Undescended testicle in prospective horse

[chrisley]

That is hilarious @SpotsandBays who knew balls could be so particular??

 

[tda]

The vet found the offending testicle via ultrasound and I’m told it’s barely outside the scrotum, not even fully into the inguinal canal. However a lot is being lost in translation so I’m waiting for the full report to arrive, but it sounds optimistic.

Sounds like my lad, the vet said she thought could touch it with the tip of her finger but it had been like that for nearly a year, and I did not have the room/facilities to wait any longer.
Recovered no problems

 

[TwyfordM]

My friend had one that needed locating, I think it was in the canal. In and out op in a few hours at the vets as he needed fully knocking out and they were worried about potential blood loss.

Horse was fine. Aftercare was the same as normal gelding, letting things drain etc just a slightly bigger incision. Loaded up and went home as soon as he was steady enough after the GA.

 

[chrisley]

That sounds really positive @TwyfordM. So far all I know is it’s not too far up there but that surgery would still need to be done at a hospital, so now I need a quote from them. To be honest even though it no longer sounds like a major deal, I’m getting horse buying fatigue. I’m equal parts wanting to just buy him without knowing how much dealing with this will cost, and wanting to just walk away. I’m also still grappling with having to sell my current horse with piro in order to move to the states and kind of just… don’t want to be dealing with this right now! But he’s lovely so I will persevere.

 

[sport horse]

Express your interest in the horse subject to the vendors getting him castrated. Do not pay a deposit it could become too awkward. Meanwhile keep looking.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

That sounds really positive @TwyfordM. So far all I know is it’s not too far up there but that surgery would still need to be done at a hospital, so now I need a quote from them. To be honest even though it no longer sounds like a major deal, I’m getting horse buying fatigue. I’m equal parts wanting to just buy him without knowing how much dealing with this will cost, and wanting to just walk away. I’m also still grappling with having to sell my current horse with piro in order to move to the states and kind of just… don’t want to be dealing with this right now! But he’s lovely so I will persevere.

When I sold my Piro positive horse and bought a Piro negative youngster to import into the USA, he was gelded while with the breeder. She took them to a hospital to have it done, as she usually does. It was about 30 min from her yard, and that's what she prefers to do. I covered the cost of the gelding and the aftercare because I was the one that wanted him gelded. Intact horses come with more import requirements if they're older than 2 years old, and stallion keeping in the USA can be weird.

I saw that someone mentioned roughly £1700 for such a surgery, and that is completely reasonable, IMO. Especially in respect to vet costs in the USA.

Between purchase, import, and the cost of things in the USA (somewhat dependant on where you're moving to), £1700 is a small drop on the bucket. Especially if it's a horse you really otherwise like.

 

[chrisley]

When I sold my Piro positive horse and bought a Piro negative youngster to import into the USA, he was gelded while with the breeder. She took them to a hospital to have it done, as she usually does. It was about 30 min from her yard, and that's what she prefers to do. I covered the cost of the gelding and the aftercare because I was the one that wanted him gelded. Intact horses come with more import requirements if they're older than 2 years old, and stallion keeping in the USA can be weird.

I saw that someone mentioned roughly £1700 for such a surgery, and that is completely reasonable, IMO. Especially in respect to vet costs in the USA.

Between purchase, import, and the cost of things in the USA (somewhat dependant on where you're moving to), £1700 is a small drop on the bucket. Especially if it's a horse you really otherwise like.

Agreed, it’s not really anything in terms of the long term cost of owning a horse (much less importing one). It’s more the worry of putting him under and cutting him open and associated risks. My vet here in the UK said while it does carry risks they’re very rare and the most common problem is infection, which can be easily treated.

The expectation is that I would pay for gelding since I’m the one who wants him gelded.

Out of curiosity @CanteringCarrot did you get a PRE, and if so where did you find one that was piro free? The ones I’ve seen that were “piro free” had levels around 20-30, which isn’t close enough to the cutoff of 40 for me, given how much levels can increase during the stress of transit.

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Agreed, it’s not really anything in terms of the long term cost of owning a horse (much less importing one). It’s more the worry of putting him under and cutting him open and associated risks. My vet here in the UK said while it does carry risks they’re very rare and the most common problem is infection, which can be easily treated.

The expectation is that I would pay for gelding since I’m the one who wants him gelded.

Out of curiosity @CanteringCarrot did you get a PRE, and if so where did you find one that was piro free? The ones I’ve seen that were “piro free” had levels around 20-30, which isn’t close enough to the cutoff of 40 for me, given how much levels can increase during the stress of transit.

My PRE has parents from Spain, but they lived most of their life in Germany, and he was born in Germany.

I did test one that was well below cutoff, but it was too risky for me too.

 

[chrisley]

So I officially own a new horse and he’s all booked in for surgery at the hospital in early January. I can’t believe how quick and easy everything has been to arrange, especially in the run up to Christmas, but at this rate assuming healing goes well and there are no complications I’ll have him home in the UK sometime in February!

 

[ihatework]

So I officially own a new horse and he’s all booked in for surgery at the hospital in early January. I can’t believe how quick and easy everything has been to arrange, especially in the run up to Christmas, but at this rate assuming healing goes well and there are no complications I’ll have him home in the UK sometime in February!

Congratulations!

 

[ester]

Great news!