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Discussion on Cloudy Eye?
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New Member:
sihri
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 1:07 pm:
Hi I am a new member and my mare just had a foal he is a grey? /white pinto. Mostly white with a lot of pink skin. I have a question about his eyes. One eye is a normal brown he has a grey patch around this eye. The other is white with some possibly blue color bottom inner corner. I thought at first his I was turned in. My vet checked him and at first thought he didn't have an eye there at all but with further inspection his eye is there. It is smaller than his other eye but does reflect light of what might be a pupil we did check for blindness but he was less than 24 hours old (born 2/25/2010 @ 11:58 pm)and did not respond to testing with either eye (vet said he is too young to have a definitive response to the test at this time). This eye has pink skin surrounding the eye,no sign of swelling or infection and was born this way. Normal birth with no complications or traumas. I was present at the foaling and he was given a clean bill of health by the vet(2/26/2010) Has anyone heard of this before and aside from possible blindness is there anything else I should watch for or do for this little guy? any suggestions would be helpful.
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scooter
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 1:25 pm:
Welcome to Ha Nancy.. Does the foal act like he is blind? Run into things ect?
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Member:
stek
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 1:28 pm:
Hi Nancy, welcome to HA. I worked on a big paint farm for a while but have never seen an eye as you describe so unfortunately can't offer you any advice. You might want to try posting some photos. Usually helps clarify what you are describing.
Can you confirm whether he is actually grey/white or if he's all white? And were his parents both overos?
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vickiann
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 2:07 pm:
Nancy,
Your description makes me think of my Blue Merle Australian Shepherd's eyes. They are what is call "marbled eyes."
I believe that horses too can have these marbled eyes and wonder if that may be the case with your foal.
If so, it is not a problem. just a natural feature.
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New Member:
sihri
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 2:28 pm:
Diane, He is still somewhat unsteady on his legs but he is not running into things any more than a normal foal would. this is not my first foal.
Shannon, His dam is a solid sorrel by a chestnut roan and out of a grey pinto according to registration papers. Sire is a grey and white pinto according to the registry. This is the only photo I've taken of him. 
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scooter
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 3:32 pm:
OH he is cute Is he a mini, or a pony? he looks small.
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New Member:
sihri
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 4:31 pm:
He is a mini and only 22 inches
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scooter
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 5:32 pm:
Nancy I have had a few foals and don't recall them being unsteady yet after 2 days. Of course this was years ago so maybe I am not remembering correctly. The last I had foaled Hank hit the ground running it seemed
I hope your foal is OK
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New Member:
sihri
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 - 6:50 pm:
I think Viki Z my be right I did a internet search on australian Shepherd with marbled eyes and wikipedia had an article on animals with heterochromia (causes the marbled eyes): "Horses with complete heterochromia have one brown and one white, gray or blue eye - complete heterochromia is more common in horses with pinto coloring.) My foal does have one white eye. Can anyone confirm this statement from wikipedia?
Diane, my mare did colic after the foaling and first nursing was delayed due to this. Now the colt is running around and does not show any symptoms of blindness
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 28, 2010 - 7:59 am:
Welcome Nancy,
Do you have a small eye in a normal size socket or is the eye and socket both small? In other words does the eye fill the whole eye socket?
DrO
PS Nancy, you need to learn how to create a new discussion rather than appending it to the bottom of someone else's discussion. For more on this see Help & Information on Using This Site ยป Welcome to The Horseman's Advisor.
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New Member:
sihri
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 28, 2010 - 8:17 am:
Dear Dr. Robert the whit eye and socket are slightly smaller than than the normal eye. eye does fill the entire socket. The eye also did have a cloudy appearance so I thought this was where it should be posted but now that I know it is not the case I am going to create a new discussion Thank you.
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Moderator:
DrO
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Posted on Monday, Mar 1, 2010 - 5:44 pm:
Hello Nancy,
It is not the title of this subtopic that is the problem, it is that this is Miriam's discussion on her horse with a cloudy eye. By starting your own discussion horseadvice stays neater and your posts and members replies don't get confused with those for Miriam. On top of that new discussions tend to get more responses than replies in older discussions.
DrO
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