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     Gary Pfalzbot Moderator Username: admin Post Number: 19 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 67.142.130.19  Rating: N/A |
Hello Sara, Maggie gave some good advice here - I would follow that. I just wanted to relate that I recently had a similar problem with a goat that I had tried to dehorn (unsuccessfully) using the banding method. This goat isn't easy to catch or handle and I was lucky enough to catch him the first time to band him. But somewhere over time, the bands deteriorated and fell off, leaving one horn growing deformed and the other intact. A few nights ago he had gotten his head stuck in the fence which gave me the perfect opportunity to tend to him although he put up a fight. It was then that I noticed the deformed horn was dangerously close to growing back into his neck. I carefully positioned him to where I could latch onto about half of the deformed horn with bolt cutters and cut it off. I figured it would be a mess but it wasn't to bad. Only a little blood but I quickly packed the area around the cut with veterinary linement and blood stop powder. Got him loose from the fence and the next day he was fine - he was actually headbutting with the other goats as usual so he was no worse for the wear. Best regards, Gary Pfalzbot | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 44 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.205.236 Rating: N/A |
This is probably a scur or a partial regrowth of his horn for a poor disbudding job. Yes you can remove it I wouldn't worry about badaging they usually just rub off any bandage you try to put on. I use blood stop powder to stop any bleeding or oozing, it is also a good antiseptic. These kinds of wounds bleed alot but usually aren't serious. It will likely grow back and he will do it again, but it seems each time it is less serious. Scurs are pretty common and do not count off on show goats. | ||
| sara roberts (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 209.124.38.31 Rating: N/A |
My Alpine Weather had one horn that was partially present when we purchased him. We were told it would fall off eventually. It seems he has caught it on something and it is half dangling from his head with a lot of blood. I don't know if I should cut the remaining off and then bandage him to stop the bleeding? Any thoughts? |