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Location: MD | So I'm mildly obsessive about protecting my own eyes from UV rays as my mom worked in a glasses store and successfully terrified me that my eyes will probably shrivel up and fall out if I don't protect them from the sunlight ;)
So I was thinking, it's always important to protect our own eyes, what about our horses? does anyone use fly masks in the winter to help with the sun and the light from all of that glistening snow we have coming in a few months? not trying to be crazy but, i'm strictly a data entry lady today and am obviously applying myself to work right now ;)
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| My mare wears a fly mask year round. However she has blue eyes and is more sensitive to light especially it reflecting off the snow in the winter. |
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| First off, yes....TGIF!
I've never thought of this but it makes sense. I'm a fanatic about my sunglasses always being on or near me so why not our ponies? |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I only started doing it last year because of my head shaker mare... |
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Location: North Dakota | cowgirlup2it - 2014-09-19 1:01 PM First off, yes....TGIF! I've never thought of this but it makes sense. I'm a fanatic about my sunglasses always being on or near me so why not our ponies?
One thing to think about is that the average human will live over 70 years. Whereas the average quarter horse will live to 25.
I've yet to see a 25-year-old human patient who has UV-induced ocular conditions such as cataracts or macular degeneration.
Yes the horse is getting UV exposure outside, but their lives are so much shorter than ours that it most likely won't be enough to do anything by the time they die. If they also lived to be 70+ then it would be another story.
So eh. I wouldn't worry about it in your horses.
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| I keep mine on year round because we live in an area where it can get super windy. All of the horses tend to get reallly runny, goopy eyes without their masks on when it's windy. |
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Location: SoCal | Usually we have flies year round, so my horses get it year round. I don't always put one on my young mare if it's been bad weather, and my old mare is allergic to flies so I just leave one on her just in case, and then my gelding has a bald face, blue eyes and pink skin. He tends to shred his and pull them off. This is the first year he's actually left it on. I try to keep one on him if I can because he is so light skinned and I want to protect his face and eyes. |
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