vet?

[everettt (imported)]

does anyone know about having a veterinarian doing the surgery? it must be the same biology as a dog, right?

i only ask because i am in central america, and a little money could get a vet to do it, im sure. but just wondering if people have experience with this?

thanks,

-everett

[janekane (imported)]

Human biology and dog biology are not quite the same. Dogs, cats, and most mammals have a baculum (or "penis bone"), and there are other differences.

If there are people who have experience with veterinarians doing human orchiectomies, I am not one of them.

[Hash (imported)]

If you're in a third world country you might be able to entice a vet to do the operation if given enough money, but I doubt any qualified vet in the U.S. would do a human castration. There are always a few who might consider it, but it would certainly be a clandestine operation.

[colin (imported)]

In the UK it takes a Vet twice as long to qualify as a doctor. This is because of the wide range of animals with which they may have to deal.

However, it is illegal in this country for a Vet to operate on a human, even if only as an assistant.

I suspect that the same may be true for the US.

For myself, I would say that a Vet probably has a lot more experience than a Doctor who qualified at the same time. Most of the time they are dealing with animals who cannot communicate what problems they are having and have to use skill to diagnose what is wrong. GPs especially seem to listen to their patients with half an ear and then go with the diagnosis they made whilst the patient was still in the waiting room - 'there is a lot of it going about, you know'.

So, you would probably get a better service from a vet - if you can find one to carry out the operation. The only problem might be eating the dog treats.

C.

[mansman9 (imported)]

I know of two men who had there's removed by a Vet, but it's all hush hush don't tell stuff.

[Riverwind (imported)]

The only time this takes place is in fantasy porn stories.

River

[SplitDik (imported)]

It is a common misconception that "all testicles" are similar. Basically, a dog's testicles are as different from a human's as a dog is different from a human. Even chimps have very different testicles from a human. Some of the factors for differentiation are whether the animal is a pack or herd animal, whether the animal has specific heat and rutting seasons, etc. If you look at animals like sheep, apparently their testicles can just be bitten or twisted off -- try that with a human and you'll probably kill the guy through blood loss.

As a side note, if you've ever lived or worked on a farm you'd realize the huge variety in animal genitals. Some like pigs are long and very skinny, some like ducks are actually corkscrews, and so on.

Furthermore, most animal castrations occur on juveniles where the testicles are small, lesser blood supply and otherwise not fully formed.

Anyway, the only thing a veterinarian can "bring to the table" is general knowledge of controlling bleeding and infection, plus maybe access to some drugs and tools.

By the way, if you read accounts of people castrated by actual urologists, on humans it is still a very tricky operation that often requires further intervention for bleeding, infection and chronic pain. Compared to the relatively simple castration of animals, human castration is much more difficult.

[Francis (imported)]

I used to correspond with a guy who had a vet castrate him A vet is very qualified to do it since the principle is no different. The only thing was that the guy wanted to see if it to be done without anaesthetic which went fine until the vet acidentally nicked the ball at which point the guy reqested the local anaesthetic. This then allowed the rest of the op to proceed w/o further problem. If a vet has any problem it would be ethical rather than capability. Most vets would have had vastly more experience than most Drs.

[mansman9 (imported)]

Same here francis was corresponding with two men who had a vet take care of them one was a man who castrated bulls for a living the other one his wife and her lover wanted him neutered and a vet did him his wifes lover was to have his tubes cut but backed out now they have three kids from her lover.

[Riverwind (imported)]

Of course you both are right, castrating a man is just like castrating a pig. Farm tools can do a fine job, vet's round the world line up to give castrations to the poor and needy.

This and other BS should stay in the joke section were it belongs.

River