He's currently uninsured, and I was looking at quotes last night but virtually all seem to say accident/injury or death resulting from castration isn't covered which is the only reason I'd choose to insure at this moment.Isn’t that covered anyway? Not the actual castration but any problems after? I seem to remember claiming for a problem after castration but it was a while ago.
Been a while since I insured. Maybe worth asking your insurance company exactly what’s covered?
Mm yes I see. Doubt you’ll get him insured for that. TBH castration are fairly simply and are v little risk.
Sorry to hear that. Awful. Hope he’s ok now?If I had anything to geld I'd look at insurance before booking the operation after the issues we had with Reggie. It was horrific and his insurance didn't cover it. Until Reggie I had never had a castration go wrong and considered the operation low risk and routine.
The vet that came to assist when I called the vet back out to sort him came to do jabs a couple of weeks ago and admitted she didn't know how it was going to pan out when we loaded him on the lorry to hospital. He spent two days in hospital and then another week on boxrest, pain relief and antibiotics. He lost a lot of blood. I took a while for his numbers (blood count/pressure I think) to get back to normal.
He's fine now.Sorry to hear that. Awful. Hope he’s ok now?
Having worked at a large equine hospital for many years it is a relatively rare event so I guess you just have to make a decision about whether you insure or not.