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
wooops!
OK - I have a funny castration story too.... painful as it was for Logan. I was showing him all during his prime, so I didn't neuter him till he was 8. I was told that there is a lot of benefit in neutering them by old age even if they've been intact, to reduce the risk of the old-age male cancers.
Well, I had him neutered and took him home... the next morning he was in quite a bit of pain. I rolled him over, and I swear THEY WERE BACK. There were his ~nuts~ full and firm as before! I yelled to my dad.... Dad! you better come take a look at this! They're back!
Well, the sacks that were left had filled with blood/puss/something, and it was really painful for the poor old guy. I was told later that he should have been put on antibiotics prior to and after the surgery, that the risk of infection is greater in older dogs.
JIMMIN-E-CHRISTMAS!!!
I wouldn't go back to him EITHER!