Weeping....

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.....eyes!
My cob has for the last couple of weeks come in with very weepy eyes,any ideas as to why and how is the best way to help him......I can only conclude that the field which he is in,is very poor grazing and buttercups every where(Not ideal I know!)he is turned out with a TB and it does not appear to effect him........just concerned as to why and if anyone else has had this problem...have considered putting his mask on in a hope it might help...have never had this problem in the 4 years of owning him!

Thankies for reading.

 

[JoBo]

My sister’s old WB had this, we wasn’t sure if it was the butter cups or flies, or both, but we put a fly mask on and it completely stopped. So I would give that a go first and see from there.

 

[Paint it Lucky]

I'd also try a fly mask.

 

[Cliqmo]

Might be a bit of hayfever? I also suggest a fly mask

 

[7888]

Wash eyes with Camomile tea - its really good !

 

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Wash eyes with Camomile tea - its really good !

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Erm... will get some tomorrow,Thank You for the tip.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Save your tea bags & wet them & use them to wipe the eyes. You can also use Optrex from your local pharmacy if you want.

 

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Thanks Toby,

 

[Ziggy_]

About half the horses at my yard had this last spring - we never did work out what was causing it. We bunged fly masks on and I think they did the trick.

 

[cellie]

My tb started with weepy eyes and it turned into eye infection.Blasted flies.I used golden eye ointment and optrex eye wash and he was ok after couple of days.I made sure I washed his fly mask regulary as well .

 

[Puddock]

My loan horse seems to get this quite often, also been recommended goldeneye ointment - think you have to ask at the pharmacy's counter for it, but remember not to mention that it's not for human use as they won't sell it to you!