Teeth Floating Day
Apr. 10th, 2010 07:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
velessaBo got his teeth floated* for what I believe was the first time today. His previous owner told me she doesn't start getting her horses' teeth done until they're 11! o_O WTF?? Bo is 10 this month.
So of course, Bo had MASSIVE hooks and points on all of his teeth, with the bottom ones being especially bad. I'm sure that hasn't been helping with his head tossing. He also apparently has a VERY narrow space between his teeth and his cheeks, so he'd been getting scraped up all the time. The vet had to power float everything because there would have been no way in hell she'd have been able to do it or do a good job of it with just a hand rasp. But it looks like with the points gone, she thinks he'll wear pretty evenly and won't need to be done any more than the normal annual float.
All that considered, he was a very good boy about it. Jackson was an absolute nightmare to float, being huge and a huge wussy TB, he had to be retranqued over and over and still threw his head around for all he was worth. Bo needed to be retranqued once and didn't make too much of a fuss other than when the tranqualizer was wearing off. It did take some time to get to all his teeth, but not nearly as long as Jackson took.
Sleepy time
Giant front hook!
I'm so glad this vet has an assistant to hold up his head instead of me having to do it!
Video of floating
He also got his sheath cleaned while he was still zoned out, but he didn't appreciate it at all. Tried to kick the vet the whole time! Was the water cold?
Drugged up pony stumbles his way back to his stall
Splayed out waiting to wake up
*For non-horsey folks: horse teeth grow continually and are worn down when they chew. They usually wear down unevenly and create points and sharp edges that need to be filed off by a vet ("floated"), typically done once a year.
So of course, Bo had MASSIVE hooks and points on all of his teeth, with the bottom ones being especially bad. I'm sure that hasn't been helping with his head tossing. He also apparently has a VERY narrow space between his teeth and his cheeks, so he'd been getting scraped up all the time. The vet had to power float everything because there would have been no way in hell she'd have been able to do it or do a good job of it with just a hand rasp. But it looks like with the points gone, she thinks he'll wear pretty evenly and won't need to be done any more than the normal annual float.
All that considered, he was a very good boy about it. Jackson was an absolute nightmare to float, being huge and a huge wussy TB, he had to be retranqued over and over and still threw his head around for all he was worth. Bo needed to be retranqued once and didn't make too much of a fuss other than when the tranqualizer was wearing off. It did take some time to get to all his teeth, but not nearly as long as Jackson took.
Sleepy time
Giant front hook!
I'm so glad this vet has an assistant to hold up his head instead of me having to do it!
Video of floating
He also got his sheath cleaned while he was still zoned out, but he didn't appreciate it at all. Tried to kick the vet the whole time! Was the water cold?
Drugged up pony stumbles his way back to his stall
Splayed out waiting to wake up
*For non-horsey folks: horse teeth grow continually and are worn down when they chew. They usually wear down unevenly and create points and sharp edges that need to be filed off by a vet ("floated"), typically done once a year.
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Date: 2010-04-11 02:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-04-11 02:56 am (UTC)And I think Bo is so handsome. ♥
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Date: 2010-04-11 03:01 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-04-11 05:08 am (UTC)Cody had his teeth floated and he was a perfect angle.
The second time he had it done, it was like he was a demon spawn. It took 3x the normal amount of drugs to get him, even then we had to tie him up. What's worse is we couldn't even get him drugged in the jugular at first, we had to drug him to even get the drugs in him. It was AWFUL.
Cody gets very offended when you clean his sheath too. Boys...
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Date: 2010-04-11 05:13 am (UTC)And that last picture? OMG! It needs some sort of alcohol related slogan.
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Date: 2010-04-11 05:15 am (UTC)Glad Bo will be feeling better soon!
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Date: 2010-04-11 05:54 am (UTC)And damn...you keep his white parts gleaming! I am so glad Sevi is a reddish bay...the dirt and mud blends in so well.
:-p
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