[clyde-gal]

When I had my clyde the vet had him on the ground and used a drill to remove 'the goods'.. He said that it was a new way and ended up causing less bleeding and swelling because of the spinning action that severed all the veins and tissue. Sure enough it did, but no one else has meantioned what he had done, so now I'm wondering about the practice!

[Solsalia]

Originally Posted by littlecelticpony

As a small animal vet tech, I can attest to this. I've assisted countless surgeries, both traditional and laser, and have seen castrations done with both.





Hope those got tossed on the roof.

Guess that gives a different meaning to 'Got em by the Testicales'

[Banat]

Originally Posted by littlecelticpony

Hope those got tossed on the roof.

Then how would the dogs reach them?

[littlecelticpony]

Originally Posted by banat

Then how would the dogs reach them?

I dunno. I don't know much about Rocky Mountain Oysters, either, but I do know a thing or two about luck!

[tbtrainer]

clyde, my vet was talking to me about the drill method when we were cutting my colt... she is planning on getting one... I havents seen it done though, and this year we have had only fillies... guess I'll have to wait awhile to witness it!

[tbtrainer]

Oh, to answer your question littleceltic... YES, they did get tossed up on the roof, well one made it anyway... the other hit my vets truck..

[littlecelticpony]

Originally Posted by tbtrainer

Oh, to answer your question littleceltic... YES, they did get tossed up on the roof, well one made it anyway... the other hit my vets truck..

Hhahaha! Same thing almost happened to us last time we did an on site castration. It was pouring rain so the little things were quite slippery. And I mean little - it was a mini stallion, haha.

[clyde-gal]

tbtrainer - well it sure worked, I'd have to vet do it again - if I ever have a little one again that is.

[Xiphias]

Originally Posted by tbtrainer

Oh Cathy, not the icky castration story again!!!! Been on the track 25 yrs, never, ever, seen it done that way!!! We usually do it with them sedated and standing... unless we have a really bad one we will lay them down.. but the preffered way is to have them standing.. better drainage is what I've been told.

There is a laser surgery also, I'll have to look it up!

Andi, it was Dr. Morgan, and he was gelding one of Bobby's ottb colts that he picked up....no sedation, no nuthin for the poor horse scotch hobble and twitch, and slice slice, cut cut, squish squish...threw the "plums" on the floor, for JRT's to eat...Cathy

[Lexy]

Heard of the standing method, but only witnessed the "lay down" method..... which I never had much of a problem with until recently.

I dunno, but I do believe it is much harder on a mature stallion than it is a weanling, yearling or early two yr old. I have seen many weanlings/yearlings gelded, but this was my first mature stallion.

On May 22 we hauled Chance over to a friends place where the vet was coming to geld a colt of hers. Since we hauled in, he (the vet) decided to do Chance first so that while he was doing the yearling colt, Chance would have time to regain his feet before he left.

He gave Chance the first shot.... then the second. He went down easy enough. Vet was straddled across Chance's barrel in the "gelding" position, hubby was holding the lead rope. When Doc made the incision on #1, Chance started to come up, (only brought his head off the ground). As we have always done..... hubby put his knees on Chance's neck to keep him from thrashing (Tommy is over 6 ft and near 300lbs). When Doc pulled out the testicle and used the emasculator..... Chance let out a loud groan, THREW hubby over backward, Doc jumped back in time to keep from getting tossed as Chance came UP to a stand. He (Chance) went right back down tho.

Then #2 came. This time it wasn't just a groan... it was somewhere between a groan and a squeal (like as in PAIN). Same thing only this time Tommy, Doc AND emasculator went flying. (Had to get the rake to find the emasculator cause they ended up under Chance buried in the dirt).

It was a fiasco. Not to mention very traumatic for ME. This is the first stallion we have had gelded in ages, and the first one since I learned that the drugs given are NOT in anyway a pain killer (meaning a numbing agent), they are just a paralyzer. The horse is fully awake, just can't get up.... or should I say they shouldn't be able to get up. And the stallion feels every ounce of the pain associated with the procedure.

What went wrong here is that Doc mis-judged the dosage of the meds. Chance isn't a "big" horse by any means, but he is stout. The only thing I fault the vet for is that he should have given him a bit more of the med. before he started on #2. But giving the meds is a **** shoot. Either you give them not enough, too much, or just right. The first two can be a problem....... especially too much.

It's a good thing this vet doesn't do it standing..... that could have been a major wreck.