advice on recovery after adult (horse) castration

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hi guys, would love some advice/info on recovery time and any beneficial do and dont's for my adult horse (5yrs) whos just been castrated. I understand the swelling will be very bad but have been advised that can continue exercise after just one week. Any advice welcomed. thanks
 
arnica, arnica and more arnica 200c spray from local homeopath or homeopathic vet about £6 and turnout to ensure he can keep moving. Trust me, the arnica will do it's job and quickly reduce swelling and pain. You could also use aconite for a few days to help him get over the shock of the op!
 
I had my 5 year old (at the time) Andalusian castrated a couple of years ago and did virtually nothing to aid his recovery because I didnt need to. The day after he was done I was leading him around and he was a nightmare so I got on him bareback and rode him round. After that he was turned out and hosed daily. He didnt swell up very much at all. A week after his op he had his saddle on and we went out for a walk. He never looked back after that. 2 weeks after the op we went back to normal hacking (without any fast work of course even though he would tear round his paddock like a racehorse.) I think he was quite an exceptional case though so I wouldnt advise this for everyone but I must admit less is more in this case. Leave it alone unles you think help is absolutely necessary.

Last year I had my 2 year old castrated by a diferent vet and he didnt even give me any antibiotics or anything else and told me not to hose him just to turn him out and leave him. I did just that and he was fine as well, hardly any swelling.
 
I had a four year old castrated last autumn and he had no complications thankfully. Just turned him out in the field and left him. He was hooning about as usual that day and just had a few days of powders. I did give him some arnica too but really just left him to it and kept an eye on things.
 
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