complete disaster with vet today :(

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skewbald-mad

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kaiser was the same if not worse with the vet today, managed to get half his vacc in but then kaiser tried to stand on him :eek::eek::eek:

vet suggested a twitch so after id found one, got it on him and he seemed a tin y bit better but then completely lost it, reared up, broke loose and flung the twich about 20 feet away:eek::eek:

so now i have to go to the vets to pick up some sedation to give him tomorrow and vet will try again, and also try to have a look at his man bits to see if they can go yet! think if the vet had tried that today HE would have lost his man bits:rolleyes::rolleyes:

What can i do to help this? he just seems to see the vet and his stethascope etc and go crazy??? Its not going to work getting one myself or giving it to someone else as kaiser knows everyone, its just the vet he seems to really hate, poor man, appart from not speaking much he is actually quite nice and very patient given what he had to deal with today:o
 
Oh dear, not sure what to suggest. Could you get someone he doesn't know to pose as a vet (but who knows how horses behave!) who could come & pretend to examine him & stuff?
 
How many other men handle him that he doesn't know that well. Bramble was the same with the vet as she didn't trust them. TBH I think given practice with firm handling he'll be fine, but did you let go of the leadrope when he reared, as it's the best way to let them know rearings a great evasion.
 
no he was on a safety clip at the time so didnt have a hold of him, rope held out the first few times then unclipped with the one that nearly sent him over backwards

ive got my boyfriend doing his feet etc at nights, and there are alot of men at the livery yard who speak to him etc, its just hard, you want to be able to tell them that if they stay still the injection prob wont hurt!
 
Is the vet on his own or does he work from a practice with other vets? Any female vets there ? That sometimes helps.

I know of a horse who hides in the far corner of his stable as soon as he hears one the regular vets. He has never had any bad experiences with this vet but seriously doesn't like him. One of the other vets from the same practice can attend to him only if he comes onto the yard, doesn't speak to anyone, goes straight into this horse's stable, gives him his vaccination or whatever he needs and only THEN talks to whoever may be around. If it's more than a vaccination and he needs examining then the first contact is a needle to sedate him.
When the one female vet from the practice comes out he's stressed but ok to handle and examine without a twitch/sedation (just about).

Don't know what to suggest other than change of vet to see if he's any different, or sedation to take the edge off him at least.
 
Could he put the jab in his butt :) then he wont know what's coming?

Regarding the rearing, does he do it at any other time? If he does there was a method richard maxwell or mark rashid used of flicking a rope at the belly to make them keep their feet on the floor.
 
Have you tried a chifney bit. My lad is a nightmare and now the vet wont come out without a full tube of sedation. Cant get near enough to get a twitch on, he only has to hear the vets car coming up the drive and thats it: 12 foot walls move-- honestly.
 
not really a fan of a chiffney bit for a 7 month old foal:eek:

vet works on his own so would have to change practices i think to get another vet out, will see what he is like with sedation tomorrow, he is giving me a paste to put in some food
 
shandy84 said:
Could he put the jab in his butt :) then he wont know what's coming?

Regarding the rearing, does he do it at any other time? If he does there was a method richard maxwell or mark rashid used of flicking a rope at the belly to make them keep their feet on the floor.
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nope doesent rear any other time,
 
personally i wouldn't have twitched him, I don't like any of my horse twitched as I find it just makes them worse.

Obvious question, but have you tried giving him food to occupy him?
 
Yep food is a good ploy. If he only reacts to the vet it is a tricky one, sedation and twitch are only so good but can panick them more as they can't escape when they want to. You'd got a hard job unfortunatly it's taken a few years to sort bags out, if you can hold him as well as have him tied it may also settle him as you'll be there to reassure him :)
 
food didnt help, even the temp of yummy haylage which he only gets occasionally, holding him doesent help either, it just means 2 if us get squashed into the ground, might have to resort to getting another vet, try a lady one
 
skewbald-mad said:
far too active!!! if we get him sedated tomorrow might just have a go at gelding him myself!!!:D:D:D

(only joking btw!)
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;):D

well maybe once he's chopped he'll be a little less edgier with strange men - im sure theres a joke there somewhere, couldnt quite phrase it lol
 
i know i am a nasty mummy arent i? imagine giving him injections to stop him gettting horsey flu or tetanus from a wound, how dare i??!!:D:D:D

im hoping gelding him will help, something has to:o
 
The first time the vet came to see my shetland Milly, she reared up and crushed me against the fence :o thankfully she's a sucker for carrots and we've not had a major problem since ;)

Don't know what else to suggest, but hopefully the sedation will work :)
 
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