This message is from: Linda Lottie User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My horses and my goats are put under anesthesia for castration. I held one of my first male baby goats while he was castrated (told it was not that big a deal), no anesthesia, and vowed I would never, never castrate an animal like that again!!!
Animal care facilities are there to provide the best care available for your pet. A facility that offers the best, AND, gives the owner all options is simply doing it's job. Of course it is ok to say "no" to a vet/procedure. As for the horse gelded in the clinic......owner choice. My colt was gelded on my property....and yes, he was anesthetized. I had a clean area to geld him and for him to recover. Maybe the other owner did not. LJBL in WI On 10/28/07 6:15 AM, "Linda Lehnert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This message is from: Linda Lehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Great posting, Lisa! Some people just show a lack of common sense and > selfishness in these situations and never think of what the smoke and > contaminants it contains does to their lungs or the lives of the rescuers who > have to go in to help them when it's almost too late. I admire Jeff and all > of the rescuers who put their lives on the line each and every day for others. > As we now know, two of the fires were arson. I hope they catch the > perpetrators and send them away where they can't do that anymore. I suspect > arsonists are similar to child molesters in that that they are never cured of > the urges and the most that can be done is to catch them and send them away to > protect the public. What do you think, Jean G? > > I thought of some simple, but common sense little things to prepare for an > emergency of any type while I was watching the fire news on CNNI. First, if > you take medication, have all your medication in one place so you can quickly > put it in a ziploc bag and then into a tote bag of some sort. Also do that > with contact lens solution and extra pairs of CL and glasses if you wear them. > These are things that you must take with you if you have to leave quickly > You can put personal papers like birth certificates and marriage licenses, > Social Security and VA records in a folder to grab quickly and take with you. > This came in handy for me Monday when I had to take my very sick oldest cat to > a large vet clinic 2 hours away and the idiot local vet didn't tell me she was > going to send little Sonja there when I saw her on Sunday, but waited until I > brought her back at 3 PM Monday and we had to stay overnight so she could have > an ultrasound. Please pray for poor Sonja, she's very sick. > > Jerry, the article on saying no to your vet is excellent. I watch a German > program regularly, "Menschen, Tieren and Doktoren," (People, Animals and > Doctors) and always amazed at how many ultrasounds and CAT scans they do on > small animals of all types here. And I once saw a vet admit a horse to the > hospital and put him under general anesthesia just to geld him. Maybe it's > different now but I never saw that in the US. The doctor at this clinic where > I had Sonja recommended an endoscopy, but I had to decline because it is just > too expensive and I know the excellent vet I had in Mexico wouldn't want to do > that. We have to remember that we are the clients, the ones who pay the bill, > and the animals are the patients and we have to put limits on the vets > sometimes. > > I hope you are all safe and that Jeff will be able to come home soon. > > Linda in Guben > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wl > mailtagline > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
