Tangaroo
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Im interested to know whether you would buy a horse who failed a vetting on a cataract? If you have done, has it led to any problems further down the line?
Very much this. We lost a dearly loved pony who was only a youngster and had such massive potential to blindness which in turn left him terrified. It wasn’t niceDepends what has caused the cataract.
My last horse had cataracts in both eyes caused by posterior uvietis. He was pts as was nearly totally blind.
I asked my vet this once she said that because they have to ga and paralyse to get them still enough the risks were high (in humans they’re done under local)Probably not.
But in humans, cataract surgery takes less than 15 minutes including anaesthetic time and is really simple. Anyone know why it isn't done routinely in horses?
I have yes, and had many happy years with her, lovely mare and my first.Im interested to know whether you would buy a horse who failed a vetting on a cataract? If you have done, has it led to any problems further down the line?