How was that for an attention grabbing title for this blog posting? Today was the big day for Geoffrey, our "used to be" a stud, mini horse. The vet came out and gave him the old snip and squeeze... poor guy! Geoffrey, that is. The vet couldn't be called "poor" after the awesome income he made off of the van Uitert family and their animals this day. All seven horses received their shots and wormings, as well as a few exams for the mares who are due to deliver in the next few weeks. Geoffrey's castration (or gelding) was the most interesting event of the visit, though. I was surprised that the vet left the incisions completely open... no swabbing out or stitching up, or anything. It makes sense that he didn't want to stitch up any infection that, no doubt, crept in at this non-sterile location, but still, I thought he'd do SOMETHING for the open incisions. He simply sprayed the area with fly spray, which had to feel quite splendid on Geoffrey's recently deflated ego... NOT! We'll be training him and working him everyday for the next week or two to keep the swelling down and to keep him moving. He already seemed a little mellower, which we were not expecting. Then again, waking up to find excruciating pain in the nether regions might just have a mellowing effect on a guy... ya think?
Poor Hello Geoffrey! No more boys for him-
ReplyDeleteI'll tell ya what... he was not fiesty at ALL today. He didn't want to move too much, but we made him do it. I think he's going to be great to train :)
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