A small amount of blood is acceptable within the first 12 hours of surgery. An occasional drip is perfectly fine as capillaries and small arteries continue to open and close due to movement while the tissue is healing. A stream of blood or a spurt is not normal and necessitates a call to your vet. In essence, a blood-tinged discharge with the consistency and color of serum straw-colored is normal. Many an owner has mistaken a clot for something far worse! Anything that is thick and yellow or greenish is definitely abnormal and signals infection.
The same thing goes for anything that is foul smelling. Like with abnormal bleeding, if you see or smell something off, call your vet. Understandably, the last thing your horse may want to do after castration is actually move.
One of the primary causes of post-operative pain for castrations is swelling. Feel free to examine our service offerings below, but don't be discouraged if you don't see what you're looking for.
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Its perfect for grabbing the attention of your viewers. Choose between 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns, set the background color, widget divider color, activate transparency, a top border or fully disable it on desktop and mobile. Call Us Today! Home Shop Now! Previous Next. Potential Complications of Castration Although castration is a common surgical procedure and considered elective, owners need to be aware of certain complications that can occur during or after surgery.
Bleeding: Excessive bleeding can occur after castration of a horse with a clotting abnormality, abnormally large testicular blood vessels, and in certain breeds or individuals that have higher than average blood pressure like donkeys and mules.
Infection: After the testicles are removed, the scrotal incision is not sutured and is allowed to heal from the inside out. Pregnancy: Oh yes, it can happen! Post Castration Care Conscientious postoperative care is essential for a smooth, uncomplicated recovery. When To Call The Vet? By Dr. Amy Jordan March 11th, Horses 0 Comments. Facebook Facebook. About the Author: Dr.
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Leave A Comment. Popular Recent. Tough decisions… April 26th, It is usually performed at a young age, often less than a year old, as long as both testicles have descended.
The procedure is quick and relatively simple, although for those with a queasy disposition it can appear gruesome! There are two methods of performing a castration — either under standing sedation, or under general anaesthesia. In most cases the standing method is used due to the risks of a general anaesthetic. We would recommend castration under general anaesthetic in older animals, donkeys and certain draught breeds. Castrations are ideally performed in the winter months, when there are few flies around.
We normally perform castrations in the morning, and ideally the horse should be kept in overnight. This is mainly to prevent them from covering themselves in mud overnight. Food and water can both be provided as normal. There are some preparations you can make to help everything run quickly and smoothly:. Ideally your horse will have already been vaccinated against tetanus, but in young colts this may not be the case.
We will give tetanus anti-toxin to provide immediate protection, and often start their vaccinations at the same time. However, it is preferable to have the vaccinations up-to-date as this is safer for the horse but also in view of the cost of tetanus antitoxin! The vet will then examine your horse, making sure that heart and lungs are healthy so there are no extra risks of sedation, and ensuring that two testicles are present.
An anti-inflammatory injection will often be given prior to the procedure, as it is more effective if given beforehand. Your horse will then be sedated quite heavily so they cannot feel the procedure. After an initial scrub the scrotum and surrounding area, local anaesthetic will be injected into each testicle to numb the area.
A thorough preparation of the scrotum will be performed with antiseptic scrub, to make it as sterile as possible. Stallions were chosen because of their aggressive nature — there are plenty of records of destriers being trained to bite and kick so as to fight on the battlefield.
Generally, stallions are both stronger and more aggressive and therefore more suitable as warhorses. Note, however, that for almost any other i. We have a 7 YO standard-bred stallion pacer who is still racing successfully and currently spelling. He has never served any mares. Being a stallion does not seem to adversely affect his desire to do his best in races.
He can difficult at times to keep under control While in his stall at the races. He can become aggressive with other Stallions. When he is put out in his paddock and there is another stallion in the next-door paddock he can become very aggressive towards this stallion and continually run the fence during the day which causes him to lose some weight and exposes him to self inflicted injury.
The trainer has strongly recommended that he be gelded. But he is not insisting upon it. My 4 questions are: 1. If you were the owner of this horse would you geld him or not? Can you please provide your reasons for your decision? Do you think there are any major health risks in gelding a horse of his age?
Do you think that gelding him could adversely affect his attitude to racing? Thank you for your time and we look forward to receiving your reply. However, if the horse is aggressive in the field as described there are risks to him, the other stallion, and also to humans, so I can understand why the trainer is concerned. In general terms, though, gelding as an adult is a little bit more risky than gelding as a colt bigger testicles mean bigger holes, more chance of infection, and more blood vessels so more chance of bleeding; plus it usually needs to be done down under GA, which is higher risk than standing under sedation.
You might find, however, that he loses muscle mass more quickly after gelding, and that his performance drops off slightly; this is however very variable between individuals. So, there are pros and cons — I would suggest you discuss with your vet who will be able to give you more specific advice about this particular individual, rather than horses in general! I have a healthy 3yo Shetland cryptorchid. What do you think of that? Hi Miranda.
Hi, age is not necessarily a reason alone to avoid anaesthesia and operations. Best wishes. Hi Kat, impossible to say! Username or Email Address. Remember Me. Thank you for your help.
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