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martha615
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 Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 08:49:55 AM
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Can anyone tell me if they've had this experience. You put a haynet in your horse's stable and he doesn't see or smell it? So then you have to show it to him, and he tucks in?
I'm wondering if my old boy is losing his marbles....
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glo
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Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 09:27:03 AM
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Get the vet to come and see him!! Years ago I had a little pony on loan, when I jumped him some times he would fall over the jumps, when I said UP just at the jump he would jump huge and clear them.
We later found out that he had gone blind!!! |
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Suelin
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England
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Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 09:29:14 AM
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| Our older horse (22) has a problem seeing in the darkness, particularly when you get him in from the light outside to a darker stable. We think his eyes don't adjust as quickly as they used to. He can have a problem seeing a feed bowl and has to be shown it now. We aren't troubled by it but we do keep the "furniture" in the same place to give him some continuity within his own space. He isn't troubled either, he's a very happy chap and his eyesight seems absolutely fine during the day. |
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martha615
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England
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Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 10:33:37 AM
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| This is interesting and thanks very much for your thoughts. I am going to test to see if this happens in the dark only . I only noticed it the last couple of nights when he went into his stable (at about 8pm) and did not go to his food! |
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pintoarabian
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Pop
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Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 08:13:32 AM
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Hi, Yes, my old pony was like that. I didn't notice it, someone pointed it out to me, I worked out that she knew my system so well that she knew where to go when, but if someone else fed her, she couldn't seem to find the food. I would always put the food in exactly the same place, but the other person put it in a different place; and I guess she wasn't necessarily expecting them to give her food. She was OK outdoors mostly, (couldn't find apples in grass thou) but not indoors where there was less light. She had cushings.
ETA, do you feed him from your hand, put a tiny few nuts in your hand and feel how he takes them, if is different than normal? Not big nuts, small ones, see how he picks them up off your hand with his lips. Humour me  |
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martha615
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martha615
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 12:37:30 PM
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| Well, I don't know if it is any different than before. He does use his lower lip a lot. What did yours do? |
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Pop
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 12:59:36 PM
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| She became unable to pick up small things with her lips ..... and since your guy seems to be following her every symptom ... was just thinking ..... |
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martha615
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England
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 1:17:39 PM
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| Interesting. Might be that is why he is flapping so much with his lower lip....poor ol' Monty. I keep hoping the weather improves so at least he gets a decent spring/summer....he sure deserves it. |
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Vik1
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 5:53:42 PM
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| My older horse is blind in one eye due to a cataract. I noticed about a year and half ago when she was on box rest that she seemed to keep bumping into things. I thought at first it was a lack of concentration as she is a bit dippy but then she really jump back, became a bit nervous going through doorways and didnt like me leading her on teh right hand side. She kept hanging back. got a pen torch and noticed her iris didnt change and her pupil was a bit blue. Vet confirmed a solid cataract. She misses things if its on that side, or shel get a fright if you approach her without speaking from the right. She box walks more now too as my other one stable is on her bad side so shel do a circle to check on him. |
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angel2002
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 8:08:26 PM
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| Have you tried changing your haynet to one of those new 'glow in the dark ones? |
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tiny
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 8:13:01 PM
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angel what a fabulous idea or could just leave the stable light on
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Vik1
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Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 8:42:40 PM
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| I read recently (something I didnt know) that a horses eyesight is best at dawn and dusk as this is when predators are most likely. Brightness of mid day or bright lights affect their eyesight and can find it more difficult. |
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Pop
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Posted - 12 Feb 2013 : 07:51:03 AM
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"Have you tried changing your haynet to one of those new 'glow in the dark ones?"
The ones invented by that old glow in the nose ....
Hear they are faulty, wobble and fall over. Like a weeble. Spooky |
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Pasch
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Posted - 12 Feb 2013 : 7:03:21 PM
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| Vik1 you are right there,in fact a famous ethologist (sorry can't remember who exactly)said they are nocturnal animals.We went on several full moon hacks and the horses were doing everything as in full daylight even when clouds covered the moon in fact we had to trust them completely as we couldn't see much! |
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Older horse not "seeing" the hay?
