2wks after castration pics is it normal

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kylee86

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hi it will be 2 weeks 2moz my boy was castrated. the vet saw him last week to check for infection said there was abit but nothing that needed treatment. anyway since the swelling has gone down i have noticed the lump in the incision that i dont no if its normal so i tried to take some pics. that im going to show my vet 2moz thought id let you guys take a look. not very clear as i was holding his leg up and trying to take the picture in the field i shal take some more 2moz when i get extra pair of hands

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It is hard to say from the pic, it does look as though the incision has opened though and is showing tissue underneath, could you email a pic through to your vets and ask them to take a look to see if a visit is needed. It looks lovely and clean though and to be healing well.
 
My lad's looked similar after his. Both sides had a small amount of what looked like tissue poking out.
IIRC I rang the vet and he said it was fine. Best to check though.
It does look very nice and clean.
ETA At two weeks, the wound was still open and draining slightly.
 
i have to go and pay my vet bill in the morning from when they came out last week its only 5mins up the road so i will take it in. i also thought it was tissue and will defenetly see what vet thinks. hes well in himself been perfect boy while i have been checking hime every few days. just worried me when i saw that in the incissions.
 
kylee86 said:
i have to go and pay my vet bill in the morning from when they came out last week its only 5mins up the road so i will take it in. i also thought it was tissue and will defenetly see what vet thinks. hes well in himself been perfect boy while i have been checking hime every few days. just worried me when i saw that in the incissions.
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I'm sure they will be able to put your mind at rest. My lad was 6 when he was done, and was a big boy, so the healing process took a little longer than usual, but your boy certainly looks no worse than he did.
Is he kept in or turned out?
 
he is turned out apart from fri nights hes in as his field companion is out on a riding lesson sat. i have just started walking him on the road to see the traffic at the min he walks out twice a week for 20mins.
 
Mine was in 24/7 (long story) so I was walking him out in hand twice a day. Just asking as I was told by the vet that keeping moving would help with the healing.
The only thing we had, was that quite late on in the healing process, he had a small build up of fluid in his sheath, but that subsided quite quickly and didn't cause a problem.
 
alliersv1 said:
Mine was in 24/7 (long story) so I was walking him out in hand twice a day. Just asking as I was told by the vet that keeping moving would help with the healing.
The only thing we had, was that quite late on in the healing process, he had a small build up of fluid in his sheath, but that subsided quite quickly and didn't cause a problem.
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yes i was told about walking him would help with healing for the first week i walked him twice a day morning and night round the land that was about 30mins a time i would of thought it would be healed by now vet said it takes 2 weeks
 
kylee86 said:
yes i was told about walking him would help with healing for the first week i walked him twice a day morning and night round the land that was about 30mins a time i would of thought it would be healed by now vet said it takes 2 weeks
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It can vary depending on the individual. I would see what they say tomorrow and take it from there. :)
 
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