Mark4510
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May 3, 2006, 1:42 PM
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Re: [CJuneau] Colt being gelded
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Hello Christina,
First off….congratulations! No pictures?
It sounds as though your colt is still young so I would not anticipate any problems with a good vet. I assume you have gone through this before but if you have not here are the things we do during and after a gelding.
- Prior to the procedure
- We like to take a young horse and handle it. Most of the time we simply just make sure we can have a couple of folks stand at the colts neck while one of them grabs a handful of skin so it will be comfortable getting drugged.
- We also make sure that the area around the colt is free from any sharp objects or items that may hurt the horse. If possible, we try to do this in as open an area as we can. Many times when a baby comes out of sedation it gets a little anxious so keeping it from crashing into things helps.
- Make sure the area where the colt is going to be laid down is easy to work in. It helps make it easy for the vet to operate.
- If doing it outside and if it’s warm try to do it in the shade.
- During the procedure
- Do everything you can to protect its eyes. The ground eye needs to be kept away from grass/sand/etc that can get in its eye. Also cover the sky eye to keep it from getting burned.
- while it is coming out from sedation it does not help to have a lot of folks standing around. I am not sure what they think when they are coming out but each one seems to have a very different reaction. Too many people tend to spook it.
- After the procedure
- while it is coming out I would stand clear. Those legs can get to flailing around
- for sure I would put in on SMZ’s. One of the local vets here actually give it a dose the day before to make sure its in its system but see what your vet recommends.
- We tend to keep them out and about. Not only does it help keep the swelling down but horses generally do better when they are moving.
- This is pretty major surgery. The other thing we do when we stress a horse, regardless of the reason, is to make sure we feed it Forco. Forco has been proven to reduce the chance of colic so we feed it daily and up the amount for stress.
- I would not turn it out with any other youngsters. Maybe its mom or an older mare/gelding to keep it company.
Your vet wanting to keep him stalled does not make a ton of sense to me. I would not turn him out in a 100 acre pasture alone but maybe into a small pasture or turn out. I think getting them out so they can move about and maybe graze a bit is good. Having said that I am not a vet so consider his inputs.
Congratulations again.
Mark
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