Well its been a while but I am back. Unfortunatly I have some bad news. My beloved mule and trail buddy has developed a corneal ulcer. We don't know when or how this happened. The vet stained the eye to find the ulcer. Unfortunatly the eye has started to turn bluish grey and he is obvious in pain. To treat we are using an antibiotic eye drops six times a day and Bute twice a day. If we don't see marked improvement in 48 hours we will have to do a culture on the puss to see what to use to kill the infection. It is yet unkown if he will loose the sight or the eye. I will post again on Wendsday after the apointment and let you all know what is going on. Has anyone ever had to deal with an corneal ulcer, if so what was done and what was the outcome. I could use all the help that I can get during this time of crisis. Has anyone ever ridden a horse or mule that was blind in one eye. Thanks to you all
Lazy J
We have a 7 yo Qtr Mare that had a corneal ulcer prior to the nine-day trail ride this summer. We treated for about three weeks befor we could get it cleared up.
JOYWe used an OINTMENT for gram neg. and atropine ointment three times, then twice a day for about five days. No luck... then gram pos. and atrophine for the pain. another five days...No luck then monostat 7 for bacterial infection mixed with gram neg. in a syringe and atrophine ointment... Eureka! It just depends on the type of infection that you are fighting. The technique we used was a simple handle and string twitch and put about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch line of ointment each time inside the eyelid. Good Luck !
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