Donkeys, Belts, and Leathermans
Monday I castrated two donkeys. Dr Sepulvado is a retired (?) vet who has come by before to welcome me to the community and encourage me to join the Rod and Gun club or fly airplanes (both of which would be fun). Anyway, Monday he brought these donkeys in so I could practice on them. It was sort of a dreadful occasion because I forgot to review the castration technique (and my foggy brain with only a few hours' sleep was stuck on dog castration technique which is a bit different). I ended up tearing the main testicular blood supply on two of the donkey testicles (hope this page isn't blocked now) and they were bleeding "like a stuck pig" and there was lots of red stuff on the floor. But I guess they survived, even though I made a fool of myself.
I became the proud and grateful owner of a Leatherman that day. Dr. Sepulvado pulled his out to tighten a piece down on the emasculator, and made some comment that he supposed I had one or at least should have one, and I stated that I was not cool yet and didn't have one, and he up and gave me his! So now I am cool and have a Leatherman, a bona fide Leatherman. :) I've not sure how to carry it, though. Not real keen on the belt idea, but my friend JG in Paraguay offered (jokingly?) to get my a leather Paraguayan belt. Might be a possibility.
I became the proud and grateful owner of a Leatherman that day. Dr. Sepulvado pulled his out to tighten a piece down on the emasculator, and made some comment that he supposed I had one or at least should have one, and I stated that I was not cool yet and didn't have one, and he up and gave me his! So now I am cool and have a Leatherman, a bona fide Leatherman. :) I've not sure how to carry it, though. Not real keen on the belt idea, but my friend JG in Paraguay offered (jokingly?) to get my a leather Paraguayan belt. Might be a possibility.
posted by Claire at 15:48
4 Comments:
Hey, is it hard to castrate a donkey? We have one that is pretty ornery and chases/beats up on other animals. Maybe fixing it would make it less obnoxious?
Yeah, fixing it might fix it. But then again, your donkey's obnoxious, studly behavior might be ingrained and a decrease in testosterone might not snap him out of it. Castration's worth a try.
Castrating a donkey is easy, so long as you have the right tools and you understand the anatomy. However, donkeys aren't like calves where you can castrate them without sedation or pain relief. You'd at least want a local analgesic and an awake donkey would probably kick you in the face, which might be undesirable.
Is that Eeyore you're talking about?
yeah. I was thinking about hobbling him too. I tried it out in the pasture and he didn't let me get very far... Oh well, Nathan say we should shoot it, but nobody agrees with him. So for the mean time he runs around on 5 acres with nobody to chase.
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