[Cassius]

That is the damn Energizer Bunny of pus. Nice post, thanks!

[Cassius]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

Can hear them gagging form the stench

Yeah I giggled a little at the guy about to loose his lunch all over that poor horse.

[durt]

there's almost more pus than horse
....must be a relief for the horse to be rid of that!

[ldelgadillo]

almost gagged myself

[Ratzerfratzer]

Originally Posted by Oswald2001 ↗

Animals can often sense when you are trying to help them.


But if that vet and his assistant keep standing in vulnerable positions like that, they are going to get their chests caved in by a bucking horse one of these days.

I was wincing the whole video and not because of all the pus. I was waiting for the horse to buck out of a fear/instinct/pain reflex.

The horse was pretty calm so I'm sure it was sedated, you can see that they are in a clinic. They also have the horse in a stock so that it can't kick out very easily. You'd be surprised what they will tolerate though.

[Milieu]

I still wouldn't do it ... sedated animals can still move unless fully anesthetized and deep under, and when they do, they can move powerfully and utterly unpredictably.

I had a sedated cat who seemed to be totally out suddenly launch himself off a table and fly fifteen feet. Luckily he was totally fine. But just saying--there's a reason we restrain animals even when we're doing surgery and they're totally under.

[invertigo]

Originally Posted by Milieu ↗

I still wouldn't do it ... sedated animals can still move unless fully anesthetized and deep under, and when they do, they can move powerfully and utterly unpredictably.

I had a sedated cat who seemed to be totally out suddenly launch himself off a table and fly fifteen feet. Luckily he was totally fine. But just saying--there's a reason we restrain animals even when we're doing surgery and they're totally under.

Are you a veterinarian?
I was an animal shelter volunteer a few years ago, but they'd never let us near the operating room.

[Foxie913]

Reminds me of vomit

[mcpronoun]

[Milieu]

Originally Posted by invertigo ↗

Are you a veterinarian?
I was an animal shelter volunteer a few years ago, but they'd never let us near the operating room.

No, I was working as a tech, though I was never licensed. I often either worked with sedated animals for bathing or other light procedures, or I was responsible for caring for animals waking up from full anesthesia. Animals do crazy things when sedated. I think it has to do with still having the ability to move sometimes, but not having the ability to regulate how strongly ...

For example, with cat, if fully awake it would have known how 'hard' to jump to get off the table and land gracefully on the floor. Sedated, I suspect it had the ability to operate its legs, but not regulate how strongly to push, so it just went all out and LAUNCHED itself.

So I would be worried that a sedated horse might accidentally kick my entire leg off and possibly seriously injure itself as well in the process.