I'm getting neutered, when can I ride again?

[Coldkiwi]

No worries here, Dr and I had a long discussion about various episodes of Monty Python, had to keep reminding me to stop moving when I laughed.

a sharp blade in the vicinity of your nether regions would've put a stop to the shakes wouldn't it?

[Skyryder]

What sort of riding are you talking about

Skyryder

[Ramius]

"I've had a vasectomy and I've had it reversed and it ain't fun!"

[Hitcher]

You've lost me. :spudwhat:
Why would someone want to vasectomise rams? Why not? It was probably one of the less weird things we used to do when I was a professional sheep-shagger. We used to vasectomise the less 'desirable' (from a potential progeny point of view) rams to use them as "teasers". No-one told them they were shooting blanks, so we could use them to find out which ewes were in oestrus, without unwanted lambs (we still managed to have lambs nearly all year round anyway). Interestingly (or not) they were only useful as teasers for a maximum of maybe two years, then they became disinterested in bonking and got fat and lazy...

So why not use fertile rams and use them to get the ewes pregnant, like most sheepfarmers do? Or were you artificially inseminating ewes? A wether would do exactly the same job in terms of mounting oestrus ewes and, if you fitted them with a crayon harness, mark them as well. Vasectomising rams seems like a huge waste of time, effort and vet costs (it is illegal to do this sort of operation unless under a vet's supervision) when there are easier, cheaper and just as effective ways of doing the same job.

[idb]

Nope....uhuh....no way....never....
I assume that the documentary was intended to encourage us by showing us how easy it is.
It's put me off completely.
I'm giving up sex........................better for me and if I'm honest, better for the world.

[TonyB]

Having just had my gut sliced open and had a adominal Hysterectomy... I have been to hell and back the pain was bad... and Im still recovering from it... I am only able to walk short distances, NOT allowed to lift a thing, NO housework etc for 6 weeks and Im off my bike for at least 8 weeks.

Ouch! You have my sympathy. I've had my gut sliced open too- in a big way, so I can appreciate what you are going through. Takes ages to recover from it, whereas with a vasectomy your back to normal in a few days.

Oh, and one pleasant side effect of the op- my wife found an article about vasectomy's that said that in order to clear out stragglers, the patient has to ejaculate many, many times before the first test....it works out at about one a day after 'normal service resumes'... naturally your partner will fell obliged to help out in any way she can

[Eurodave]

I got my snip about 15 years ago when I was still in the Air Farce @ Wigram, & it was done in the Army's then new containerised Field Hospital at Burnham,sort of like a modern day MASH.
Anyway, it was no big deal & all over with the same day.
A bit of minor discomfort for a few days then , as they say,"normal sevice was resumed"
Ive never been into condoms & coitus interuptus produced 4 sons & a daughter [doh!!!] so the op was a quantum leap forward in the nocturnal activity's department
You REALLY NEED to be sure that no more kids are wanted & I agree with previous posts that taking responsability for contraception is the least we blokes can do to pull our weight in a relationship [aside from doing the dishes & vacuuming every now & then]

[Lou Girardin]

It sounds like some people are confused, a vasectomy is not contraception, it's sterilisation. If you want to take responsibility for contraception use a gumboot.

[MSTRS:Me]

Good on ya. As others have said, it is not really a big deal for a bloke as compared to what a woman has to go thru. Stupid male pride stopped me for years until the day came when I couldn't rationalise that any more. Was almost a non-event in hindsight. One thing tho - I always thought that black men were well-hung Oh - and 70 test firings before clearance given

[Oakie]

: Oh - and 70 test firings before clearance given

70! Hell. I better organise myself some quiet time with some men's magazines.

[F5 Dave]

Motorcycle trader. PB. Engineering Supplies catalogue?

[Lias]

My mate and his missus are trying to save to have her tubes untied.. NOT cheap. She had them tied during her first marriage (after 3 kids) which folded, and shes only in her mid 20's and unable to have any more rugrats until they can afford the couple of grand.. My mates a bit bummed cos he wants rugrats of his own.

My stepdad had his reversed when he married my mum.. He was in pain for quite some time, not nearly as simple as the chop in the first place. He'd also had his done after 2 kids in his first marriage in his 20's.

Personally I reckon to not get either done until yer much older.. Its certainly not a procedure I'll be thinking about till I'm 40ish.

[MSTRS:Me]

70! Hell. I better organise myself some quiet time with some men's magazines.

Hunting&Fishing, KiwiRider, Yachting Monthly - that sort of thing?

[Oakie]

Hunting&Fishing, KiwiRider, Yachting Monthly - that sort of thing?

No, something to encourage hammering, pounding and grinding. You guessed it ... 'The Builder's Monthly' !
(yeah, go one then someone ... lets have a cheap joke about 'erecting' something)

[vifferman]

So why not use fertile rams and use them to get the ewes pregnant, like most sheepfarmers do? Or were you artificially inseminating ewes?

Yes. Other trials too, like embryo transfers, etc. Various 'valid' reasons. Despite this "careful animal husbandry", we ended up with lots of mystery lambs all year round. And geeps/shoats (the station bordered goat-infested bush).
These 'orphan lambs' were sold for beer money to a friendly local farmer.

A wether would do exactly the same job in terms of mounting oestrus ewes and, if you fitted them with a crayon harness, mark them as well.

Wethers are less effective - they're a bit ghey.
"Crayon harness"? You mean 'tupperware'
The rats used to love supplementing their Winter diets with those crayons. It was easy to follow the multi-coloured trails to their rat holes.
The ones in the ceiling were given old documents to shred.

Vasectomising rams seems like a huge waste of time, effort and vet costs (it is illegal to do this sort of operation unless under a vet's supervision) when there are easier, cheaper and just as effective ways of doing the same job.

Agreed. I wasn't really privy to the reason rams were selected for sterilisation, but IIRC it may have been for something that rendered them unsuitable for breeding. We only did a few of them.

Vet? A lot of the veterinary surgery we did was somehow under the aegis of the MAF vet, even though he wasn't there in person.

But (believe it or not) that wasn't the dumbest thing we did, not by a long shot. This was in the days immediately before doing things for 'scientific curiousity' went out the window and scientists had to provide commercial justification for their "mad scientisting". Some of the trials beggared belief...