Fusithalmic eye ointment.....

[Shilasdair]

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i'm a small animal vet - i love surgery and aim to specialise in soft tissue surgery. i dont have any ambitions to work with horses though. they're my ultimate love and my hobby, but not my work. i dont know much about the type of colic your horse had - you could try searching the pubmed website for studies on it.

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Very wise to keep horses your hobby, as the fun can wear off if you combine work and pleasure. I've tried the usual sources of info, but didn't find anything much.
I'll log the number of colics my horse has over the next few years and advance science LOL

What sort of surgery do you enjoy? I'll bet it's not spaying/neutering...
Thanks for replying....
S

 

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i dont mind neutering at the moment, but the novelty is slowly wearing off. exciting things do it for me though - we had a GSD with a ruptured spleen this morning, white as a sheet, collapsed - now that's more my cup of tea. Unfortunately owners decided not to put her through surgery. instead I ended up removed a cat's ear due to skin cancer and opening up a cat with the hugest tumour in its belly - unfortunately too big to remove. I love the unusual.

 

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I bet the owners aren't so keen!

 

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probably not - but there would be something wrong with us if we didn't enjoy what we do. we still find a lot of it sad though - we're not complete emotional rejects.

 

[Dougie]

nothing beats a GDV or spenectomy

 

[Dougie]

other than a good old colic surgery!!

 

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Quote "we're not complete emotional rejects."

Never thought so for a minute!

 

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nothing beats a GDV or spenectomy

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i dont get to do colic surgery

so kicks definitely come from emergencies, but only if I can save them - I hate losing patients. My first GDV surgery lived to tell the tale and I was on top of the world, the 2nd one we lost to post-op complications - mid you, he did have a liver shunt as well - it's gutting though. This job turns you mad - I'm at the end of a bottle of Pinot Grigio and a box of Heroes from a grateful client at the moment - bit tipsy after a mad mad day! Still love my job though.

 

[Dougie]

gdv's are buggers though.....the ones u think are defo going to die live and the ones u think arent too bad croake it when ur scrubbing them.

colics kick ass...even at 3am...well not as much.

i got milk tray from a client who's horse had a suspeyed navicular bursa sepsis...17hh beast lent on me all the time it was getting its radiographs(upright naviculars) and its navicular tap. i was knackered...it wieghed 9 times more than me

 

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my back cant deal with big beasties - i struggle enough with the Mastiffs and St Bernards - and our xray table aint big enough for them either!

 

[Shilasdair]

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other than a good old colic surgery!!

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Funny, the vets lost a bit of enthusiasm when they saw the size of my youngster...she's Shire cross and you can tell. I think they were hoping she'd be a light little racing yearling. They did seem quite pleased she was more 'special' than the usual...in terms of the problem though.

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[Dougie]

haha bless the poor little girlie not her fault. but yeah the little raing yearlings are a dream compared to an 18hh shire