Wednesday, March 25, 2009

He Told Me He Was Gelded

Our Coos County Donkey Cartoons are inspired by our two miniature donkeys, Nathan and Alastair, and our experience with the large herd at Ass-Pirin Acres in Addison, Vermont. The two jennets depicted here are based on the mothers of our two boys, and, yes, a pregnant jenny is ROUND!

Our little grey dun, Alastair, is a cryptorchid (one testicle descended). People who have cryptorchid equines sometimes have the one testicle removed and then bill their animal as "gelded." Sometimes when this "gelding" is sold, the new owner will find that their gelding has mated with their mare and that their mare became pregnant. . . . Ahhh, he told me he was gelded!
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