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Re: [RC] I have called the vet but seeking "extra" advice - Don HustonMy wife's horse had yucky junk filled eyes (conjunctivitis?) for a long time and I put ophthalmologic ointment in 2-3 times a week for months but it never cleared up. Finally I started squirting betadine on a wet washcloth and cleaning around his eyes and lower front legs and leaving it on the hair and no fly mask. I don't use the ointment at all now but still wipe his face and legs once a week and it is totally gone in one eye. The other eye still gets a little red and weepy between wipes but it's getting better. I never had it done but I know the vet can flush the eye ducts which might be clogged and harboring the infection, ask about it.Don Huston At 08:37 AM 6/14/2006 Wednesday, you wrote: My two year old distance prospect has come down with conjunctivitis, this is week #4. The left eye was affected, treated with three varying antibiotics, cleared up, then the right eye caught it, same drill, and now she is getting it in the left eye and right eye *****sigh*****. Do any of you know of supportive measures to prevent her becoming reinfected? She's a mess, looks like she's been in a bar fight. Gave her a bath this morning, washed her forelock good, scrubbed her legs where she keeps rubbing her eyes on them, put on a clean fly mask, used a human insect repel wipe on her face, and last but not least held a chamomile compress on both eyes this morning just to give her some comfort. Now you all haven't lived until you tried squirting eye drops into this filly's eyes....she got so headshy by the end of week one I had to switch to a salve which she is tolerating. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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