marks on lens of eye

roxy007

roxy007

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One of our mini shetland mares came to us 3 years ago with three small marks on the lens of one of her eyes. its like three white coloured dots side by side across her eye ball.When our vet looked at her she said that it didn't need any treatment and it would just be like looking through a pane of glass to us that had a few marks on it and that she'd most likely poked it on a branch or something. I'd really like to see if there's anything that could be done for this and wondered if anyone has had a similar problem before I ask for a specialist opinion
 
My mare punctured her eye ball 2 years ago it looked like a hole on the top surface of her eye. It healed with eye cream but the vet had to come out every few days to sedate her to put the cream in as she wouldn't allow it to be put it! Was a very large vet bill but it did finally heal leaving a tiny mark on her eye like you describe.

I have just had the vet today as the flies have irritated her eye and it seems the infection has got into this old scar and flared it all up again. Back on eye creams but having to put in myself as insurance won't cover her eye now!

I would keep a close eye (pardon the pun!) on them and make sure the flies can't irritate it as it will probably be a weak point like my mares. My mare has no vision problems and she can still see out despite the mark that is there permanently.
 
My previous horse had a mark on the lens of his eye. The vet noticed it when I had him initially vetted and thought he may have scratched it once. He didn't think it would ever give him trouble. I had Jake for 9 years and he didn't ever have any trouble with that eye!
 
The cornea loses it's transparency when it is damaged. If your wee girl has had this 3 years or more then it's pretty certainly permanent. As far as I know, the only way of removing it would be to try surgery that slices off the layer of the cornea that is damaged. But if the damage goes right through the cornea that wouldn't work and anyway, any surgery to the eye is so incredibly delicate for uncertain outcomes. The risk of infection and creating more problems than you cure is huge. I'd leave it alone. There might be a tiny risk that as ned ages, the damage would progress as a cataract but your vets would be able to advise on that.
 
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