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Are horses born blind

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Their eyes are usually closed at birth but their mother will eventually lick them clean. So, they can see but their eyes are not open. In a event to finding a stray newborn who's eyes are still shut just take a luke warm rag and wash them clean. They're virtually like cats.

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Yes. Newborn foals need to stand and run with the herd in a very short time. Unlike puppies, who are preditors, they don't have weeks or even days to wait for their vision to to sharpen. This is true with most prey animals.

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Very few foals are blind at birth. However, usually a horse's foal is not blind at birth. They can see.

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yes, some horses can be born blind: others devolp a sickness and become blind, or go blind for another reason [that i dont know]

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No they are born with their eyes open - if it is premature as in born too early sometimes its eyelids have not yet fully separated.

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Yes, foals are born with their eyes open. Within an hour of birth, they should be up and running, too.

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A baby lamb should open their eyes within a couple of hours after birth. The baby lamb will also be up and walking soon after birth.

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They are born with their eyes open.

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