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Location: MS | Anyone have any experience with moon blindness? What did you do that seemed to help the recurrence of it?
Our old pony is having episodes in one eye. She's had two in the last few weeks.
She is under vet care but just trying to get any ideas I can to help her.
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Location: lost in missouri | GUARDIAN MASK I spent thousands of dollars on my gelding with his uveitis. we have not had a single rcurrance since putting this mask on his face. he has three masks. two of them are in the barn that he rotates between when they need cleaned and a spare in the trailer in case anything happens to his when on the road. |
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Location: SW MO | Yes a mask is must.
Also stress will cause it to flair up. We had mare that had it for years if you moved in a different pasture or put a new horse in with her she would have a flair up. If your horse is used to a being with a buddy keep that horse with her where ever she goes if you can. |
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| Mask on all the time. Asprin everyday,msm everyday. Thats is from univ. of IL and we have not had any episodes in a year. |
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Location: lost in missouri | We also do the MSM and instead of aspirin do BL pellets. I was coming back to add that, got interrupted during first post.
Edited by redracinmo 2014-01-15 12:24 PM
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Location: MS | Thanks for all the help.
She will have a mask on today and I will be ordering her a Guardian Mask. The MSM was one thing I was thinking about doing so I will get her started on that and either the aspirin or BL Pellets.
Here's a picture of her and my little boy just so you can see how cute they are!
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Location: lost in missouri | Oh they are adorable together. That sweet little pony is lucky to have you all. Use a dark mask on her until you get your guardian. The lighter masks have been found to irritate the issue as well. The guardians can seem pricey but after spending the large amounts of time and money I have spent they are a bargain. |
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Location: NE Texas | DashNSpeckles - 2014-01-15 1:22 PM Thanks for all the help. She will have a mask on today and I will be ordering her a Guardian Mask. The MSM was one thing I was thinking about doing so I will get her started on that and either the aspirin or BL Pellets. Here's a picture of her and my little boy just so you can see how cute they are!
Awesome picture! That made my day....thanks for sharing! |
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Location: MS | Thank you! The Guardian Mask is expensive compared to others but cuts down on the vet bills so definitely worth the price. |
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Location: MS | Herbie - 2014-01-16 9:52 AM
DashNSpeckles - 2014-01-15 1:22 PM Thanks for all the help. She will have a mask on today and I will be ordering her a Guardian Mask. The MSM was one thing I was thinking about doing so I will get her started on that and either the aspirin or BL Pellets. Here's a picture of her and my little boy just so you can see how cute they are!
Awesome picture! That made my day....thanks for sharing!
Thanks! He loves her. Her name is Mistie Mae but he calls her Mae Mae. |
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Location: Down South Mississippi | Daily aspirin & MSM |
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| What are symptoms for this? My new gelding has something weird going on with his eye. I bought him like this and was already seen by the vet prior and was put on drops. It doesn't seem to improved. |
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Location: MS | bbennington - 2014-01-16 8:25 PM What are symptoms for this? My new gelding has something weird going on with his eye. I bought him like this and was already seen by the vet prior and was put on drops. It doesn't seem to improved.
My pony can't see out of the affected eye when she's having a recurrence. Her eye waters and she keeps it closed most of the time.
Here's good link I found that will give you detailed information about it.
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vhc/tc/clinical_services/ophthal/uveitis.html
Edited by DashNSpeckles 2014-01-17 8:55 AM
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Location: East Texas | I also second the guardian mask! |
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Location: MS | Run n on faith - 2014-01-17 9:32 AM
I also second the guardian mask!
Thanks! I ordered it this morning. |
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| Where did you find that adoreable blanket? Such a sweet picture! |
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Location: MS | Griz - 2014-01-17 11:22 AM
Where did you find that adoreable blanket? Such a sweet picture!
Thank you. Her previous owners purchased it so I'm not sure where it came from. |
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| My gelding gets eye drops daily. He has very limited vision in his eye, and chronic uveitis which led to glaucoma. I'd been working with my vet for over a year when the glaucoma sent us on an emergency trip to an ophthalmologist. They prescribed dorzolomide with timolol as well as an eye ointment. I've found that if I use the dorzolomide daily to reduce the eye pressure and also a prednisolone to help with the inflammation he stays comfortable. Prior to the glaucoma I thought that he could see out of his eye, but they believe that he hasn't been seeing much for quite a while. So I'm not worried about saving his vision, just keeping him comfortable because when he has a flair up it is painful.
I'll definitely be looking into the Guardian Mask. |
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| I read over the link you posted and I still am not for sure. He still seems to have vision. How long does it usually last when it flares up?
His eye should be blue and this is what it looking like.. Anyone have an idea? |
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Location: Ohio | bbennington - 2014-01-17 12:14 PM
I read over the link you posted and I still am not for sure. He still seems to have vision. How long does it usually last when it flares up?
His eye should be blue and this is what it looking like.. Anyone have an idea?
We had a senior horse that had moon blindness in both eyes and was considered completely blind. His previous owners had left a fly mask on him all the time and the vet said this had caused the bacteria to start (we all shared the same vet so he was very familiar with this horse). The fogginess in his eyes would change depending on the weather from the typical bluish cast to a little more foggy, white opaque appearance on his worst days. It really all depended on how overcast it was. On certain days he could make out shadows and get around pretty well but on other days he was 100% blind.
For some reason this gelding loved being babysitting our weanlings and younger horses and was pretty good about teaching manners. They would buck and play around him in small circles while he arched his neck and tried to buck and play in the center. Miss that goofy horse!
