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ButIWantedAPony wrote:I'm pretty much dead inside.
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Sep 21 11 5:44 AM
GasMenagerie wrote:Has anyone seen a horse go crazy from sedation they give for something like a float? I don't understand how that ^ happens.
If there was a vet student action figure, no children would buy it, and it would need to come with a warning label about increasing the depression in teenagers. Even the commercials for it would be depressing:The new vet student action figure from Mattel! It has foldable legs for long periods of sitting and standing! You can watch its hair turn gray before your eyes! Comes complete with 50lb backpack and scoliosis! Happiness not included.
Sep 21 11 5:46 AM
Beauisabella wrote:If you can't go the gun route. A horse owner should always keep a set of ping pong balls in the barn. Along with a sharp pocket knife. If you don't want the mess you can use a battery charger. One color per nostril.
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KizmetRanch wrote:GasMenagerie wrote:Has anyone seen a horse go crazy from sedation they give for something like a float? I don't understand how that ^ happens.If it goes into the carotid instead of the jugular, yes. Also, some horses (very very rare) can have allergic reactions to some sedatives.
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lizanator wrote:Beauisabella wrote: A .45 would work but hubs said you gotta be up close. And it could be messy. (.22 is .22 of one inch, .45 means it's .45 of an inch. A .45 is twice the bullet size).22 is smaller hole and cleaner. My hubs father killed 100's of cattle Brahma/Beefmasters type with a .22 long rifle for his meat market slaughterhouse. (also horses but obviously not for meat lol) Cattle have thicker skulls than horses. When I was a kid my dad also used a .22 LR for our Herefords and a few horses over the years.Guess I'll use the .22...it was recommended a lot of places, I guess it would work. Just seems so small! We have a .22 long and the .45LC, bah...guess both would do it. I'll have the .45 handy just in case.
Beauisabella wrote: A .45 would work but hubs said you gotta be up close. And it could be messy. (.22 is .22 of one inch, .45 means it's .45 of an inch. A .45 is twice the bullet size).22 is smaller hole and cleaner. My hubs father killed 100's of cattle Brahma/Beefmasters type with a .22 long rifle for his meat market slaughterhouse. (also horses but obviously not for meat lol) Cattle have thicker skulls than horses. When I was a kid my dad also used a .22 LR for our Herefords and a few horses over the years.
HNH wrote:I get that you feel bad. You should. But feeling butt hurt doesn't solve the problem.
Sep 21 11 6:23 AM
4Horses and Holding wrote:^ It's from an old thread, Kiz - referencing some ways that were mentioned. Scarily enough, they weren't all jokes.
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Sep 21 11 6:49 AM
GasMenagerie wrote:KizmetRanch wrote:GasMenagerie wrote:Has anyone seen a horse go crazy from sedation they give for something like a float? I don't understand how that ^ happens.If it goes into the carotid instead of the jugular, yes. Also, some horses (very very rare) can have allergic reactions to some sedatives.This would seem to say: use a good vet!
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Spooksandbolts wrote:ccrarabians wrote:I've had experience with one bad chemical euthanasia. And two not so bad ones.Precisely what went wrong?What did the vet do/say about it?What did you do/say about it?
ccrarabians wrote:I've had experience with one bad chemical euthanasia. And two not so bad ones.
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danmakine wrote:Spooksandbolts wrote:ccrarabians wrote:I've had experience with one bad chemical euthanasia. And two not so bad ones.Precisely what went wrong?What did the vet do/say about it?What did you do/say about it?I've had one mare, who was being put down due to old age/arthritis/general unsoundness/winter etc. Planned euth, not acute. The euth drug took 2 minutes to work before she laid down, and she kept on breathing for 20-30 minutes, and 3 more doses of the euth juice. The vet was listning to her heart (beating), and administered more of the drug. I sat at her head, sobbing, and asking her to let go. The vet said she probably was in advanced organ failure (She had been losing weight at an alarming rate for a few days) and thus her body probably didnt distribute the drug to the whole body? (Hazy on the details, I was not in a good state). So there, a case of an euth not gone perfectly well.ETA: Picture of the horse shortly before euth: http://farm4.static.flick...6750265_d9cb802cd0_z.jpg She was NOT emaciated or anything, but gone from plump and well-covered to not-so-plump.
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GasMenagerie wrote:I hope you get a real live person's opinion (like your trusted vet) before you make this decision. I would not trust any advise (including my own) that was gleaned from FiSH.
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Sep 22 11 12:36 PM
Beauisabella wrote: The ping pong balls and the battery charger are ways to kill a horse for insurance money. Neither way leave marks. It's what halter horse people do when the buggers can't walk anymore because they get them to havy on those upright pasterns. (neither methods are a joke here)The knife bit is something everyone should have in the barn as a backup. (after the .22 of course)
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