In the Horse's rear-end
- Category: Animals & Pets
- Posted On: 1/3/2005
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Today will mark the 7th day of administering penicillin via a rather large syringe to my horse's @$$. Left butt cheek one day, right the next and so on until the bottle is gone. Her horse, Finway, developed "Strangles", a highly contagious infection for horses.
Not having been around horses or any large animals in my life, hearing the news that Finway needed daily shots didn't affect me at all. Until I found out I'd be doing it!
So, giving a huge animal a shot in the rear-end can't be that bad, right? I was very confident until I had the needle in one hand and a butt cheek in the other. Phew! Confidence grew with each night until last night when I had to do it alone. Horses are particularly sensitive to a human's emotions. So, of course, my exuding confidence last night was no problem, right?! Hah! My hands were shaking so bad after everything was done.
I made it though... What an experience!
Photo courtesy of the EquineCenter in Australia.
- Category: Animals & Pets
- Posted On: 1/3/2005
- Views: 3,719