08-07-2015, 03:33 PM
When he was three years old he was chased off a 30-foot cliff by a friend's dog. He landed on the highway below and the horn was broken in two places, including all the way across the base. The part of the skull that grows into the horn was broken too, so the horn was not salvageable and we had it surgically removed by a vet. Luckily the blood vessels inside the horn were still mostly intact or he might have bled to death before we could get him home. He was a long way from the barn when it happened, and the poor fellow had a hard enough time as it was even without profuse bleeding. He was in shock and I think he had a concussion judging by his confusion and dilated pupils when I got to him. Cuzco is definitely a survivor! He's had several close brushes, but so far he keeps cheating the ol' grim reaper.