LOL!!!
Speaking of semen, (you started it!) When the vet does a castration, he always has to show me what he's removed, pointing out each part so that I know he's removed everything he's supposed to. Apparently you're supposed to get at least 3 inches of spermatic cord, so he was stretching it out from the testicle he'd just removed, saying "and here's the cord" and he accidentally squirted semen all over his assistant who was standing there holding the horse up. It was one of those moments when nobody says anything for a second or two then everybody busts out laughing. She handled it well though. She said, "Well, it's been one of those days, I get blood in my eye and semen on my arm, what's next?" We all got a good laugh out of it.
LOL...again:)
I have an interesting gelding story. The first time I saw a horse gelded was a pony of CS's.
The vet had the horse tranquilized and was already to start. He reached in his pail of intraments for a scapel I guess, but there wasn't one there. He kind of mumbled around, reached in his pocket and pull out his pocket knife. Swished it around in the bucket then took hold of the ponys bag, and just kind of swiped at it with his knife. I think is what happened is the knife was alot sharper then he thought it would be. Instead of just opening the bag, he cut it smooth off, the whole thing.
Of course CS and I did not know that was not the way it was done, and the vet never said anything. He just tossed it over into some grass, let the horse wake up and sent it home. It had a hole under there you could stick your fist in, but he healed up fine, I think if I remember correctly it did take awhile tho. It wasn't till the next time I saw one done I realized that that vet and made a big mistake. Never went to him again.
Becky
Would have been funnier if she had of gotten the semen in the eye. I can think of lots of interesting things I could say about that aim, guaranteed to make a vet blush.