Posted 2014-02-13 8:10 PM Subject: Cataracts in Horses?
Veteran
Posts: 230 Location: East River! North Dakota
Have any of you ever had experience with cataracts in your horses? My barrel horse is going blind in one eye and we are pretty sure it is a cataract. Just wondering what your experiences are, if anyone has done the surgery, etc.
Have you checked for moon blindness? I have heard really good things about silver lining herbs bright eyes. I ordered some for my gelding. I think it is around $60 for a bag which last 60 days. I figured it was worth trying..
Posted 2014-02-14 10:32 AM Subject: RE: Cataracts in Horses?
Party Girl
Posts: 12293 Location: Buffalo, Wyoming
One of mine has one. I bought him 3 years ago and when I would work him on the barrels it seemed like he wasn't seeing out 2nd and 3rd barrels (left eye) so I started working him to the left first, it wasn't pretty but it was better than 2 bad barrels.
I took him into the vet and he said he had the starting of one but he wasn't to concerned with it at that point. He said if I am running indoors just to make sure his eyes adjust. I have since switched him back to the right first and he is working really well outside where this is more light. Inside we still need some work. I guess if mine continues to get worse I will be looking into different options but he is doing pretty well right now.
We also had a horse that was blind in one eye, not do to cataracts. He wasn't a barrel horse but I messed with him when I was younger and would take him to the left first since that was his bad eye. I think with these you have to come up with some ques that you give at specific times and stick with them consistenly for a horse to work good on the pattern.
Cataracts in Horses?
