
Rectal Prolapse
A young male donkey arrived with a rectal prolapse. This occurs when by straining the donkey manages to push some of the rectal lining out through the anus. Once outside, it becomes traumatised, dry and inflamed and very sore.
After we cleaned him up, we give him an epidural to stop him straining, and then we replaced the prolapsed rectum back inside. To prevent him from pushing it out again once the epidural wore off, a 'purse string' suture was placed around the anus and tied in a bow. Obviously he could not pass faeces through this, so every 4 hours the bow was undone and the donkey was allowed to do so. No fibrous food was given, only fresh green food called 'hashish', to encourage soft faeces to be produced. This donkey was very sore and reluctant to push so we had to give him several enemas and pull his droppings out for him. The second day he produced some enormous worms about 4 inches long, so we gave him a dose of wormer as well.
Over a few days he gradually became less sore and started to push his droppings out for himself, and eventually we could leave his bottom untied without worrying that he would prolapse again. After we had re-introduced his normal diet, and he was passing droppings normally again, so he was allowed to go home.
Penile InjuryA poor male donkey arrived with a rather embarrassing problem. He had tried to cover a female donkey but had unfortunately got his rope between his privates and the female, causing severe trauma to his penis.
When he arrived here his penis and scrotum were hugely swollen and sore, with bleeding under the surface of the penis. After 2 days of ice packing (wh
ich he found a little mortifying but very soothing), and anti-inflammatory medication, it was not getting any smaller, so we made some small drainage holes, and squeezed a huge amount of blood out from inside. The penis was then bandaged and placed in an open-ended, padded plastic bottle to keep it clean and prevent further damage, but allow him to urinate.After several days of antibiotics the drain holes healed and the penis remained a much more normal size. He has gone home, hopefully having learned the important lesson of practicing safe sex!
SOME SAD STORIES ...
A puppy tale ...
A small boy brought a puppy to us whom he had rescued from some other boys, as he had seen them cut its tail off. The poor puppy was very frightened and sore, and all we could do was to clean it up, bandage it and give him some pain relief until it had healed over.
We have no idea why the boys cut off this poor puppies tail, but at least our education programme is reaching some, as the boy who witnessed it knew exactly where to bring it to get it some help. The education programme is working, but there is still many more people to reach.
Too many road accidents ...
A foal was brought to us having been hit by a car, sustaining a horrible fracture to the cannon bone. This is really tragic and the owner was devastated but brought the foal straight to us to be put to sleep humanely.
Dog Leg Amputation
A charity working with mobile units from the West Bank of Luxor brought a dog in to us with a fracture to his right foreleg after a car accident, and brought him to us at ACE for a leg amputation. Dr Assma performed this challenging procedure and the charity funded the drugs used.
The surgery went well, and we wish her a speedy recuperation and a happy 3 legged life, like Sol has, who is one of our resident dogs, pictured here, who has adapted to 3 legged life without any trouble.
Unfortunately we continue to see a tragic number of fractures caused by road traffic accidents in donkeys, horses, and dogs. Most cases are not so lucky.We look forward to seeing you here at the clinic in the near future, and are always grateful for supplies - we are very imaginative and can put most things to good use!










