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Post by wally on Dec 29, 2007 13:27:44 GMT 1
Our vet does them all on the floor, they are too close to the ground standing, it's far easier to hold a leg aside while thay have a little sleep flat out.
We tend to keep them on the floor for as long as possible afterwards, so we have been known to lie across the neck. It stops them trying to get up beofre they are properly ready and falling about like a music hall drunk and doing themselves a damage.
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Post by varkie on Dec 29, 2007 15:03:13 GMT 1
Echo Wally - we have castrated a number of colts here, but are yet to do our first shetland, but having chatted about it with my vet, he has said he would want to do a knock down rather than a standing. As ours are pretty well handled, I'd like to think that we could help support them once they come round, to stop them crashing into walls.
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Post by palomino21 on Dec 29, 2007 15:11:20 GMT 1
Oh I still don't know when to cut him, he is still a little timid but very sweet and gentle (loves my bitch rottie and she loves him)
I think I will see how he goes and speak to my vet and see, he is only kept in a field with my lad and the nearest horses to us are about 1 1/2 miles away.
Also we don't have stables so if he was cut lying down then would I have to keep him down for quite a while (Turf was done in the stable standing up and not looking very impressed with me at all)!
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