THIS OUGHTA BE FUN.

[HAY MAKER]

 

[kolanuraven]

Ohhhhh.....man!!

Poor pony!!!!


Me, I'd call the vet and let him take the whuppin' on that job!!!!

 

[cowpuncher21]

Aww.. poor thing!

 

[codymccue]

don't see any that are in very deep,I can see lots of black on most of em.and none look buried.likely he was takin a sniff,not a bite :wink:
I'd get my needle nose pliers and a few ice cubes out and go to it.
Take the easy ones first then put the ice on...if he reacts favorably keep goin,if not...vet him.
Would help to have a partner"ear twitch" him if there are any tough ones,might save a broke nose...JMO

 

[Emma]

What the heck?! :shock: Curious little thing, wasn't he? Look at his eye in the last pic, I think I'd call the vet, too, or ace him up real good. Good luck!

 

[leanin' H]

Stupid quill pigs!!! I'd call the vet and let him do it. Good luck!!!

 

[Silver]

He looks pretty relaxed to me. I think I might start by putting a hood over his eyes, then clipping the ends off the needles with side cutters, then pulling. Things could be worse. It could be me :lol:

 

[CattleArmy]

Ouch!

How did you get them out?

 

[Faster horses]

Give him a little rompum, Haymaker. You should be able to take them out yourself. (Not too much Rompum, you understand...) :shock:

 

[Blkbuckaroo]

So did you get them out?And if so how,hopefully i never encounter this problem,but just in case. :shock:

 

[codymccue]

He looks pretty relaxed to me. I think I might start by putting a hood over his eyes, then clipping the ends off the needles with side cutters, then pulling. Things could be worse. It could be me :lol:

Don't clip em!!
cuttin em off doesn't do anything but make em shorter and harder to grab.

 

[Denny]

Just grab them with a plier's.My vet would laugh if you asked him to come out for such a minor problem.

 

[Anonymous]

He looks pretty relaxed to me. I think I might start by putting a hood over his eyes, then clipping the ends off the needles with side cutters, then pulling. Things could be worse. It could be me :lol:

Don't clip em!!
cuttin em off doesn't do anything but make em shorter and harder to grab.

I've done it both ways- and I think sometimes clipping them just gets them sorer (and jumpier) before you start pulling...

That shouldn't be too hard a job...I had an old mare one time that had her whole head covered from one swat- then he must have swatted her across the front legs- and then she must have kicked the porky cause she had them all over a back leg too...
That one was a chore.....

I had to pull a head full out of a calf we branded the other day...

 

[HAY MAKER]

So did you get them out?And if so how,hopefully i never encounter this problem,but just in case. :shock:

I thought about pullin em myself,I have pulled my share of quills around here, dogs, cats, cows and a couple bulls,but this lil horse is young and i have spent lotsa time teaching him to bridle right,I didnt want to set him back and have a head shy horse,if he woulda had some age on him and been dead broke,probably would have just snugged his head up good and go slow till i got em pulled,but I thought calling the vet was the right thing to do with this horse.................good luck