I prepare a syringe with 1.5 ml of the Butorphanol and 4.5 ml on the Xylazine. I decided to give him 0.5 ml more of the Xylazine as he did not get the 1 ml of goodies he got before his dosing on Sunday. However I'm not sure how much Butorphanol he got that time .... I give him the whole mix IV.
Within minutes his head goes down and his legs wobble. As the vet had told me that's how you want them, worrying about keeping balance. Well we got that down.
I put on my gloves and get the clippers ready. When I open his stall door and try to clip his ears, he does a step forward. At least his hind legs do. Somehow he lost the connection between his front legs and his brain and they did not get the memo. I'm now trying to hold up my 1,000 + lb horse who seems destined to go head first with his nose into the pillows. Problem is there are no pillows just a concrete floor ... Thanks to two fellow boarders (you know who you are, Thank you !!!!!) we manage to prevent him from inflicting full frontal destruction. With two of us leaning into his front and the third trying to spread his legs backwards we get him to back up a step.
I get a quick first treatment in and with his head tucked against the stall door I let hem be for a bit. After a short rest I get to work again. He is more balanced now but still tries to get a step forward. Again we lean and make him move back. The sedation is definitely working and the anesthetic has kicked in as well. Now I really go to town and pull of all the slimy gooey scabs. I put an other layer of cream in the nooks and crannies and clip some additional hair a little shorter.
This was a good day ... Maybe next time stick to the 4 ml of Xylazine and less of the Butorphanol. I will have to call the vet about that one. Here the half way pictures. Two more treatment weeks to come before we take a month rest and let it heal.
Left ear:
Right ear:
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