217. Get off the pony

Chen Song couldn't understand why Clay was wearing water boots to work, so he went to the hot spring pool to take a look, then took off his water boots and walked into the pool, squatting down and touching the water with both hands.

Seeing this, Chen Song asked, "Hey, boy, are you touching fish and shrimp?"

Clay said, "Stupid, I'm cleaning up the pebbles at the bottom of the pool, don't stay here, I'll clean it up for you, I've got experience in that." ”

Chen Song squatted on the edge of the pool and said, "Aren't I afraid that you will be lonely? ”

Clay said, "If that's the case, why don't you show me a song?"

Chen Song thought for a while and said, "What's the point of playing songs? I'll give you one that can not only pass the loneliness but also learn knowledge." ”

After a while, the speaker began to speak standard Mandarin: "At the beginning of people, nature is good...... If the Son does not teach, the Father's fault ......"

After sending Clay to clean up the hot spring pool, Chen Song went to the horse farm, intending to ride around on horseback.

As a result, he saw from a long distance that Rhine was lying behind the butt of a mare, this horse was pot-bellied and a little restless and stepping, and Rhine was holding the horse's butt to prevent it from moving, and the posture was strange.

This scene made Chen Song feel bad in his heart, and he hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Rhine, brother, don't do anything wrong, it's a horse, or a pregnant horse!"

Rhine understood what he meant, glared at him angrily and said, "Dirty, dirty!"

Chen Song was unconvinced: "Where are you staring? Where are you putting your two hands? Who is dirty? Who is dirty?"

Rhine said angrily: "This horse is about to give birth, and I am checking its delivery period to prepare for this." ”

At the beginning, half of the mares bought by Chen Song were pregnant, some of them were in the early stages of pregnancy, and some were in the middle and late stages, but the horses had a long pregnancy period, longer than a human, and they were eleven months long, so they have not given birth since they were brought back.

Hearing that there were horses to give birth now, Chen Song was in high spirits and hurried to check the situation: "How do you see it?"

Rhine replied: "It's very simple, boss, you see its mental state, the Icelandic horse is a very stable and gentle breed, and now it has become restless and constantly plows the ground with its front legs. And look at its front and back elbows, do you see sweat stains? Wait, aren't you a veterinarian?"

Chen Song did study veterinary medicine and did related work, but the knowledge he learned when he was in school was mainly related to common livestock such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep, cats and dogs, and he did not learn about horses at all.

Later, he rode a horse, but the focus of his work was on wild protected animals, but there were no wild horses in the reserve where he worked, so he still did not learn about horses.

He explained briefly, and Rhine was stunned, and then took him to learn: "Okay, you come close to me, now I will teach you to judge whether a horse is in labor by its genitals......"

While he was studying, another voice rang out, "God, what are you doing to that horse? Oh my God, where are you looking at it?"

Chen Song raised his head and saw Angelina, the female police officer was resting today and came to the racecourse to help as usual.

Looking at the female police officer's concave and bewitching figure under the denim suit, Chen Song swallowed his saliva and explained to her.

This misunderstanding must be cleared up, or his image will be ruined.

Then, after listening to his explanation, Angelina also participated in the study group, and the three of them huddled together on the horse's ass and stared.

The delivery period of horses is very long, and the whole process is roughly divided into three periods, namely the opening of the cervix that lasts more than ten hours, the fetal delivery period that varies from a few minutes to half an hour, and the afterbirth period of nearly an hour.

Rhine's family breeds horses all year round, so he is very experienced, and he found out about the situation during the opening period, otherwise Chen Song alone estimated that he would not be able to notice it until the mare had to expel the pony.

They found that the mare was only in the middle of the opening period when she was about to give birth, and Rhine told them not to rush, it would have to last for several hours before they could get into the main event, and they had to fight a long battle.

After finishing speaking, he scratched his head: "It stands to reason that the mare should start to have abdominal pain now, how do you think this horse doesn't feel anything? Could it be that it is a martyr and is not afraid of pain?"

It wasn't until noon that the mare began to feel abdominal pain, and he frequently looked back at his big belly, because it was difficult for the horse to turn back, so Angelina was very considerate to bring out a large mirror, so that he could see his belly by turning his head.

Rhine was stunned for a moment: "There is still this kind of sassy operation?"

"To make it easier for it to see its belly. Angelina explained.

Rhein spread his hands and said, "Please, it's just its physiological reaction, it doesn't really want to see anything at all." ”

"Okay. Angelina removed the mirror again.

Luo Bingxin washed two carrots for the mare to eat, and Rhine grabbed her hair depressedly: "Hey, everyone, giving birth has always been a high-risk behavior, please don't come to make a fool of yourself, Alice, you know, I like you very much, so I'm not targeting you next......"

"If you have something to say, you just say it, why are you so daring? Goble said rudely.

Rhine said: "Then I'm not targeting you, Goble, I'm talking about everyone, everyone, please don't mess around, leave the professional work to a professional like me, OK? Take this carrot as an example, you may not have experienced the pain of childbirth, who still has the heart to eat at this time?"

Luo Bingxin said aggrievedly: "We haven't experienced it, but my mother has experienced it, my grandmother said that my mother gave birth to me when she gave birth to me, and she drank a big bowl of egg custard when she had no strength......

"He's a ruthless man. Rhine was impressed.

Listening to Rhine's words, Luo Bing wanted to take away the carrots, but when he saw that the carrots were far away from him, the mare who was in abdominal pain was not happy, and struggled to walk over and pick up the carrots and ate them with relish.

The group looked at Rhine in surprise, and the corners of Rhine's mouth twitched: "This, this, this is unreasonable." ”

But one thing he said was right, mares are very painful to give birth, and Icelandic horses are small, and the ponies are a bit big compared to their size, so they are prone to difficult births.

Rhine listed that such as a stenosis of the pelvis, an oversized fetus, an improper fetal position, or a weak mare with weak uterine contractions can cause dystocia, and human help is needed at this time.

So he and Chen Song began to assign tasks.

As a professional, Rheinland is responsible for checking the ponies' fetal position and correcting it manually if the fetal position is not corrected.

As a veterinarian, Chen Song inquired about the midwifery drugs needed during the mares' birth.

As greenhouse stewards, Luo Bingxin and Seinfeld have to prepare water and carrots for the mare, providing it with energy help at any time.

As a wrangler, Angelina calms the mare's emotions.

As an unrelated person, Goble drove the approaching horses and birds to prevent the mare from being frightened.

Clay asked, "What about me?"

Chen Song waved his hand and said, "You go ahead and clean up the hot spring pool." ”

The big guy was well prepared, and the mare gave birth to the foal without any problems, and it didn't matter what anyone else could do, except for a drink of water and a few carrots.

During the whole process, everyone just stared at each other.