By Tara | Project leader
Beautiful Beaufort – a gentle, male Palomino- came into the care of the SPCA Horse Care Unit a few months ago after incurring a debilitating injury that resulted in a prolapsed penis. Someone tried to forcibly mate him with an unwilling mare and because of human greed he was gravely injured.
The SPCA Horse Care Unit team has been working around the clock with Beaufort over the past 3 months, all in a concerted effort to alleviate his discomfort and help reduce the notable swelling to enable him to retract his organ without issue. Due to the nature of his injury, treatment has been a lengthy process and it cannot be left unattended – this sees staff working with him up to three times a day cleaning, draining and bandaging his injury to prevent further infection.
Whilst our dedicated team and the kind Equine Veterinarians from Cape Vet Equine Practice have successfully managed to minimize the swelling and prevent infection to date, we still have one last challenge to overcome.
Beaufort requires a 10 cm portion of his penis to be amputated in order to allow it to retract into his sheath and resume normal function. This final operation is an absolute necessity to Beaufort’s recovery. This operation must be conducted by a specialist to reduce the risk of long term complications.
The operation will cost $ 1 000 and this is where we need to call on our community of animal lovers to see it in their hearts to offer Beaufort a chance at a full recovery.
Beaufort is a very gentle soul and has been such a patient boy during all of his treatments, even during the extra sensitive process of draining blood clots, he didn’t complain once. We would love nothing more than to see him pull through this ordeal. Beaufort has been surrendered to us and we want to get him into a loving home where something like this will never happen again.
Beaufort can still lead a full and healthy life once his operation is completed – if you are able to support him and contribute to his much needed treatment please help however you can.
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