Mona
Well-Known Member
I am hoping you can view these photos and shed some light on what you suspect might have happened here. I am at a loss. I do not know if it is an infection, if he got a bug in there, if he got dirt in there, or if he poked his eyeball with hay or something else. I tried bringing him into the barn and tieing him up and tried to flush the eye with water and then put some mild (non-steroidal) antibiotic ointment in. Then by tonight, just a few hours later, it looked like there was a little puss. It was fine this morning, so I really don't know. I think there is a locum here this week. I hope I can catch him before he goes back tomorrow, IF he's not already gone! He really needs it to be looked at! I just hope it is nothing that will cause him to lose the eye! I am just wondering if it was likely caused by him banging it on something, since it is so swollen? I couldn't even get it opened enough to get a look at the eyeball to see if there was damage. With the swelling, it is making it too tight and leaving me nothing to grab onto to try to force it open. It is not running(tearing) as I have seen it do when there is a scratch to eye, and it did not seem to be real painful too him when I was trying to look in, so I am at a loss. Wondering if the locum is gone back already, if I should ewait the weekend out and see if the swelling goes down or if I should take him somewhere else? It would be a several hour drive to get him to a vet other than the closest one at 80 miles away, IF he is still in town. I know you guys are not vets, just wondering if you have had any experience with this type of sudden swelling...almost like someone punched him in the eye, or like a person would get a black eye from being hit there. If I felt more likely that that was all it was, I would wait out the weekend to see if the size started to reduce.
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