more than me. I had a foal born with its bottom lip turned inside out once and we kept having to turn it in the right way for her until it eventually stayed by itself...................but thats not helpful to you - sorry! Good Luck!

 

[magic104]

Yes about 18/19 yrs ago & my vet said it was un common in foals. Peter Harding was my vet at the time & he was brilliant. The filly was born Saturday early morning he came out to do the checks etc & noticed the problem straight away. Next day he was back up & we made a make shift op table out of bales of straw. The mare was taken out & allowed to look over the door of the stable while the filly was knocked out & he performed the operation of taking away some of the skin below the eye lid & restitching. I was informed that if we took too much then she would have a hound dog look & if we did not take enough it would curl back over again. He did a fantastic job & a few weeks later you would not even know anything had happened without really looking. Months later there was nothing to see.
Good luck with yours I am sure everything will be fine.

 

[Stinkbomb]

Thanks, he has just had them stitched back for now but if this doesnt work he'll have to have the op to remove some skin. Here are the pictures...

 

[magic104]

Oh bless, sure he will be fine even if he does have to have the op. Peter did not want to do the op on ours & she nearly went to Potters Bar but as she was too young to insure he agreed it would be too costly. Anyway less traumatic for mare & foal to stay at home. He had done the procedure on lambs & dogs but never a foal & was a bit concerned about it. I though had complete trust in him & it was justified.