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Bonita's horses & Mule "Nira, Tango & Elvis" - 09-13-01
09-13-01
Hello
Sid,
In the fall of 1996, my
20 year old Arabian gelding, Nira, developed Equine Recurrent Uveitis. He became
totally blind in his left eye and we think he could only see a blurry
shadow from his right eye. All this despite very aggressive
veterinary treatments.
 I
ordered him a Guardian Mask once I realized these bouts of Uveitis
seemed to be aggravated by sunlight. At first I kept the 90% UV
protection lenses on the mask he wore 24 hours per day. Since I
bought him that mask, and started giving him MSM daily, he has only had a couple more bouts of the illness,
and he hasn't had any in the past few years. The mask got pretty tattered
but I only had to replace the eye pieces twice in the past five
years. The last set he used were the 80% UV protection which seemed to
work just as well since he had stabilized. I have just now had to replaced
the mask in the fall of 2001 and I went back to the highest UV protection
available.
I should also mention that I have started to
experiment on Nira's eyes with Colloidal Silver a
few months ago. I give it to him orally and drop some in his eyes
twice a day, and I have seen some improvement. The cloud that had covered
75% of his good eye has shrunk considerably as has the other one. I am
also starting to see a few minor positive changes in his behavior that
also indicate to me that he is starting to see a bit more. I am guardedly
hopeful!
 A few weeks ago my
Quarter dale gelding Tango developed Red-Eye and it soon spread to Nira
and Elvis, my donkey, too. I already had a Guardian Mask for Tango, but he
had never worn it. I was using it as a spare for when I washed Nira's
mask. Now I started putting it on Tango and he must have realized the
benefit because now he lets me put it on him easily every day. After
dropping Colloidal Silver in all of there eyes for a few days the Red-Eye
totally cleared up.
Elvis has often had
crusties or slight tearing from his eyes which I always figured was
just irritation from dirt since he rolls in the dirt multiple times per
day and is always a little dustbowl whenever you pet him. Since I had to
order a new mask for Nira, I figured I might as well get one for Elvis
too.
Now all three of
"my boys" wear their Guardian masks during the day and Nira
still wears his at night as well since it also protects him from getting
foreign objects in his eyes. I haven't been able to get a picture of the
three of them together sporting their masks yet, but here are a few shots
I did manage to get. I have also included a
"before" picture of Nira last winter, wearing his ratty old
mask.
Your product is
wonderful and I also appreciate the fact that you continue to make small
design changes in hopes of making an even more durable mask.
Thank-you Sid.
The aggressive treatments prescribed by Veterinarians are often times
disappointing. Your discovery however was an excellent aid
helping all three and we are pleased that Guardian Masks were
recognized and used to help that prevention and control.
Thank you very much for sharing
your unique experience. It's great to see the Guardian Mask
being used on your star Mule as well!
Guardian Mask
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