Reply #48: You don't need to tell me about how weird horses are, lol.

[kestrel91316]

I'm a vet.

We had a weird horse case at CSU when I was in school. A stallion had apparently been covering a mare right after the St. Helens volcano erupted (he was in WA at the time) and the fine ash caused terrible abrasive damage to his, er, "male parts". They brought him to CSU for reconstructive surgery which went very well. They paid us students to babysit him in his padded stall (away from the mares, lol) and keep him from getting "excited", though exactly what we were to do if he did was not clear. It was important that he did not get anything resembling an erection until completely healed.

So his surgery healed beautifully, and they had to anesthetize him to remove all the sutures (don't you just LOVE how horses are??). When he was recovering from the anesthesia in the rubber room he fell down and shattered both femurs. End of story. Very expensive glue and dog food.

He was a really great horse, so gentle and sweet and not at all pissy like so many stallions. I think he was a QH? We were all in shock at the outcome. So, with horses you just never know what they are going to do to get themselves killed......