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RE: [RC] Caslick's: A must with us! - heidiTo answer your question about hearing windsucking mares on the
trail, I'd have to say, "Almost never." I agree, if a mare has an
actual problem, a Casslicks repair is certainly the solution. But
in my experience, this simply is not the common problem that race track
lore would lead one to believe.
And while I have in rare cases encountered maiden mares with
uterine infections, they are few and far between--which would further
indicate that this is not a common problem in fillies and young
mares.
With regard to routinely doing Casslicks repairs in older
broodmares, certainly there are times when it is indicated--but one of
the "causes" of a lack of a vulvar seal in mares is having had a
previous Casslicks repair, hence once you start, you pretty much have
to continue. Still seems silly to me to do unnecessary surgeries,
and the resulting permanent alteration of the vulvar lips reminds me of
the wise advice of one of my veterinary surgical professors, who told
us that as we stand poised with a scalpel, we should ALWAYS remember
that the instant we touch that scalpel to skin, the animal is
permanently altered. Therefore, EACH time we stand so poised, we
should mentally ask ourselves, "Will this animal be better off for what
I am about to do?" In the case of many of the mares on which
Casslicks "repairs" are preformed, the answer to that question is a
resounding "NO."
Heidi
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