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Location: MS | Jenbabe - 2014-01-18 10:48 AM
My gelding gets eye drops daily. He has very limited vision in his eye, and chronic uveitis which led to glaucoma. I'd been working with my vet for over a year when the glaucoma sent us on an emergency trip to an ophthalmologist. They prescribed dorzolomide with timolol as well as an eye ointment. I've found that if I use the dorzolomide daily to reduce the eye pressure and also a prednisolone to help with the inflammation he stays comfortable. Prior to the glaucoma I thought that he could see out of his eye, but they believe that he hasn't been seeing much for quite a while. So I'm not worried about saving his vision, just keeping him comfortable because when he has a flair up it is painful.
I'll definitely be looking into the Guardian Mask.
Do you use the Prednisolone daily? In eye drop form?
I don't believe my pony has 100% vision on a normal day but she can still see some. I want to try to keep the flair ups to a minimum for the pain issue and to save as much of her vision as possible.
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| DashNSpeckles - 2014-01-20 10:38 AM
Jenbabe - 2014-01-18 10:48 AM
My gelding gets eye drops daily. He has very limited vision in his eye, and chronic uveitis which led to glaucoma. I'd been working with my vet for over a year when the glaucoma sent us on an emergency trip to an ophthalmologist. They prescribed dorzolomide with timolol as well as an eye ointment. I've found that if I use the dorzolomide daily to reduce the eye pressure and also a prednisolone to help with the inflammation he stays comfortable. Prior to the glaucoma I thought that he could see out of his eye, but they believe that he hasn't been seeing much for quite a while. So I'm not worried about saving his vision, just keeping him comfortable because when he has a flair up it is painful.
I'll definitely be looking into the Guardian Mask.
Do you use the Prednisolone daily? In eye drop form?
I don't believe my pony has 100% vision on a normal day but she can still see some. I want to try to keep the flair ups to a minimum for the pain issue and to save as much of her vision as possible.
Thanks!
I just check his eye daily and decide how to treat. If it is looking good, then I'll alternate the dorzolomide and the prednisolone, giving one daily. Occasionally though, it will start to look like it's getting cloudy and then I'll up it and do each of them daily. Not very scientific! I've just kind of learned what I need to do to keep it managed. We've owned him for almost 2 years, and been dealing with it for around a year and a half. If you're giving the prednisolone daily you have to be very careful that the horse doesn't have a scratch or develop an ulcer, because that will aggravate it. We had that happen once, and it turned into quite the ordeal because he developed an ulcer and when we switched ointments it healed over and created and abcess.
When I took my gelding to the ophthalmologist I was asked several times by several different people if I was giving him drops. I was wondering why everyone kept asking me, and finally the vet said that most horses won't tolerate the drops and they were surprised that I was giving them to him daily. I've tried the ointments, but have no luck getting that stuff in the eye. I don't even need a halter, he just stands there and lets me do it. I hold his eye open and drop it into the corner and let it coat the eye. |
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Location: MS | Jenbabe - 2014-01-20 11:42 AM
DashNSpeckles - 2014-01-20 10:38 AM
Jenbabe - 2014-01-18 10:48 AM
My gelding gets eye drops daily. He has very limited vision in his eye, and chronic uveitis which led to glaucoma. I'd been working with my vet for over a year when the glaucoma sent us on an emergency trip to an ophthalmologist. They prescribed dorzolomide with timolol as well as an eye ointment. I've found that if I use the dorzolomide daily to reduce the eye pressure and also a prednisolone to help with the inflammation he stays comfortable. Prior to the glaucoma I thought that he could see out of his eye, but they believe that he hasn't been seeing much for quite a while. So I'm not worried about saving his vision, just keeping him comfortable because when he has a flair up it is painful.
I'll definitely be looking into the Guardian Mask.
Do you use the Prednisolone daily? In eye drop form?
I don't believe my pony has 100% vision on a normal day but she can still see some. I want to try to keep the flair ups to a minimum for the pain issue and to save as much of her vision as possible.
Thanks!
I just check his eye daily and decide how to treat. If it is looking good, then I'll alternate the dorzolomide and the prednisolone, giving one daily. Occasionally though, it will start to look like it's getting cloudy and then I'll up it and do each of them daily. Not very scientific! I've just kind of learned what I need to do to keep it managed. We've owned him for almost 2 years, and been dealing with it for around a year and a half. If you're giving the prednisolone daily you have to be very careful that the horse doesn't have a scratch or develop an ulcer, because that will aggravate it. We had that happen once, and it turned into quite the ordeal because he developed an ulcer and when we switched ointments it healed over and created and abcess.
When I took my gelding to the ophthalmologist I was asked several times by several different people if I was giving him drops. I was wondering why everyone kept asking me, and finally the vet said that most horses won't tolerate the drops and they were surprised that I was giving them to him daily. I've tried the ointments, but have no luck getting that stuff in the eye. I don't even need a halter, he just stands there and lets me do it. I hold his eye open and drop it into the corner and let it coat the eye.
Getting the ointment in her eye is our problem as well. It takes two people to do it. I think drops would be much easier. I'm going to ask my vet about them.
Thanks for the help. |
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| DashNSpeckles - 2014-01-20 12:02 PM
Getting the ointment in her eye is our problem as well. It takes two people to do it. I think drops would be much easier. I'm going to ask my vet about them.
Thanks for the help.
No problem! When I started on this journey with my gelding's eye I had little knowledge about it and no experience. I hope that you're able to get your pony's uveitis managed. I can tell when mine's eye is bugging him, and I just feel horrible for him. Edited by Jenbabe 2014-01-20 12:43 PM
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