Eye trouble

Flash's eyes have been a little goopy the past few days so I decided he needed to go get them checked out. Equine eyes can become major problems very rapidly if small issues are not addressed promptly.  He hopped right on the trailer like a pro and we were off to the vet clinic. Dr. Ray was running a little behind due to two fillies who were having some loading and unloading trouble. So little boy had to stand on the trailer for a little while but he was a perfect gentleman waiting his turn.

Freaky florescent eyes!

When at last she was ready to see him, he came off the trailer like he had done it a million times and looked around calmly in the new surroundings.  I was so proud of him!

Dr. Ray looked him over and found nothing alarming with first look over so  then she put a bit of dye in his eyes to look for scratches on the cornea.  Poor guy. He was not fond of having stuff squirted in his eyes (but really, who is!?) and then having lights shined at them. While he did put his head up pretty high a few times, he did not go into fits and generally, he pretty tolerant with the whole ordeal.

Turns out he has minor tiny little scratches in both eyes. No big deal, thankfully. Just treatment with an ointment a few times a day and monitoring.

I took him over to the scales before we  headed out, he's a whopping 1045 lbs! That surprised me! I would have put him under under 1000! He loaded right into the trailer and traveled beautifully. What a champ!