I am worried my Quarter Horse, Bëhr maybe partially blind on his right eye. He’s all of a sudden spooked by anything unexpected on his right side. I am wondering if he’s lost his peripheral vision, its only mid stomach that he spooks easily. Things we did all the time are all of a sudden scary for him. I did the menace test and he can’t seem to see me at his hips on the right side and doesn’t respond to my hand waving just behind his eye. His eye looks normal though. Are there any other signs that he could be having seeing trouble or could it just be something scared him pretty bad on his right side and we just have to work on despooking again? He’s only four.

thanks,
tai

Both,
The only way to kow for sure is to have your vet look @ him.

I agree, definately have the vet come out and make sure they bring an opthalmascope, then make sure you have an area that is either inside the barn or shaded well so they can look in the eye. There could be a couple of things going on and eyes in horses need to be check quickly. If the horse is going blind in that eye, it will take time to adjust but most do just fine. I had a rescue mare for a while that was born with cateracts in both eyes the previous owner thought that the horse just had funny looking blue eyes. Anyways once she buddied up with another horse and my goats she did just fine, even ran and played like normal. She was not safe to ride out but could be used lead lined in an arena.