Candleliteranch
Well-Known Member
I am so upset! I sold a gelding to what I thought was a very good home. the family made payments on him for several months. they paid him off and picked him up a little over a month ago. He had at one time had an eye injury and lost a small section of his eyelid. I made sure the new owner was aware of it before he left. I told her it would sometimes tear up and get runny if it was windy out. all we ever had to do was wipe it out and rinse it and it was fine. Had the vet flush his tear duct just in case.
She took him home and put a fly mask on him AND left his halter on him 24/7 for over a month without ever taking the mask off. She called today and said she noticed a "bad smell" on his mask so took it off to look. His eye is a mess! She said it's swollen, red and has a blue film on it! He also has a major sore on his face where he's been trying to rub the mask off. Says she called the vet and they can't come till THURSDAY!
I told her to tell them it's an emergency and to get them out there quickly! She says "I don't think they'd consider it an emergency"! To me an eye injury is most defiinitely an emergency!
They are in the process of buying a house and packing to move, so obviously the horses took a back seat. THIS is why I seldom sell a horse! This is just making me sick to think that my boy is suffering because of her carelessness.
She took him home and put a fly mask on him AND left his halter on him 24/7 for over a month without ever taking the mask off. She called today and said she noticed a "bad smell" on his mask so took it off to look. His eye is a mess! She said it's swollen, red and has a blue film on it! He also has a major sore on his face where he's been trying to rub the mask off. Says she called the vet and they can't come till THURSDAY!
I told her to tell them it's an emergency and to get them out there quickly! She says "I don't think they'd consider it an emergency"! To me an eye injury is most defiinitely an emergency!
They are in the process of buying a house and packing to move, so obviously the horses took a back seat. THIS is why I seldom sell a horse! This is just making me sick to think that my boy is suffering because of her carelessness.